The Seattle Department of Neighborhoods Neighborhood Matching Fund awarded $6,000 to this project to replace grass parking strips with gardens for pollinators. Click here to read the article.
The Seattle Department of Neighborhoods Neighborhood Matching Fund program awarded $83,725 to the Trail to Treasure project in Pioneer Square. The project will create a master plan for an interpretive trail throughout Pioneer Square. To read more about this and other Pioneer Square news, click here.
The Artist Trust is offering a workshop on writing a strong grant application on February 10 at 6 p.m. at the Northwest African American Museum, 2300 S Massachusetts St. Click here for more information.
This Seattle Department of Neighborhoods Matching Fund supported project will hold three charettes for businesses, community and organizations in the Central District to provide input on ideas for public art in the Central District that “reflects the character, history and pride of the Central District”. Dates and locations are: March… [ Keep reading ]
The Neighborhood Matching Fund workshop scheduled for this evening, January 11, 2011, at the Rainier Community Center is being cancelled due to weather concerns. This workshop is being rescheduled for February 2 at 6 p.m. at the Rainier Community Center.
The Whale Trail project, funded in part by a $20,000 award from the Seattle Department of Neighborhoods Neighborhood Matching Fund, is a collaboration of community folks in West Seattle who are devoted to building community and public awareness around the whales (Orcas) that inhabit the Puget Sound. The project focuses on… [ Keep reading ]
The Seattle Department of Neighborhoods Neighborhood Matching Fund will offer three community workshops to provide technical assistance to organizations that are interested in applying to the Large Projects Fund. Workshop dates and locations are: Tuesday, January 11 6:00—8:00 pm Rainier Community Center 4600 38th Ave S Wednesday, January 19 6:00—8:00 pm… [ Keep reading ]
Congratulations to Heron Habitat Helpers, a Neighborhood Matching Fund project awarded group, on their Denny Award for Outstanding Volunteer Stewardship. Read more here.
The Seattle Times profiled the Work-it-Out program, which received $100,000 from Seattle Department of Neighborhoods’ Large Project Fund this year. The Central Area project will convert a vacant school building and grounds into a neighborhood educational and job-training work site for youth ages 16-21 in greatest need of intervention: school… [ Keep reading ]
The first “green street” in the Chinatown/International District celebrated its official grand opening on November 19, including a blessing of the plants with water from a traditional pump made in Japan. The design honors the Japanese American experience in Seattle, in the Nihonmachi area on Maynard Avenue South, between Main… [ Keep reading ]