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Louisa Boren STEM PTA

The Louisa Boren School Community is embarking on a project to make the playground more family friendly for use by the neighborhood. The project includes the installation of a bench to serve as a resting place, a site clean up and adding paint to 4 square courts and the area adjacent to the new bench. A community celebration at the playground, 5950 Delridge Way South West, is planned for June.

Pacific Northwest Black Pioneers

Relative of Old Timers (ROOTS) will celebrate its 50th Anniversary on September 4th from 10a.m. to 6 p.m. The celebration will be held at Jimi Hendrix and Sam Smith Parks located at 2400 S Massachusetts St Seattle WA 98144. During COVID, there was a call for recipes to be submitted to develop a 50th Anniversary ROOTS Cookbook. We intend to do outreach during the celebration with information on how to submit recipes to complete the cookbook for publication and distribution as a historical and lifetime remembrance of friends, family, good food and the many stories that accompany these recipes.

Federal Emergency Management Agency

Grants to port areas for maritime security risk management, training, exercises, and equipment to protect critical port infrastructure.

Cascadia Poetics Lab

Postcards from Mapes Creek is poetry reading at the new Beer Shiva stage. A celebration of the Poetry Postcard Fest, which started in 2007 & in 2023 featured 518 participating poets from 8 different countries. We expect event attendance culled from local/regional postcard poets & neighborhood residents interested in poetry & place. The Poetry Postcard Fest is a marquee event of the Cascadia Poetics Lab, founded in 1993, based next door to the Atlantic City boat launch/Beer Shiva Park. We are collaborating with the Engage, Educate, & Discover at Mapes Creek/dxʷwuqʷəb partners. (This group spun-off from the Link2Lake committee, working to upgrade the experience on Henderson St. between the Link station & Lake Washington.) Some funding has been secured from the King County Water Resource Inventory Area. (WRIA).

Louisa Hotel Historic Jazz Murals

Prohibition-era murals were recently uncovered during renovation of the Louisa Hotel. This is the only known speakeasy / jazz club from the 1920s with its original murals intact in Seattle. Unfortunately these murals have been damaged by age and fire; the plaster is crumbling and paint peeling. The goal of this project is to is to preserve, restore, and exhibit these murals.

Renaissance 21

Project 3-DRIP (3D Revolution in Progress) by Star Tech Global Academy will develop 3D Creator Spaces in three underserved Teen Centers across Seattle: Garfield, Rainier Beach, and Southwest Teen Life Center. Free educational workshops hosted in the spaces will teach community participants to use 3D printers to craft everything from fidgets and key chains to essential replacement parts. Community members will be recruited and trained to lead the hands-on workshops, and the journey culminates in a 3D Creator Showcase that celebrates their innovative creations and builds new connections with Seattle's broader community of makers. Each location's improved space will be fully equipped with a 3D Printer, supplies, training tutorials, and resources. This project will engage underresourced communities in the 3D Revolution and fuel Seattle's next generation of creators, innovators, and entrepreneurs.

Renaissance 21

Project L.I.T. by Star Tech Global Academy will engage youth in multimedia art projects that uplift community spaces and connect with community leaders. This free project will be in hybrid format with both virtual and in-person participation in 3 Teen Centers across Seattle: Garfield, Rainier Beach, and Southwest Teen Life Center. Community members will be recruited as project staff to guide teens through workshops that teach leadership, community building, and multimedia design skills. Hands-on workshops will connect youth with role models and spotlight their work to improve community spaces and motivate to Lead, Inspire, and Transform (L.I.T.).

The Swish Program Steering Committee

SWISH (Serving With Integrity and Shooting Hoops) Is a pilot program created to serve African American young men through basketball & mentorship. This 14 week program for 30 youth will include basketball skills training, and educational workshops. The culminating event will be a 'Shots for Hope' tournament for the entire community. The program will operate Monday through Wednesday from 1-4pm at Cleveland High School, 5511 - 15th Avenue South.

Providence

One of the largest Catholic health systems in the West, providing grants for community health, homelessness, behavioral health, and food insecurity.

Cal Anderson Park Alliance

This public life study will gather and analyze data in support of developing a shared community vision for public space within the Capitol Hill EcoDistrict. This project is the first phase of a larger enterprise that will see the creation of a public realm plan for the Capitol Hill neighborhood. This phase of the project will be completed by January 31, 2020.

Seattle Repertory Theatre

Seattle Repertory Theatre will engage community members in theater with an emphasis on groups that are currently under-represented in theater. SRT will organize free skill workshops and rehearsals during the summer of 2017 leading to performances of The Odyssey on September 8-10, 2017 at the Seattle Repertory Theater main stage located at 155 Mercer St. Quarterly community-based theater workshops will be held from fall 2017 through spring 2018 at various locations throughout Seattle.

Seattle Repertory Theatre

Through Public Works Seattle, Seattle Rep will use the art of theatre to connect people with one another and with the city as a whole. Working collaboratively with five non-profits, the project will engage over 150 people to participate in free weekly workshops and attend monthly performances at the Seattle Repertory Theater. The project culminates in an ambitious work of participatory theater featuring a large community ensemble, with four free performances for 3,000 attendees.

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

The Puget Sound Coastal Program is part of the USFWS’s National Coastal Program and was established to protect, restore, and enhance the natural resources of Washington’s coastal ecosystems.  The Coastal program works closely with partners to conserve fish, wildlife, plants and their habitats in Puget Sound, an “estuary of national significance.”

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

The Puget Sound Coastal Program is part of the USFWS’s National Coastal Program and was established to protect, restore, and enhance the natural resources of Washington’s coastal ecosystems.  The Coastal program works closely with partners to conserve fish, wildlife, plants and their habitats in Puget Sound, an “estuary of national significance.”

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

The Puget Sound Coastal Program is part of the USFWS’s National Coastal Program and was established to protect, restore, and enhance the natural resources of Washington’s coastal ecosystems.  The Coastal program works closely with partners to conserve fish, wildlife, plants and their habitats in Puget Sound, an “estuary of national significance.”

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

The Puget Sound Coastal Program is part of the USFWS’s National Coastal Program and was established to protect, restore, and enhance the natural resources of Washington’s coastal ecosystems.  The Coastal program works closely with partners to conserve fish, wildlife, plants and their habitats in Puget Sound, an “estuary of national significance.”

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

The Puget Sound Coastal Program is part of the USFWS’s National Coastal Program and was established to protect, restore, and enhance the natural resources of Washington’s coastal ecosystems.  The Coastal program works closely with partners to conserve fish, wildlife, plants and their habitats in Puget Sound, an “estuary of national significance.”

Puget Sound Energy Foundation

Supports education, environment, and community development programs in PSE's Western Washington service area.

Maple Leaf Community Garden

The Maple Leaf P-Patch will host two events to celebrate Halloween and the autumn season. A community pumping carving event will be held on October 26, 2018 from 4:30pm -6:30pm at the Northgate Community Center located at 10510 5th Ave NE. A trick or treat event will be held on October 31, 2018 from 6pm- 9pm at the Maple Leaf P-Patch located at 529 NE 103rd St.

Au New You

On December 8, 2018 at 12:00 p.m. located at the Hilton Garden Inn, 1821 Boren Avenue, we will continue our mission to empower our community. We will offer job search assistance; counseling; health referrals and provide information to help people, many who have been impacted by opioid and alcohol abuse, move forward with their lives. This project will be completed by February 28. 2019.

Queen Anne Greenways

Organized by Queen Anne Greenways (QAG), Queen Anne Playstreets take place on July 20 and August 17, 2023. QAG is a volunteer group of citizens dedicated to creating safe streets for walking and biking. The Playstreets are a community collaboration developed by QAG in association with the Queen Anne Farmers Market, local merchants, SDOT and Queen Anne Community Center, a collaboration which clearly supports its mission. The Playstreet shuts off a portion of First Ave. W. between W. Crockett (the location of the Farmers Market) and W. Howe streets for two Thursday afternoons of family fun. The Playstreets include opportunities for infants, toddlers, youth, teens and adults to have a fun, safe time in the street. Activities include toys, games, button making, dancing to live music, dining and community conviviality. The closed street and accompanying activities underscore the idea that people can and should enjoy the public right of way safely.

Queen Anne Block Captains Network

The Queen Anne Block Captains Network will host the Urban Survival Skills Fair on November 9, 2019, 10 am to 2 pm, at the Queen Anne Community Center, 1901 1st Avenue West in Seattle. The Fair will inform residents about the potential risks of major disasters, and educate them on ways to prepare, prevent damage and injury, be prepared to survive without the aid of public services, and assist neighbors with preparations and recovery. Attendees will also learn about the roles of various local and community emergency services. This project will be completed by December 31, 2019.

Queen Pea P-Patch

Queen Pea P-Patch will upgrade the P-Patch for the first time in 17 years. The upgrade includes restoring the wood edges on most of the gardens, adding badly needed new tools to our tool shed, building a raised edge around our children's pumpkin patch, building a bee garden with bricks, restoring the two tall Giving Garden plots where the wood has deteriorated, and providing tools and materials to build a chopping block for our new compost bins, and restoring the accessible paths around the Giving Garden plots. This project will be completed by June 28, 2019.

It Takes a Village

The Queens Healing and Liberation project will be a hub for transformative work, committed to the thriving of Black, indigenous and people of color community members and the liberation of everyone. This project will offer space, resources, and nourishment for changemakers grappling with the challenges of our world. Our organization focuses on 3 core fields- health and healing, art and education, and environment and justice. This project will be completed by February 28th, 2023.