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Fremont Neighborhood Service Center Records, 1952-2010
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Seattle (Wash.). Dept. of Neighborhoods
- Title
- Fremont Neighborhood Service Center Records
- Dates
- 1952-2010 (inclusive)19522010
1990-2010 (inclusive)19902010 - Quantity
- 2.2 cubic feet, (6 boxes)
- Collection Number
- 5752-05
- Summary
- Records documenting the activities of the Fremont Neighborhoood Service Center.
- Repository
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Seattle Municipal Archives
Seattle Municipal Archives
Office of the City Clerk
City of Seattle
PO Box 94728
98124-4728
Seattle, WA
Telephone: 2062337807
Fax: 2063869025
archives@seattle.gov - Access Restrictions
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Records are open to the public.
- Languages
- English
- Sponsor
- Funding for processing this record series was provided through a grant from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission.
Historical NoteReturn to Top
The Department of Neighborhoods was created in 1991 by consolidating staff from the Executive Department's Citizens Service Bureau and Office of Neighborhoods, the Community Service Centers of the Department of Human Resources, and the Neighborhood Assistance Division of the Department of Community Development. The Office of Urban Conservation, the City's historic preservation agency, was added in 1992. The following year, the department added a community development function by taking over projects in the Central Area, Southeast Seattle, and the Port of Seattle. In 1999, the Neighborhood Planning Office was abolished and its continuing functions were assumed by the Department of Neighborhoods. The Department's mission is to bring local government closer to the citizens by maintaining a responsive presence in Seattle neighborhoods, by responding to citizen concerns and complaints, and providing a communications link for neighborhoods on City issues that will have an impact on them. The department operates the Neighborhood Service Centers (Little City Halls), administers the Neighborhood Matching Grant Program, staffs the Landmarks Preservation Board, and manages the P-Patch program.
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
Seattle has a network of Neighborhood Service Centers located throughout the city to provide citizens with information about Seattle services and programs. The customer service representatives assist more than 225,000 residents each year to obtain pet licences, pay City Light and Combined Utility bills, pay traffic tickets, apply for U.S. passports, and find information about city jobs. District coordinators are involved in neighborhood planning processes, serve as staff to the neighborhood district councils, and provide a wide range of information services to the community.
Seven Community Service Centers were established in 1973 under the direction of the Citizens Service Bureau to provide decentralized local government services to Seattle's neighborhoods. The program was inspired by Boston's successful "Little City Halls" concept, but budget constraints made it impossible to create as comprehensive a system. The original sites of the community centers were in the neighborhoods served by the Model City Program.
In 1974, the service center program was transferred to the Department of Human Resources (DHR). Under DHR, the service centers continued to provide decentralized City services, but also expanded into community-based social service delivery. In 1978, four of the centers were designated collection centers where citizens could pay utility bills and resolve billing issues. In addition, senior services, voter registration, animal licensing, and low income energy program assistance were instituted at the centers. During the 1980s and 1990s, the various service centers offered neighborhood legal clinics, IRS tax assistance, health and nutrition services, and a wide variety of other services.
The Department of Neighborhoods (DON) was created in 1991 and jurisdiction over community service centers was transferred from DHR. The Community Service Center Division was created within DON; in 1992 the division name was changed to the Neighborhood Service Centers (NSC) Division. In 1999, the Neighborhood Matching Fund and P-Patch Programs were merged with the NSC to create the Community Building Division. From the 1990s through 2010, the NSC program included staff in thirteen centers, including seven collection centers. Budget cuts forced the closing of six service centers in early 2011.
Records of the Fremont Neighborhoood Service Center include reports, meeting agendas and minutes, correspondence, newspaper clippings and other materials documenting the activities of the service staff, Fremont Service Center Manager Carla Main, and Neighborhood District Coordinator Steve Louie. The Fremont Service Center covered the neighborhoods of Wallingford, Ballard, and Fremont, as well as areas around Lake Union and Aurora. Service Center staff members worked directly with community groups and project committees. Records document activities including neighborhood beautification, traffic development, safety, and citizen concerns such as Aurora Motel safety, Lake Union seaplane noise and traffic, the Fremont Fair and Parade, the South Lake Union Development Project, and the Boylston Avenue Noise Wall.
Use of the CollectionReturn to Top
Preferred Citation
[Item and date], Fremont Neighborhoood Service Center Records, Record Series 5752-05. Box [number], Folder [number]. Seattle Municipal Archives.
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
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Box | Folder | ||
1 | 1 | Aurora Bridgeway Mural | 1994-2004 |
1 | 2 | Aurora Motel Information Program | 2004-2005 |
1 | 3 | Ballard Fred Meyer Mitigation | 2002-2005 |
1 | 4 | Boyston Ave. Noisewall | 2004 |
1 | 5 | Canal Street-Canal Park | 1998 |
1 | 6 | Cascade Area Business Neighbors | 2003 |
1 | 7 | Cascade Neighborhood Council | 2003 |
1 | 8 | Center For Wooden Boats | 2003 |
1 | 9 | Clean Seattle Initiative-Wallingford | 2002 |
1 | 10 | Eastlake Community Council | 2003 |
1 | 11 | Fremont Arts Council-Freemont Fair and Parade | 2003 |
1 | 12 | Fremont Chamber of Commerce-Meetings | 2003 |
1 | 13 | Fremont Chamber of Commerce-Newsletters | 2003 |
1 | 14 | Fremont Clean and Green | 2004 |
1 | 15 | Fremont Dock Company | 1996-2000 |
1 | 16 | Fremont Forklift Rodeo and Octoberfest | 1995-1996 |
1 | 17 | Fremont History [Includes Pictures] | 1975-1996 |
1 | 18 | Fremont Neighborhood Council | 2002-2006 |
1 | 19 | Fremont Park | 1995-2002 |
1 | 20 | Fremont Public Association | 2004 |
1 | 21 | Fremont Troll | 1990-1997 |
1 | 22 | Fremont Service Center Photos | 1994-1995 |
1 | 23 | Fremont Works Inc | 2002-2003 |
1 | 24 | Floating Homes Association | 2003 |
2 | 1 | Gasworks Park Improvements | 2002 |
2 | 2 | Gasworks Park Clean Up | 1984-1997 |
2 | 3 | History House | 1996-1998 |
2 | 4 | Housing Resource Group- 45th and Stone Project | 2003 |
2 | 5 | Interurban-"Friends of the Interurban" Campaign | 1976-1993 |
2 | 6 | Lake Union District Council "Budget Letter" | 2003 |
2 | 7 | Lake Union District Council | 1994-2004 |
2 | 8 | Lake Union District Council-Agenda and Minutes | 2003 |
2 | 9 | Lake Union District Council-Agenda and Minutes | 2004 |
2 | 10 | Lake Union History | 1990-1991 |
2 | 11 | Lake Union Seaplane Advisory Committee | 1986-1991 |
2 | 12 | Lake Union Seaplane Committee Meeting Minutes and Correspondence | 1987-1989 |
2 | 13 | Lake Union Seaplane Committee Meeting Minutes and Correspondence | 1988-1990 |
2 | 14 | Lincoln Liason Committee | 2003 |
2 | 15 | Lake WA Ship Canal-Army Corps Tree Removal | 1993-2001 |
2 | 16 | Leary Way Improvement Project | 2002-2003 |
2 | 17 | McDonald School Advisory Committee | 2003-2004 |
2 | 18 | Neighborhood Plan Implementation Priority Reports | 2004 |
2 | 19 | North Lake Union Majority Stakeholder Working Group April-May | 2004 |
3 | 1 | North Lake Union Majority Stakeholder Working Group May-June | 2004 |
3 | 2 | North Lake Union Majority Stakeholder Working Group June | 2004 |
3 | 3 | North Lake Union Majority Stakeholder Working Group July | 2004 |
3 | 4 | North Seattle Industrial Association | 2003 |
3 | 5 | Ross Park Shelter House | 2004 |
3 | 6 | Seaplanes-Budget | 1989 |
3 | 7 | Seaplanes-Complaint Profiles | 1996-1997 |
3 | 8 | Seaplanes-History | 1952-1988 |
3 | 9 | Seaplanes-Overflight | 1988-1990 |
3 | 10 | Seaplanes-Training Infromation | 1989 |
3 | 11 | South Lake Union Severe Weather Shelter | 2001-2002 |
3 | 12 | South Lake Union Association | 2003 |
3 | 13 | South Lake Union Friends and Neighbors (SLUFAN) | 2003 |
3 | 14 | South Lake Union Housing Working Group | 2004 |
3 | 15 | South Lake Union Park | 2000-2003 |
3 | 16 | South Lake Union Project Team | 2003 |
3 | 17 | South Lake Union Project Team | 2004-2006 |
3 | 18 | South Lake Union Streetscape | 2001 |
4 | 1 | South Lake Union Project Team | 2002-2003 |
4 | 2 | South Wallingford Planning | 2002-2003 |
4 | 3 | Wallingford Neighborhood Office | 2002-2004 |
4 | 4 | Wallingford Boys and Girls Club | 1999 |
4 | 5 | Wallingford Chamber of Commerce | 2002-2003 |
4 | 6 | Wallingford Community Council | 2003 |
4 | 7 | West Lake Union Improvement Project | 2001-2002 |
4 | 8 | Small Sparks Projects | 2006-2007 |
4 | 9 | Transportation Projects | 2005-2006 |
4 | 10 | Floating Homes | 2005-2006 |
4 | 11 | Alaskan Way Viaduct | 2004 |
4 | 12 | South Wallingford Amendment | 2004 |
4 | 13 | Tank Farm Development | 2005-2007 |
4 | 14 | Wallingford Providence House Plans | 2004 |
4 | 15 | Wallingford Zoning | 2005 |
4 | 16 | South Wallingford Corridor Improvements | 2002-2005 |
5 | 1 | North Transfer Station Expansion | 2004-2006 |
5 | 2 | South Lake Union Transportation Study | 2003-2004 |
5 | 3 | South Lake Union Street Car | 2004-2005 |
5 | 4 | South Lake Union Parking Plan | 2004-2005 |
5 | 5 | South Lake Union Friends and Neighbors (SLUFAN) | 2005 |
5 | 6 | South Lake Union Park Development | 2005 |
5 | 7 | South Lake Union Neighborhood Matching Fund Agreement | 2001-2002 |
5 | 8 | South Lake Union Neighborhood Plan | 2005 |
5 | 9 | South Lake Union Project Team Minutes | 2005 |
5 | 11 | South Lake Union Developmetn Impacts Report | 2004 |
5 | 10 | South Lake Union Historic Survey | |
5 | 12 | South Lake Union Design Guidelines | 2004 |
5 | 13 | Denny Park Play Space | 2006 |
5 | 14 | SLUFAN Minutes and Resources | 2006 |
5 | 15 | Gas Works Summer Nights | 2006 |
5 | 16 | Matching Fund Program | 2010 |
5 | 17 | Comprehensive Growth Report | 2010 |
5 | 18 | Alcohol Impact Area Report | 2006 |
5 | 19 | Aurora Bridge Suicide Prevention | 2007 |
5 | 20 | Hamilton Middle School Renovation Plan | 2006-2007 |
5 | 21 | Neighborhood Matching Fund Surveys | 2006 |
6 | 1 | History House Mintues | 2005-2006 |
6 | 2 | Eastlake Streetcar Community Input | 2004 |
6 | 3 | "The Bridge" | 2005-2008 |
6 | 4 | Fremont Bridge Approach | 1997-2006 |
6 | 5 | Fremont Chamber of Commerce Agendas and References | 2005-2007 |
6 | 6 | Fremont Peak Park | 2002-2003 |
6 | 7 | Troll Park Landscape Meeting | 1999-2004 |
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Citizens' associations--Washington (State)--Seattle
- Municipal services--Washington (State)--Seattle
- Neighborhood government--Washington (State)--Seattle
- Seaplanes--Washington (State)--Seattle
Corporate Names
- Seattle (Wash.). Dept. of Neighborhoods
Geographical Names
- Seattle
- Seattle (Wash.)