If you missed it the first time, here’s your chance to catch this segment! The Interbay P-Patch will be featured on the Growing a Greener World program on Jan. 15 at 11 a.m. on KCTS/9. Be sure to tune in!
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 ]
The Seattle Department of Neighborhoods Neighborhood Outreach Update (NPU) team members (Kerry Wade, Thomas Whittemore, and Sebhat Tenna) were awarded the Seattle Management Association’s Innovation and Change Management Award for the civic outreach and engagement they led through the POL model. This promising model is known as the Planning Outreach… [ Keep reading ]
Neighbor Appreciation Day will be celebrated Saturday, February 12, 2011. Join in the celebration and let us know how you will celebrate by posting on our special Neighbor Appreciation Day calendar. Click here to go to the website, which will be updated with exciting new features in January!
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 annual election for the International Special Review District Board was held on Tuesday, November 16, 2010. Two positions were up for election this year. The results are as follows: Bill Lee won Position #3 for a District business person, property owner or employee. Julia Park won Position #5 for… [ Keep reading ]
The South Park Bridge is funded…Now What? A team from within the community has been working with the City the past several months to help plan what South Park could look like during the reconstruction of the bridge. It’s now time to get your feedback on Physical Improvements, Marketing and Event… [ Keep reading ]
The community farm will bring neighbors and volunteers together to grow food for low income people in the area. Community members helped design the farm this past fall and then watched and waited as their ideas began to take shape. With heavy construction now complete, volunteers are pitching in to… [ 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 ]
