Skate Like a Girl has teamed with up the Seattle Department of Neighborhoods’ Neighborhood Matching Program and Seattle Parks and Recreation to create their new program, Youth Employment Skateboarding (YES). Every Saturday in September, 10, 17, and 24, from 10 a.m. to noon, skateboarders aged twelve and younger can participate… [ Keep reading ]
Seattle Department of Neighborhoods will hold two workshops for community members interested in applying to the fall cycle of the Small and Simple Projects Fund, a program of the Neighborhood Matching Fund. Attendees will learn how to develop a competitive proposal for any project and hear about resources available for… [ Keep reading ]
The Neighborhood Matching Fund awarded $15,000 to create art in the alley as part of an overall strategy to clean/green and activate Nord Alley. Now, other alleys are following suit. Click here to read the article.
Tuesday, September 20, 2011 6:30 pm till 8:30 pm Jefferson Park Community Center(3801 Beacon Ave. S.) Community design of the Food Forest began in June and was supported by funds from the Seattle Department of Neighborhoods Matching Fund ($22,000 in 2010). Beacon Hill residents and other local advocates of urban… [ Keep reading ]
West Seattle Cool Moms project, “Think Outside the Car” received King 5 coverage. The Neighborhood Matching Fund awarded $60,000 to this project which seeks to encourage walking school buses and biking to neighborhood schools in West Seattle. Click here to read the article.
The fall Small and Simple round opens for applications September 1 with a deadline of October 17. Click here to learn more.
The Seattle PI reported on the success of City Fruit, a Neighborhood Matching Fund supported program that harvests fruit that otherwise might go to waste, and provides it to local foodbanks. Click here to read the article.
Join in the fun with your neighbors at Greenwood Park for its 3rd Annual Party @ the park, Sunday, August 14 from noon to 4 p.m. Mayor McGinn will be on hand to help celebrate the groundbreaking for the new community garden. Enjoy music, food and fun!
Popular Mechanics magazine recently featured the West Seattle Tool Library in its article, “10 Ways to Change the World”. Click here to read the article in the West Seattle Herald. The Neighborhood Matching Fund awarded the Tool Library $20,000 in 2010.
The Seattle City Council today approved more than $1 million in matching funds to support neighborhood projects across the City. Twelve community organizations will receive awards from the Neighborhood Matching Fund for projects as diverse as creation of an autistic spectrum disorder-friendly playspace to construction of an outdoor stage for… [ Keep reading ]