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East Duwamish Greenbelt Pro Parks Project Information

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PROJECT STATUS

EVENTS:

The Pro Parks Levy's $10 million Green Spaces category funds acquisitions to preserve Seattle’s green spaces. The Oversight Committee has included the East Duwamish Greenbelt among 13 of the City’s adopted Green Spaces to be considered for acquisition.

FOR MORE INFORMATION:

Lise Ward, Senior Real Property Agent

Seattle Parks and Recreation
800 Maynard Ave. S., 3rd Floor
Seattle, WA 98134

(206) 733-9106

lise.ward@seattle.gov

March 2007
Seattle Parks has acquired three properties in the East Duwamish Greenbelt through the Levy program.
- A .76-acre property was donated in December 2005.
- Seattle Parks purchased a .34-acre property in December 2005.
- Seattle Parks purchased a .28-acre property in January 2006.

LOCATION

Southeast Seattle

PROJECT DESCRIPTION

Donated property in the East Duwamish Greenbelt.

Land acquisitions to connect and extend existing green space in the East Duwamish Greenbelt.

The East Duwamish Greenbelt is the largest greenspace in Southeast Seattle and includes the wooded hills above the I-5 freeway. In the 1990s Seattle Parks and Recreation preserved more than 70 acres in the greenbelt.

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COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION

On November 12, 2002, the Pro Parks Levy Oversight Committee included the East Duwamish Greenbelt among the green spaces to be further considered for acquisition through the Pro Parks Levy Green Spaces category.

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