August 3, 2010 (Seattle, WA) – Yesterday, the Seattle City Council approved $1.24 million in awards to support neighborhood projects. Seventeen community organizations will receive funds from Seattle Department of Neighborhoods’ Matching Fund Program for projects as diverse as the renovation of historic cottages, playground improvements and youth arts… [ Keep reading ]
Night Out is a fun, annual event to meet your neighbors, and organize your neighborhood against crime. Last year more than 1,200 people participated around Seattle. This year, seven neighborhood groups got a boost to their Night Out events with a one-time only Small Sparks Neighborhood Matching Fund award from… [ Keep reading ]
There is some new artwork on the corner of 14th Ave and Fir in the Squire Park Neighborhood! Lead Artist Mary Cross, and teaching artists Brent McDonald and Mike Lawson worked with 24 Youth from Coyote Central’s Hit the Streets program to create and install smaller fence panels at the… [ Keep reading ]
This Seattle Department of Neighborhoods Neighborhood Matching Fund supported project features upgrades to the existing garden, including making it accessible to kids with disabilities. Workshops and work parties are schedule for this Saturday and Sunday. To learn more click here.
The photographs of West Seattle High School student Nelsy Segura will be on display from July19 through October 15 at the City of Seattle Ethnic Art Gallery, third floor of Seattle Municipal Tower, 700 Fifth Avenue in downtown Seattle. The Latino City Employee affinity group will host a reception for… [ Keep reading ]
The Seattle Department of Neighborhoods Neighborhood Matching Fund recently awarded $17,000 to a Native American youth home. Click here to read the King 5 story and view the video.
The Seattle Department of Neighborhoods awarded the Columbia City Gallery a $28,230 Neighborhood Matching Fund award for capacity building. The Gallery recently announced its summer schedule featuring exhibits titled, “You are Here” and “Pojagi Now”.
This City of Seattle Department of Neighborhoods Neighborhood Matching Fund supported artwork “A Salish Welcome” features a monumental bronze welcome figure draped in a Salish ceremonial robe and holding an aluminum disk that represents the life cycle of Pacific Salmon. The dedication ceremony will begin at 10 a.m. on Saturday, July… [ Keep reading ]
The Seattle Department of Neighborhoods awarded $15,000 to this project, which seeks to revive a neglected Pioneer Square alleyway. Click here for more information.
The Brandon Street Orchard, a former eyesore, was transformed by the neighborhood with some help from the Seattle Department of Neighborhoods Neighborhood Matching Fund. Q13 Fox reported the story.
