WaSMAR5752_10.xml Guide to the Greater Duwamish Neighborhood Service Center Records 1980-2011 Greater Duwamish Service Center Records Finding aid prepared by Ellie Letterman Funding for processing this record series was provided through a grant from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission. Seattle Municipal Archives © 2011
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5752-10 Seattle (Wash.). Dept. of Neighborhoods Greater Duwamish Neighborhood Service Center Records 1980-2011 6.4 cubic feet 16 boxes Records documenting the activities of the Greater Duwamish Neighborhood Service Center. Collection materials are in English Historical Note

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.

The Greater Duwamish Neighborhood Service Center Records include correspondence, reports, clippings, notes, meeting minutes, maps, brochures, and other materials. Records document the activities of service center staff and Greater Duwamish community issues and concerns. Noteworthy topics include Duwamish Superfund Site; Boeing Field; area traffic concerns; Georgetown Old City Hall; crime reduction; neighborhood safety; neighborhood improvement; and industrial land use. Areas covered include Beacon Hill, South Park, Georgetown, Duwamish and SODO.

Records are open to the public.

[Item and date], Greater Duwamish Neighborhood Service Center Records, Record Series 5752-10. Box [number], Folder [number]. Seattle Municipal Archives.

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

This collection is indexed under the following headings in the online catalog. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons, or places should search the catalog using these headings.

Seattle (Wash.). Dept. of Neighborhoods Seattle (Wash.) King County International Airport Duwamish Waterway (Wash.) Neighborhood government--Washington (State)--Seattle Municipal services--Washington (State)--Seattle Seattle City Planning

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

5752-10 Greater Duwamish Neighborhood Service Center Records 1980-2011 1/1 1st Ave. South Bridge 1991-1995 ½ 4th Ave South Pedestrian Improvement Study 2008 1/3 15th Ave S. and S. Columbian Way Business Association 2005 1/4 Afro-American Academy on Beacon Hill 1997-1998 1/5 Alcohol Impact Area 2004-2006 1/6 Alcohol Impact Awareness Information 2006 1/7 Alcohol Impact Awareness Information 2006-2007 1/8 Asian-Pacific Islander Task Force on Youth 1992 1/9 Asian-Pacific Islander Task Force on Youth 1993 1/10 Asian-Pacific Islander Task Force on Youth 1994-1995 1/11 Asian-Pacific Islander Task Force on Youth 1996-1997 1/12 Asian-Pacific Islander Task Force on Youth 1998 1/13 Asian-Pacific Islander Task Force on Youth 1999-2000 1/14 Beacon Hill- 24th Ave S. Neighbors 1999 1/15 Beacon Hill- 4114 13th S. 1988-1995 1/16 Beacon Hill Alliance of Neighbors (BAN) 1998-1999 1/17 Beacon Hill Alliance of Neighbors (BAN) 2005-2008 1/18 Beacon Hill- Amazon/PacMED Construction and Expansion 1999-2000 2/1 Beacon Hill- Amazon/PacMED Transportation Study 1999 2/2 Beacon Hill Banner Project 1998-1999 2/3 Beacon Hill Banner Project 1998-1999 2/4 Beacon Hill Brick Pit Land Use Project 1991-1994 2/5 Beacon Hill Brick Chamber of Commerce 1992-2000 2/6 Beacon Hill Brick Chamber of Commerce 2004-2008 2/7 Beacon Hill Clean And Green 2005-2008 2/8 Beacon Hill Comet Lodge Cemetery 1991-1998 2/9 Beacon Hill Community Corrections Officer 1992-1995 2/10 Beacon Hill Community Council 2009 2/11 Beacon Hill Community Council 2010 2/12 Beacon Hill Community Issues 1991-2000 2/13 Beacon Hill- Dearborn Park Community Council 1999-2000 2/14 Beacon Hill Environment, Parks, And Transit Issues 2007-2008 3/1 Beacon Hill Festival 1993-1996 3/2 Beacon Hill Festival 1998-2000 3/3 Beacon Hill Festival 2001 3/4 Beacon Hill Greenbelt and Neighborhood Action Team 2008 3/5 Beacon Hill Gypsy Moth Eradication Program 1996-1998 3/6 Beacon Hill Jefferson Park Master Plan 1995 3/7 Beacon Hill Lago Vista Apartments 1998 3/8 Beacon Hill Library 1991-1994 3/9 Beacon Hill Library 1997 3/10 Beacon Hill Library 1999-2000 3/11 Beacon Hill Light Rail and Area Planning 1999 3/12 Beacon Hill- Median Construction on Beacon Ave 1981-1985 3/13 Beacon Hill- Median Construction on Beacon Ave 1995-2000 3/14 Beacon Hill Street Design and Pedestrian Safety 2008-2010 3/15 Beacon Hill Street Light Saturation Project 1997 3/16 Beacon Hill Tent City II 1998-1999 3/17 Beacon Hill VA Hospital Medical Waste Incinerator 1998-1999 4/1 Beacon Hill Traffic Summit 2001 4/2 Boeing Field-King Co. International Airport 1993-1994 4/3 Boeing Field-King Co. International Airport 1995 4/4 Boeing Field-King Co. International Airport 1996 4/5 Boeing Field-King Co. International Airport 1997 4/6 Boeing Field-King Co. International Airport 1998 4/7 Bridging the Gap/Cumulative Reserve Fund Information 2007 4/8 Bridging the Gap/Cumulative Reserve Fund Information 2007 4/9 Bridging the Gap/Cumulative Reserve Fund Information 2007 4/10 Bridging the Gap/Neighborhood Street Fund/Cumulative Reserve Fund Information 2008 4/11 Chief Sealth Trail 2004 4/12 Clean and Green Seattle 2009 4/13 Combustion Turbine Project 1993-1996 4/14 Community Safety Fair 2008-2009 4/15 Dearborn Project 2007-2008 4/16 Duwamish- Georgetown City Hall Clean Up and Boeing Volume Projects 1999 5/1 Duwamish Coalition 1994-1995 5/2 Duwamish Neighborhood Preservation Coalition 1993 5/3 Duwamish River Clean-Up and Superfund Site 2004-2008 5/4 Duwamish River Clean-Up and Superfund Site 2006-2007 5/5 Duwamish River Clean-Up and Superfund Site 2007 5/6 Duwamish-South Park/ Georgetown/Beacon Steinbrueck Tours 1999 5/7 East African Community Services 2009 5/8 El Centro de la Raza 1999 5/9 Environmental Coalition of South Seattle 1994-1997 5/10 Georgetown Clean and Green 2002-2004 5/11 Georgetown Community Council 2005 5/12 Georgetown Community Council 2001-2006 5/13 Georgetown Community Council 2008 5/14 Georgetown-Concerned Citizens of Georgetown 1991-1992 5/15 Georgetown Crime Prevention and Community Council 1994-1995 5/16 Georgetown Crime Prevention and Community Council 1992-1994 5/17 Georgetown Crime Prevention and Community Council 1996-1998 5/18 Georgetown Crime Prevention and Community Council 1998-2000 6/1 Georgetown-Federal Detention Center 1993 6/2 Georgetown-General Neighborhood Information 2006 6/3 Georgetown Hats and Boots 1997-2000 6/4 Georgetown-King County Waste Project 1991-1992 6/5 Georgetown-Lucille St.-Tukwila HOV Project 1993-1996 6/6 Georgetown-Maple Hill Neighborhood Project 1996-1997 6/7 Georgetown-Maple Hill Neighborhood Project 1997-1998 6/8 Georgetown Merchants Association 2006-2008 6/9 Georgetown Motor Inn 1991-1992 6/10 Georgetown Newsletter- The Gazette 2004-2008 6/11 Georgetown Old City Hall 1988-1989 6/12 Georgetown Old City Hall - Feasability Study and Schematic Design 1997 6/13 Georgetown Old City Hall and Service Center 1998 6/14 Georgetown Old City Hall and Service Center 1998-1999 6/15 Georgetown Old City Hall and Service Center 1999-2000 6/16 Georgetown P-Patch Purchase 1999 7/1 Georgetown Sex Offender Committee 1999 7/2 Greater Duwamish-Bridging the Gap 2009-2010 7/3 Greater Duwamish-Capital improvement, Cumulative Reserve, and Neighborhood Street Fund 2006-2007 7/4 Greater Duwamish District Council 2000 7/5 Greater Duwamish District Council 2001 7/6 Greater Duwamish District Council 2002 7/7 Greater Duwamish District Council 2003 7/8 Greater Duwamish District Council 2004 7/9 Greater Duwamish District Council 2005 7/10 Greater Duwamish District Council 2005 7/11 Greater Duwamish District Council 2006 7/12 Greater Duwamish District Council 2006 7/13 Greater Duwamish District Council 2007 7/14 Greater Duwamish District Council 2007 8/1 Greater Duwamish District Council 2008 8/2 Greater Duwamish District Council 2009 8/3 Greater Duwamish Ecology Concerns-Philips Services 2001 8/4 Greater Duwamish Neighborhood Service Center- Administrative and PR 1989-1998 8/5 Greater Duwamish District- Neighborhood Matching Fund Information 1988-2008 8/6 Greater Duwamish Small Sparks Information 2005-2010 8/7 Helen B. Radcliff House 1994-1998 8/8 Holly Park Merchants Association 2000-2002 8/9 Industrial Lands and Business Assistance 2007-2008 8/10 Jefferson Park Expansion 2003-2006 8/11 Jefferson Park - 100 Year History Outreach Fund 2003 8/12 Khmer-American Multicultural Society 1994-1996 8/13 Khmer-American Multicultural Society 1994-1996 8/14 King County International Airport Issues 1999-2000 8/15 Manufacturing Industry Council 2002-2006 8/16 Mayor's Walking Tour-Beacon Hill/Sound Transit 1999 8/17 Mayor's Walking Tour- Beacon Hill 1196-2008 8/18 Mayor's Walking Tour- Duwamish Manufacturing and Industrial Center/ Genesee Merchants 1998-2001 9/1 Mayor's Walking Tour- Georgetown 1995-2006 9/2 Mayor's Walking Tour-Holly Park 1991-1995 9/3 Mayor's Walking Tour-South Park 1995 9/4 Membership Applications and Bylaws 2007 9/5 Mercer Middle School Traffic and Safety Committee 2005 9/6 Neighborhood Plan Updates 2009-2010 9/7 Neighborhood Street Fund-For 2011 Funding 2010 9/8 Neighborhood Street Fund 2009/2010 Project Information 2009-2010 9/9 Neighborhood Street Fund/Cumulative Reserve Fund-For 2010 Funding 2009 9/10 Neighborhood Street Fund/Cumulative Reserve Fund-For 2009 Funding 2006-2009 9/11 Neighborhood Street Fund 2008 Information 2007-2008 10/1 North Beacon Hill Council 1996-1997 10/2 North Beacon Hill Council 1998 10/3 North Beacon Hill Council 1999 10/4 North Beacon Hill Council 1999-2000 10/5 North Beacon Hill Council 2004 10/6 North Beacon Hill Council 2005-2007 10/7 North Beacon Hill Council 2008 10/8 North Beacon Neighborhood Plan Information 1999-2000 10/9 North Highline Annexation 2005-2006 10/10 Open Space Opportunity Fund 1991-1994 10/11 Open Space Opportunity Fund 1995-1997 10/12 Rainier Vista 2008 10/13 SeaMar Expansion Project 1991-1997 10/14 Seattle/Tukwila Annexation and Boundary Issues 1997 10/15 SODO Business Association 1994-1995 10/16 SODO Business Association 1996-1998 10/17 SODO Business Association 1998-2000 11/1 SODO Business Association 2003-2008 11/2 SODO District 2008-2009 11/3 Solid Waste Facilities Planning 2003-2006 11/4 Sound Transit/Link Light Rail 1997-1998 11/5 Sound Transit/Regional Transit Authority/Link Light Rail 1991 11/6 Sound Transit/Regional Transit Authority/Link Light Rail 1991-1995 11/7 Sound Transit/Regional Transit Authority/Link Light Rail 1995-1997 11/8 Sound Transit/Regional Transit Authority/Link Light Rail 1996-1997 11/9 Sound Transit/Regional Transit Authority/Link Light Rail 1998 11/10 South Beacon Hill Community Council 1992-1995 11/11 South Beacon Hill Community Council 1996-1998 11/12 South Beacon Hill Community Council 2004-2008 11/13 South Beacon Hill Neighborhood Council 1999-2000 12/1 Southeast Neighborhood Power Project 1998-1999 12/2 Southeast Seattle Interdepartmental Team Neighborhood Plan 2007-2008 12/3 Southeast Seattle Interdepartmental Team Neighborhood Plan 2008-2009 12/4 Southeast Seattle Action Agenda 2001-2005 12/5 South Harbor Truck Parking Working Group 2008-2009 12/6 Southwest Airlines-Boeing Field 2005 12/7 Southwest Precinct Advisory Council- Safety and Block Watch 2006-2010 12/8 South Park Action Agenda 1995-2005 12/9 South Park Action Agenda 2006 12/10 South Park Action Agenda 2006 12/11 South Park Action Agenda 2006 12/12 South Park Action Agenda 2006 12/13 South Park Action Agenda 2006 12/14 South Park Action Agenda 2006 13/1 South Park Action Agenda 2006 13/2 South Park Action Agenda 2006 13/3 South Park Action Agenda 2007 13/4 South Park Action Agenda 2007-2008 13/5 South Park Action Agenda 2007-2010 13/6 South Park Action Agenda 2008-2009 13/7 South Park Action Agenda Working Group 2007 13/8 South Park Advisory Council 2005 13/9 South Park Area Redevelopment Committee 1991 13/10 South Park Area Redevelopment Committee 1992 13/11 South Park Area Redevelopment Committee 1993 13/12 South Park Area Redevelopment Committee 1994 13/13 South Park Area Redevelopment Committee 1994 13/14 South Park Area Redevelopment Committee 1995 13/15 South Park Area Redevelopment Committee 1995 14/1 South Park Area Redevelopment Committee 1996 14/2 South Park Area Redevelopment Committee 1997 14/3 South Park Area Redevelopment Committee 1998 14/4 South Park Area Redevelopment Committee 1998-1999 14/5 South Park Area Redevelopment Committee Fundraising 1992-1994 14/6 South Park Area Redevelopment Committee Information 1980-1987 14/7 South Park Arts Council 1999 14/8 South Park Background and Improvements 2005 14/9 South Park Big Deal Day 1991-1992 14/10 South Park Big Deal Day 1992-1996 14/11 South Park Bridge Closure 2003-2010 14/12 South Park Bridge Closure 2005-2008 14/13 South Park Bridge Closure 2008-2010 14/14 South Park Business Association 1996-1998 14/15 South Park Clean and Green 2004-2006 14/16 South Park Clean and Green 2008-2010 14/17 South Park Community Club 1984-1985 14/18 South Park Community Garden-Merra Farm 1999-2000 14/19 South Park Communities That Care 2004 14/20 South Park Communities That Care 2004-2006 14/21 South Park Crime Prevention Council 1992 15/1 South Park Crime Prevention Council 1993-1996 15/2 South Park Crime Prevention Council 1996-1999 15/3 South Park Environment, Land Use, and Industrial Dump Site 1996 15/4 South Park Food Bank 1991-1997 15/5 South Park Interdepartmental Team 2005 15/6 South Park Interdepartmental Team 2005-2010 15/7 South Park Library Steering Committee 2000 15/8 South Park Neighborhood Association 2009-2010 15/9 South Park Neighborhood Association 2004 15/10 South Park Neighborhood Association 2005 15/11 South Park Neighborhood Association 2006 15/12 South Park Neighborhood Association 2007-2010 15/13 South Park Neighborhood Health Advocacy Committee 2005 15/14 South Park Neighborhood Plan Approval and Matrix 1998-2004 15/15 South Park Night Out Walking Tour 2005 15/16 South Park Sludge Management 1991 15/17 South Park Residential Urban Village Plan 1998 15/18 South Park "View Park" at 12th and Trenton 2008 15/19 South Precinct Advisory Council 2008 16/1 Street Fund Information 2010 16/2 Sturgus Ave Park Association 1991 16/3 Sturgus Ave Park Association 1991-1993 16/4 Sturgus Ave Park Association 1991-1993 16/5 Sturgus Ave Park Association 1993-1999 16/6 The South Park News-Newsletter 1993-1994 16/7 Traffic Concerns-12th Ave S. and S. Jackson 2003 16/8 Traffic Summits 2001 16/9 Yesler Development -