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Greenwood Neighborhood Service Center Records, 1970-2010
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Seattle (Wash.). Dept. of Neighborhoods
- Title
- Greenwood Neighborhood Service Center Records
- Dates
- 1970-2010 (inclusive)19702010
1988-2003 (bulk)19882003 - Quantity
- 6.5 cubic feet, (16 boxes)
- Collection Number
- 5752-06
- Summary
- Records relating to neighborhood planning and activities in Greenwood and other neighborhoods of north Seattle.
- 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
-
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
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.
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
Records of Neighborhood District Coordinator, Beth Pflug, the Greenwood Arts Council, and Greenwood Council member, Joan James. Topics include neighborhood planning, the annual Greenwood Arts Walk, and north Seattle community organizations. James’ papers document her environmental and neighborhood activism and include files on the Department of Parks and Recreation’s Green Lake –Portage Bay Water Quality Project and the Household Hazardous Waste Work Group, which advised the Seattle Solid Waste Utility on siting a hazardous waste collection site in the north end. Neighborhood planning records also include files of Neighborhood Planning Office Project Manager, Dottie DeCoster, and neighborhood planning committees.
Use of the CollectionReturn to Top
Preferred Citation
[Item and date], Greenwood Neighborhood Service Center Records , Record Series 5752-06. Box [number], Folder [number]. Seattle Municipal Archives.
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Arrangement
Arranged in five series: Neighborhood planning files, Subject files, Community organizations files, Greenwood Arts Council files and Joan James papers.
Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top
The following section contains a detailed listing of the materials in the collection.
Neighborhood Planning Files, 1970-2010Return to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates |
---|---|---|
Box/Folder | ||
1/1 | Aurora Avenue Action
Agenda |
2007-2008 |
1/2 | Aurora Avenue - Phoenix Plan,
housing Re-develop Guidelines |
2004-2007 |
1/3 | Aurora Corridor Traffic
Safety Project |
2008-2009 |
1/4 | Aurora - Licton Springs
Planning |
1996-1998 |
1/5 | Aurora - Licton Springs
Planning |
1997-1998 |
1/6 | Aurora - Licton Springs
Planning |
1999 |
1/7 | Aurora - Licton Springs Plan
Status |
2002-2009 |
1/8 | North Aurora Action
Project |
2006-2007 |
1/9 | North Aurora Action Project
Task Force |
2007-2008 |
1/10 | Broadview / Haller Lake /
Bitter Lake Planning |
1997-1999 |
1/11 | Broadview / Haller Lake /
Bitter Lake Plan Status |
2003-2010 |
1/12 | Broadview / Haller Lake /
Bitter Lake Plan Update |
2007-2010 |
2/1 | Broadview / Haller Lake
Surveys |
1997-1998 |
2/2 | Broadview
Tomorrow |
1994-1995 |
2/3 | Broadview
Tomorrow |
1995 |
2/4 | Haller Lake Street End
Project |
2003 |
15/12 | Linden Avenue Street Design
Project (EIF) |
1999-2000 |
15/13 | Linden Avenue Street Design
Project (EIF) |
2000 |
15/14 | Linden Avenue Street Design
Project (EIF) |
2001-2002 |
2/5 | Linden Avenue Task
Force |
1999-2007 |
2/6 | Broadview - Haller Lake
Neighborhood Planning Organizing Committee - Consultants |
1997-1998 |
2/7 | Broadview - Haller Lake
Neighborhood Planning Organizing Committee - Plan Drafts |
1998 |
2/8 | Broadview - Haller Lake
Neighborhood Planning Organizing Committee - Meetings |
1996-1998 |
2/9 | Broadview - Haller Lake
Neighborhood Planning Organizing Committee - Meetings |
1996-1998 |
2/10 | Broadview - Haller Lake
Neighborhood Planning Organizing Committee - NPO Office |
1997 |
2/11 | Broadview - Haller Lake
Neighborhood Planning Organizing Committee - Jet City Maven |
1997-1998 |
2/12 | Broadview - Haller Lake
Neighborhood Planning Organizing Committee - Land Use Committee |
1997-1998 |
2/13 | Broadview - Haller Lake
Neighborhood Planning Organizing Committee - Land Use Committee |
1998 |
2/14 | Broadview - Haller Lake
Neighborhood Planning Organizing Committee - Outreach |
1998 |
3/1 | Broadview - Haller Lake
Neighborhood Planning Organizing Committee - Scope of Work |
1996-1997 |
3/2 | Broadview - Haller Lake
Neighborhood Planning Organizing Committee - Transportation |
1997 |
3/3 | Broadview - Haller Lake
Neighborhood Planning Organizing Committee - Urban Village |
1996-1997 |
3/4 | Broadview - Haller Lake
Neighborhood Planning Committee - Comments, Surveys |
1998-1999 |
3/5 | Broadview - Haller Lake
Neighborhood Planning Committee - Committee Notes, Agendas |
1996-1998 |
3/6 | Broadview - Haller Lake
Neighborhood Planning Committee - Comprehensive Plan Information |
undated |
3/7 | Broadview - Haller Lake
Neighborhood Planning Committee - Correspondence |
1998-1999 |
3/8 | Broadview - Haller Lake
Neighborhood Planning Committee - Correspondence |
1999 |
3/9 | Broadview - Haller Lake
Neighborhood Planning Committee - Neighborhood / City Service
Agreement |
1997-1998 |
3/10 | Broadview - Haller Lake
Neighborhood Planning Committee - Outreach Materials |
1997-1999 |
3/11 | Broadview - Haller Lake
Neighborhood Planning Committee - Steering Committee Procedures |
undated |
4/1 | Broadview - Haller Lake
Neighborhood Planning Committee - Transportation Issues |
1998 |
4/2 | Broadview - Haller Lake
Neighborhood Planning Committee - Working Papers |
1997 |
4/3 | Green Lake 2020, Neighborhood
Plan |
1998-2000 |
4/4 | Greenwood Association for an
Improved Neighborhood Safe Streets Campaign |
1994 |
4/5 | Greenwood / Phinney
Neighborhood Planning |
1996 |
4/6 | Greenwood / Phinney
Neighborhood Planning |
1996-1998 |
4/7 | Greenwood / Phinney
Neighborhood Planning Documentation Notebook |
1995-1996 |
4/8 | Greenwood / Phinney
Neighborhood Planning Documentation Notebook |
1996 |
4/9 | Greenwood / Phinney
Neighborhood Planning Documentation Notebook |
1996 |
5/1 | Greenwood / Phinney
Neighborhood Planning Documentation Notebook |
1997 |
5/2 | Greenwood / Phinney
Neighborhood Planning Early Implementation Funds |
1999-2004 |
5/3 | Greenwood / Phinney
Neighborhood Planning Early Implementation Funds |
1999-2001 |
5/4 | Greenwood / Phinney
Neighborhood Planning Early Implementation Funds Contract |
1999-2000 |
5/5 | Greenwood / Phinney
Neighborhood Planning Early Implementation Funds End of Year 2003 |
2003-2004 |
5/6 | Greenwood / Phinney
Neighborhood Plan |
1996-1998 |
5/7 | Greenwood / Phinney
Neighborhood Plan |
1995-1999 |
5/8 | Greenwood / Phinney
Neighborhood Plan |
1998-2009 |
5/9 | Greenwood / Phinney
Neighborhood Planning Phase II |
1997 |
5/10 | Greenwood / Phinney
Neighborhood Planning Phase II |
1997 |
5/11 | Greenwood Plans and
Surveys |
1970-1994 |
5/12 | Greenwood Redevelopment
Plans |
2001-2005 |
6/1 | Greenwood / Phinney
Neighborhood Planning Survey |
1996 |
6/2 | Greenwood / Phinney
Neighborhood Planning Survey - Town Meeting |
undated |
6/3 | Greenwood Town
Center |
2002-2010 |
6/4 | Greenwood Town Center
Plan |
2001-2002 |
6/5 | Greenwood Town Center
Transportation Plan |
2004 |
6/6 | Greenwood Transportation
Design Project |
2004-2006 |
6/7 | Greenwood Urban Village
Info |
1997-1998 |
6/8 | Greenwood / Phinney Ridge
Neighborhood Planning Organizing Committee |
1996-1997 |
6/9 | Greenwood / Phinney Ridge
Neighborhood Planning Steering Committee |
1997-1998 |
6/10 | Greenwood / Phinney Ridge
Neighborhood Planning Steering Committee |
1995-1998 |
6/11 | Greenwood / Phinney Ridge
Neighborhood Planning Steering Committee |
1996-1997 |
6/12 | Greenwood / Phinney Ridge
Neighborhood Planning Steering Committee |
1997-1999 |
7/1 | Greenwood Neighborhood
Planning Outreach - Ambassadors |
1995-1997 |
7/2 | Greenwood Neighborhood
Planning Outreach - Block Watch Outreach |
1997-1998 |
7/3 | Greenwood Neighborhood
Planning Outreach - Door Hanger Brigade |
undated |
7/4 | Greenwood Neighborhood
Planning Outreach - Future Newsletters / Flyers |
undated |
7/5 | Greenwood Neighborhood
Planning Outreach - General Outreach |
1998 |
7/6 | Greenwood Neighborhood
Planning Outreach - Historic Gems Building Ballot |
undated |
7/7 | Greenwood Neighborhood
Planning Outreach - Historic Greenwood - Phinney Class |
1998 |
7/8 | Greenwood Neighborhood
Planning Outreach - Local Organization Outreach |
1997 |
7/9 | Greenwood Neighborhood
Planning Outreach - Meeting Agendas, G/P Planning Committee |
1997-1998 |
7/10 | Greenwood Neighborhood
Planning Outreach - Most Commonly Asked Questions |
1997 |
7/11 | Greenwood Neighborhood
Planning Outreach - Newsletters, Flyers |
1997-1998 |
7/12 | Greenwood Neighborhood
Planning Outreach - Outreach Plan |
undated |
7/13 | Greenwood Neighborhood
Planning Outreach - Preparatory Design Meeting |
1997 |
7/14 | Neighborhood Planning
(General) - NPI / Plan Priorities |
2003-2004 |
7/15 | Neighborhood Planning
(General) - NPI / Plan Priorities |
2005-2006 |
7/16 | Neighborhood Planning
(General) - Northwest District Planning |
1993-1994 |
7/17 | Neighborhood Planning
(General) - Northwest Sector Meeting |
2000-2002 |
7/18 | Neighborhood Planning
(General) - Northwest Sector |
2003-2004 |
7/19 | Neighborhood Planning
(General) - Vision Seattle (Comprehensive Plan) |
1993-1994 |
Subject Files, 1980-2004Return to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates |
---|---|---|
Box/Folder | ||
7/20 | Carkeek Park / Piper's Creek
Watershed |
1990-2002 |
7/21 | Carkeek Cascade (Incl.
Drawing) |
2002 |
7/22 | Densmore Drainage
Basin |
2001 |
8/1 | Greenwood Bus Shelter
(Includes Photographs) |
1993-1995 |
8/2 | Greenwood Clock |
1980-1994 |
8/3 | Greenwood History |
1988-2002 |
8/4 | Greenwood Low Income
Housing |
2001 |
8/5 | Greenwood / Phinney
Park |
1999-2000 |
8/6 | Greenwood / Phinney
Park |
1999-2000 |
16/1 | Greenwood Park Bid
Drawings |
2002 |
8/7 | Greenwood Park - Children's
Drawings |
undated |
8/8 | Greenwood Park Construction
Meeting |
2002-2003 |
8/9 | Greenwood Park
Development |
2001-2003 |
8/10 | Greenwood Park
Emblems |
undated |
8/11 | Greenwood Park - Greenwood
Green Space Slide Presentation |
1996 |
8/12 | Greenwood Park - Growing and
Gathering: An Adaptive Re-Use Plan for Greenwood Greenhouse, by R.
Walls |
1999 |
8/13 | Greenwood Park - Japanese
American Photo Permissions |
2002 |
9/1 | Greenwood Park - Kongsgaard /
Goldman Foundation |
2001 |
9/2 | Greenwood Park Landscape
Design Drawing |
undated |
9/3 | Greenwood Park
Photographs |
undated |
16/2 | Greenwood Park
Posters |
2001-2004 |
9/4 | Greenwood Park - Pro Parks
Acquisition |
2002 |
9/5 | Greenwood Park - Starbucks
Grant |
2001 |
9/6 | Greenwood Park Steering
Committee Meetings |
2000-2001 |
9/7 | Greenwood School |
1998-2002 |
9/8 | Greenwood Welcome
Information |
1993 |
9/9 | Interurban Bicycle Path
Proposal |
1998 |
9/10 | Main Street Design
Project |
2000 |
9/11 | Neighborhood Appreciation
Day |
1994-2000 |
9/12 | Neighborhood
Coalition |
2001 |
9/13 | Project Impact |
2002 |
9/14 | SEATTLE Street
Project |
1999-2000 |
9/15 | Small Sparks
Projects |
undated |
9/16 | SR 99 Corridor Safety
Project |
1992-2002 |
9/17 | Wilson Pacific School /
Interim Use Plan |
1992-1994 |
Community Organizations Files, 1989-2005Return to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates |
---|---|---|
Box/Folder | ||
9/18 | Aurora Avenue Merchants
Association |
1991-2002 |
9/19 | Aurora Avenue Merchants
Association |
1994-2003 |
10/1 | Broadview / Bitter Lake
Coalition |
1992-2003 |
10/2 | Broadview Community
Council |
1989-2003 |
10/3 | Carkeek Play Ground
Improvement Committee |
1994-1996 |
10/4 | Free the Trees |
2004-2005 |
10/5 | Friends of Linden
Orchard |
2002-2004 |
10/6 | Green Lake Chamber of
Commerce |
1993-1999 |
10/7 | Green Lake Park
Alliance |
1996-2000 |
10/8 | Greenwood Community
Council |
1996-2000 |
10/9 | Greenwood Revitalization Task
Force |
1993-1994 |
10/10 | Haller Lake Community
Council |
1995-2003 |
10/11 | Haller Lake Community Council
Splashes |
1994-2003 |
10/12 | Korean Community Counseling
Center |
1992-1993 |
11/1 | Licton Springs Community
Council |
1996-2002 |
11/2 | North End
Coalition |
1999-2001 |
11/3 | Northwest District
Council |
1996 |
11/4 | Phinney Neighborhood
Association |
1993-2002 |
11/5 | Phinney Ridge Community
Council |
1993-2003 |
Greenwood Arts Council Files, 1994-2003Return to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates |
---|---|---|
Box/Folder | ||
11/6 | Greenwood Arts
Council |
1994-1997 |
11/7 | Greenwood Arts
Council |
1995-1997 |
11/8 | Greenwood Arts
Council |
1994-1999 |
11/9 | Greenwood / Phinney Art Walk
Grant Application |
1995 |
11/10 | Greenwood Art
Walk |
1995-1998 |
11/11 | Greenwood Art Walk - Artist
Agreements |
1996 |
11/12 | Greenwood Art
Walk |
1997 |
11/13 | Greenwood Art Walk - Artist
Agreements |
1997 |
12/1 | Greenwood Art
Walk |
1998 |
12/2 | Greenwood Art Walk- Artist
Agreements |
1998 |
12/3 | Greenwood Art Walk Map
Project |
1998 |
12/4 | Greenwood Art
Walk |
1999 |
12/5 | Greenwood Art Walk- Artist
Agreements |
1999 |
12/6 | Greenwood Art Walk
Artist/Business List |
1999 |
12/7 | Greenwood Art Walk Press
Information |
1999 |
12/8 | Greenwood Art
Walk |
2000 |
12/9 | Greenwood Art Walk - Artist
Agreements |
2000 |
12/10 | Greenwood Art Walk (Incl.
Photographs) |
2001 |
12/11 | Greenwood Art Walk - Artist
Agreements |
2001 |
12/12 | Greenwood Art Walk
Participants |
2001 |
12/13 | Greenwood Art
Walk |
2002 |
12/14 | Greenwood Art Walk -
Participation Agreements |
2002 |
13/1 | Greenwood Art Walk
Brochures |
1996-2003 |
13/2 | Greenwood Art Walk
Directory |
1994-1995 |
13/3 | Greenwood Art Walk Letters to
Business |
1996-1998 |
13/4 | Greenwood Art Walk
Photographs |
undated |
13/5 | Greenwood Art Walk Work
Plans |
1997-1998 |
13/6 | Greenwood Art
Walk |
undated |
13/7 | Greenwood Arts Council Arts
Up Program |
2001 |
13/8 | Greenwood Arts Council Call
for Artist Examples |
undated |
13/9 | Greenwood Arts Council
Information Letters |
1998 |
13/10 | Greenwood Arts Council Kiosk
Project - Manager's Notebook |
1997-2001 |
13/11 | Greenwood Arts Council Kiosk
Project - Manager's Notebook |
1997-2001 |
13/12 | Greenwood Arts Council Kiosk
Project |
1997-2002 |
14/1 | Greenwood Arts Council Kiosk
Project |
2000-2002 |
14/2 | Greenwood Arts Council
Performance Information |
1997-2000 |
14/3 | Greenwood Arts Council
Performing Arts Information |
1996-1997 |
14/4 | Greenwood Arts Council Press
Information |
1996-1999 |
Joan James Papers, 1988-1994Return to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates |
---|---|---|
Box/Folder | ||
14/5 | Citizens' Water Quality
Advisory Committee (METRO) |
1988-1990 |
14/6 | Citizens' Water Quality
Advisory Committee (METRO) |
1989 |
14/7 | Citizens' Water Quality
Advisory Committee (METRO) - Cedar River Watershed |
1989 |
14/8 | Citizens' Water Quality
Advisory Committee (METRO) - CSO Drafts |
1989 |
14/9 | Citizens' Water Quality
Advisory Committee (METRO) - Green Duwamish CSO |
1989 |
14/10 | Citizens' Water Quality
Advisory Committee (METRO) - Metro Monitor Issue Paper on Spill
Prevention |
1989 |
14/11 | Citizens' Water Quality
Advisory Committee (METRO) - Piper's Creek |
1988-1994 |
14/12 | Citizens' Water Quality
Advisory Committee (METRO) - Piper's Creek |
1989-1990 |
15/1 | Green Lake - Portage Bay
Water Quality Project |
1988-1989 |
15/2 | Green Lake - Portage Bay
Water Quality Project |
1988-1990 |
15/3 | Green Lake - Portage Bay
Water Quality Project |
1988-1989 |
15/4 | Green Lake - Portage Bay
Water Quality Project |
1988-1989 |
15/5 | Green Lake Water Quality
Restoration |
1990-1994 |
15/6 | Hazardous Waste |
1989 |
15/7 | (North End) Household
Hazardous Waste Working Group - Criteria |
1989-1990 |
15/8 | (North End) Household
Hazardous Waste Working Group - Plan |
1989-1994 |
15/9 | Seattle Drainage and
Wastewater Utility |
1988 |
15/10 | Traffic Circle |
1989 |
15/11 | Volunteers of America
House |
1989 |
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Art--Washington--Seattle
- Aurora Avenue (Seattle and Shoreline, Wash.)
- Bitter Lake (Seattle, Wash.)
- Broadview (Seattle, Wash.)
- Green Lake (Seattle, Wash.)
- Greenwood (Seattle, Wash.)
- Neighborhood planning--Washington (State)--Seattle
- Neighborhoods--Washington (State)--Seattle
- Phinney Ridge (Seattle, Wash.)
- Water quality--Washington--King County
Personal Names
- Pflug, Beth
Corporate Names
- Seattle (Wash.). Dept. of Neighborhoods
- Greenwood Arts Council (Seattle, Wash.)
- Seattle (Wash.). Neighborhood Planning Office
Geographical Names
- Seattle (Wash.)
Form or Genre Terms
- Architectural drawings
- Snapshots