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Seattle Neighborhood Planning Office Public Information Officer Records, 1994-1999

Overview of the Collection

Creator
Seattle (Wash.). Public Information Officer
Title
Seattle Neighborhood Planning Office Public Information Officer Records
Dates
1994-1999 (inclusive)
Quantity
2.2 cubic ft., (4 boxes)
Collection Number
5761-01
Summary
The Public Information Officer's records include information on Neighborhood Planning Office programs, material for presentations, and program development information.
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 encoding this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities.
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Historical Note

The Neighborhood Planning Office (NPO) was created in 1994 to implement the goals of the Comprehensive Plan for neighborhood planning. The office began work in January 1994 with a goal of creating 30 neighborhood plans in four years. The program was extended for a fifth year, after which the office was folded into the Department of Neighborhoods (DON). Throughout the planning process the NPO worked with the Office of Management and Planning (OMP) and DON. Each neighborhood was assigned a staff member to oversee the planning process, and consultants were hired to facilitate communication between community members. Areas of priority were urban centers, manufacturing and industrial centers, urban villages, and distressed areas.

The Public Information Officer (PIO), Laurence McGuire, worked to distribute information to the community about the Neighborhood Planning Office (NPO); he maintained binders of information on NPO programs as a resource for community developers. For further information about the NPO, please see the Neighborhood Planning Office Director's Subject Files finding aid.

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Content Description

Information about neighborhood programs was dispensed through newsletters, press releases, flyers, the NPO’s web site, community presentations, and public access television, and the files reflect these activities. Material for presentations includes notes and images of program events in the form of slides, negatives, and photographs. Material for interviews on government access television includes videotapes of the shows, correspondence, and condensed transcripts. Also in the files are meeting notes and agendas, information on the Geographical Information System Data Viewer and clippings of news articles regarding neighborhood planning.

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Use of the Collection

Preferred Citation

[Item and date], Public Information Officer's Records, Record Series 5761-01. Box [number], Folder [number]. Seattle Municipal Archives.

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Administrative Information

Arrangement

The files are arranged according to their content, with the binders together; these are followed by program development information files, files relating to different modes of dispersing information, clippings and videotapes.

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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

  • Neighborhood planning--Washington (State)--Seattle

Corporate Names

  • Seattle (Wash.). Public Information Officer
  • Seattle (Wash.). Neighborhood Planning Office

Geographical Names

  • Seattle (Wash.)--Politics and government

Form or Genre Terms

  • Negatives
  • Photographic prints
  • Slides

Other Creators

  • Personal Names

    • McGuire, Laurence (creator)

Finding aid prepared by Scott Cline
2002

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