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Seattle Neighborhood Service Centers Director's Records, 1973-1999

Overview of the Collection

Creator
Seattle (Wash.). Dept. of Neighborhoods
Title
Seattle Neighborhood Service Centers Director's Records
Dates
1973-1999 (inclusive)
1993-1998 (bulk)
Quantity
6.0 cubic feet, (15 boxes)
Collection Number
5752-01
Summary
Administrative records of Seattle Neighborhood Service Centers, known as "Little City Halls".
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

Records of the Director of the Neighborhood Service Centers Division, including subject files, planning files for the Mayor’s neighborhood town meetings and walking tours and records collected by Neighborhood Service Centers regarding Neighborhood District Councils. Also included are Neighborhood Service Centers files from earlier years when the Centers were part of the Department of Human Resources, as well as files concerning the Street Use Appeals Board.

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Use of the Collection

Preferred Citation

[Item and date], Seattle Neighborhood Service Centers Director's Records , Record Series 5752-01. Box [number], Folder [number]. Seattle Municipal Archives.

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Administrative Information

Arrangement

Arranged into four subseries: Dept of Human Resources Neighborhood Service Centers files, Subject files, District councils, and Mayor’s town hall meetings/walking tours.

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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

  • Citizens’ associations--Washington--Seattle
  • Neighborhood government--Washington--Seattle

Corporate Names

  • Seattle (Wash.). Dept. of Human Resources
  • Seattle (Wash.). Dept. of Neighborhoods
  • Seattle (Wash.). Mayor

Geographical Names

  • Seattle (Wash.)

Finding aid prepared by Janet Ness
2010

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