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City of Seattle
Gregory J. Nickels, Mayor
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NEWS ADVISORY
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| SUBJECT: Mayor Awards over $1 Million to 14 Seattle Neighborhood Projects
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
7/13/2006 2:00:00 PM |
FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT:
Alex Fryer (206) 684-8358
Hazel Bhang Barnett (206) 615-0885
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Mayor Awards over $1 Million to 14 Seattle Neighborhood Projects
Money matched by almost $2 million from neighborhood donations
SEATTLE - Mayor Nickels announced new funding awards through the Department
of Neighborhood’s Matching Fund. This season’s awards include projects
from all over the city and range from park, playground and street improvements
to building community gardens and traditional Chinese gates.
“Seattle is a great city thanks to its great neighborhoods,” said
Nickels. “These awards and projects are the result of people rolling
up their sleeves to make their neighborhoods better places for everyone.”
This year’s recommended awards recipients will include projects from
all over the city. The 14 awards totaling $1,218,970 range from $31,500 to
$100,000. In addition to the city’s contribution to the projects, the
communities will “match” the city’s dollars with local resources
valued at $1,885,066.
Each year, Large Project Fund Awards are given to groups committed to building
a better community by matching the public funds with locally raised money,
donated materials, and volunteer labor. These recommendations will be forwarded
to the City Council for approval.
Bernie Matsuno, acting Director of Neighborhoods, added, “This year’s
awards include great additions to our communities, such as a new gate for Chinatown/International
District, skateboard parks, and new sidewalks. We’re expecting great
results from all of this work.”
The Large Projects Fund is one of four components of the Neighborhood Matching
Fund, and provides awards of more than $15,000 to support community driven
projects that take up to one year to complete. Seattle neighborhoods have completed
more than 2500 projects in the last 16 years using as little as $100 and as
much $100,000 from the Neighborhood Matching Fund.
Get the mayor’s inside view on initiatives to promote transportation,
public safety, economic opportunity and healthy communities by signing up for
The Nickels Newsletter at www.seattle.gov/mayor/newsletter_signup.htm.
View a summary of each project - Acrobat PDF
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