For months, members of Sustainable West Seattle have been planning, organizing, and researching how to create a library of tools for the community to borrow instead of purchasing them. With an award of $20,000 from the Seattle Department of Neighborhoods’ Neighborhood Matching Fund, their dreams will come to life with… [ Keep reading ]
Seattle City Council has confirmed the first fourteen people who will serve as commissioners on the new Seattle Commission for People with Disabilities. To visit the new Commission’s web site click here.
The Department of Neighborhoods and the Neighborhood Service Centers will be closed Monday, May 31 in observance of the Memorial Day holiday, and Tuesday, June 1 for a budget furlough day.
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In order to provide timely news and information on the South Park Bridge Closure, Seattle Department of Neighborhoods now has a new web page devoted to this topic. Please click here to go to the site.
Join your neighbors in improving and beatifying the Hillman City P-Patch. Click here for more information and translations.
This Seattle Department of Neighborhoods Neighborhood Matching Fund supported event will feature two music stages, creative arts and environmentally-minded workshops, speakers, family activities, and over 100+ community organizations and resources for Southwest Seattle. The event takes place Saturday, June 5 at Delridge Community Center. For more information, contact Randy Engstrom at 206-935-2999… [ Keep reading ]
The Rainier Beach and Broadview-Bitter Lake-Haller Lake Neighborhoods have been selected for neighborhood plan updates in 2010. The Department of Neighborhoods is seeking volunteers to serve on Neighborhood Advisory Committees for these areas. Please click here for more information and application.
The Saturday, May 15 edition of the Seattle Times featured a story on the Sacajawea Elementary Playground opening. This project received $15,000 in funding from the Seattle Department of Neighborhoods Neighborhood Matching Fund. Click here to read the article.
Mayor Mike McGinn and a group of volunteers expanded City Hall’s balcony food bank garden on May 8, as part of the “Spring into Bed” effort to promote community gardening in Seattle. Mayor’s Office staff will tend to the plants over the summer and when ready, will harvest the veggies and… [ Keep reading ]
