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Seattle Department of Neighborhoods Special Projects Records, 1974-1998

Overview of the Collection

Creator
Seattle (Wash.). Dept. of Neighborhoods
Title
Seattle Department of Neighborhoods Special Projects Records
Dates
1974-1998 (inclusive)
Quantity
4.25 cubic feet, (11 boxes)
Collection Number
5751-07
Summary
Project files for Seattle harborfront and neighborhood projects.
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

Planning files for Neighborhood Programs Division special projects including grant files, correspondence, reports, photographs, slides, minutes, agendas, clippings and ephemera. Projects include waterfront development projects, the Elliott Bay Water Taxi, West Seattle Trail Art Markers, Columbia City Revitalization, Southeast Seattle Action Plan update, Urban Resources Partnership grants for neighborhood-based environmental projects, Dispute Resolution Center and the Neighborhood Crime and Justice Center Project, which supported neighborhood anti-crime councils in addressing crime problems in their communities. Included are Department of Community Development files concerning the Central Harborfront Public Improvement Plan.

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Use of the Collection

Preferred Citation

[Item and date], Seattle Department of Neighborhoods Special Projects Records , Record Series 5751-07. Box [number], Folder [number]. Seattle Municipal Archives.

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Administrative Information

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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

  • Crime prevention--Washington--Seattle
  • Neighborhood planning --Washington--Seattle
  • Trails--Washington--Seattle
  • Water taxis--Washington--Seattle
  • Waterfronts--Washington--Seattle

Corporate Names

  • Seattle (Wash.). Dept. of Neighborhoods
  • Columbia City (Seattle, Wash.)
  • Port of Seattle
  • Seattle (Wash.). Dept. of Community Development

Geographical Names

  • Seattle (Wash.)

Form or Genre Terms

  • Film Negatives
  • Photographs
  • Slides

Finding aid prepared by Janet Ness
2010

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