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Project Manager: Pamela Kliment
800 Maynard Ave. S., 3rd Floor
Seattle, WA 98134-1336
(206) 684-7556
pamela.kliment@seattle.gov
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January 2009
SPPIF was recently awarded a $15,000 planning and design grant from the Department of Neighborhoods. The schematic design and preliminary cost estimate is complete. SPPIF will be seeking funding to complete the proejct.
In November 2008, Seattle voters passed the Proposition 2 - Parks and Green Space Levy. As a listed project in the Levy, the Seward Park Playground will receive $450,000 for implementing the renovation project.
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Near the Seward Park Environmental Learning
and Audubon Center
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| BUDGET |
The schematic phase budget is $750,000
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| SCHEDULE |
Design: December 2008
Construction: June 2009
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PROJECT DESCRIPTION
The project will develop a unique play area that will serve local
families as their "neighborhood play area" and will
draw visitors to the play area because of its unique naturalistic
character that reflects the natural environment of Seward Park
and the educational goals of the Environmental Learning Center.
Before its recent removal for safety reasons, the play area had,
in its twenty years become extremely popular. Since Parks didn't
have the funding to replace the play area, a neighborhood group,
The Seward Park Playground Improvement Foundation (SPPIF) formed
to help develop a safe and special play area that will be enjoyed
by kids today and by future generations. In the meantime there
is temporary play equipment and the swing.
The vision for a play space is intended to draw both the very
young and the teen and make it easy for parents to observe and
interact with their children and the greater community. The goal
is to incorporate diverse features of interest for children that
will give area children and their caregivers a fantastic place
to explore nature in a fun, physical way while providing opportunities
to safely play with others. Given that it will be located in one
of the most diverse neighborhoods in the United States, a welcoming
play area at Seward Park will afford people the chance to meet
and greet others they may not otherwise encounter.
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