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Seattle Dept. of Neighborhoods 12th Avenue Development Plan Records, 1985-1998

Overview of the Collection

Creator
Seattle (Wash.). Dept. of Neighborhoods
Title
Seattle Dept. of Neighborhoods 12th Avenue Development Plan Records
Dates
1985-1998 (inclusive)
Quantity
1.6 cubic feet, (4 boxes)
Collection Number
5757-04
Summary
Records documenting a neighborhood redevelopment project in Seattle's Central District.
Repository
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

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.
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Historical Note

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.

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Content Description

The 12th Avenue Development Plan had the goal of redeveloping the area between 12th and 14th Avenues and Marion and Jefferson Streets. The plan sought to create a mixed-use neighborhood with strengthened ties to the nearby campuses of Seattle University and Providence Medical Center. Records include property appraisals for the project area; documentation of negotiations with Seattle University over environmental cleanup of one parcel; information about tenant relocations; and background materials, maps, and news clippings relating to the project.

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Use of the Collection

Preferred Citation

[Item and date], 12th Avenue Development Plan Records, Record Series 5757-04. Box [number], Folder [number]. Seattle Municipal Archives.

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Administrative Information

Separated Materials

Publications were pulled from the collection and are cataloged separately in the Published Documents Index.

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Detailed Description of the Collection

The following section contains a detailed listing of the materials in the collection.

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Subject Terms

  • Central District (Seattle, Wash.)
  • Community development--Washington (State)--Seattle
  • Neighborhoods--Washington (State)--Seattle
  • Soil pollution--Washington (State)--Seattle

Corporate Names

  • Seattle (Wash.). Dept. of Neighborhoods
  • Seattle University

Geographical Names

  • Seattle (Wash.)

Finding aid prepared by Julie Kerssen
2011

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