Rainier Beach Link2Lake Open Space Steering Committee Grants

Rainier Beach Link2Lake Open Space Steering Committee

The Rainier Beach Link2Lake Open Space Steering Committee will create a schematic design for improvements at Beer Sheva Park. Possible improvements to the park's lakeside end of the S. Henderson Street corridor include greater shoreline access, walkways, and art installations. The Steering Committee will hire a landscape architect to facilitate a community engagement process, develop the schematic design and investigate feasibility and permitting requirements.

Rainier Beach Link2Lake Open Space Steering Committee

The Rainier Beach Link 2 Lake committee has engaged in a community driven reimagining of Be'er Sheva Park for the last 8 years and construction has finally started on the park. As the park construction process proceeds this summer and into the fall, we are planning a major community outreach event, the 3rd Annual Rainier Beach Grill Off Competition! This event brings together more than 150 residents for a fun, family friendly, community focused event that ends with the Grill Master of Rainier Beach. This event is even more important for community engagement this year in particular, as much of the usual high density hang outs at the park are fenced up. This event will ensure regular park users and community have an opportunity to be with one another, learn about construction progress and engage in some healthy competition.

Rainier Beach Link2Lake Open Space Steering Committee

The Rainier Beach Link2Lake Open Space Steering Committee is engaging young people from the Rainier Beach area to create a mural on the Beer Sheva Park Restroom, located at 8702 Seward Park Ave S. This project creates an opportunity for area youth to showcase their abilities as professional artists and create a mural that is a unique reflection upon Rainier Beach for locals and visitors to enjoy for generations. The mural will be painted June 2021.

Rainier Beach Link2Lake Open Space Steering Committee

The Rainier Beach Link 2 Lake committee has engaged in a community driven reimagining of Be'er Sheva Park for the last 8 years and construction has finally started on the park. In the Spring of 2024 the project will be complete. We will use this grant for two purposes: First, for outreach and engagement events relying on trickle marketing in the community prior to the formal opening of the park, and second, to engage a documentarian to create a living project archive as this phase of work concludes.