SOUTH PARK PhotoVoice 2008 presents the CHANGE exhibit Friday, July 18th, 7pm-9pm South Park Community Center, 8319 8th Ave S. The culmination of the South Park PhotoVoice 2008 project is a traveling exhibit of printed photography and writing that create a bold statement of place.

In the summer of 2005, Mayor Greg Nickels expanded the City of Seattle's efforts to create trust and partnership with the South Park community. Successes from those efforts, especially the funding of gang prevention and intervention services, the Department of Social and Health Services' agreement to provide services to South Park residents from its White Center office instead of southeast Seattle, as well as the opening of the South Park Library on Cloverdale Street, laid the groundwork for another phase of work in this community: The South Park Action Agenda.

Beginning in April 2006, a group of community and business leaders, community- based organizations, residents and youth worked with city staff to develop the South Park Action Agenda (SPAA). The South Park community agreed to break into five committees to develop specific strategies and recommendations in these areas:

• Youth Development
• Environment and Physical Improvements
• Community Engagement
• Business and Transportation
• Public Safety

For more information about the South Park Action Agenda, please contact Claudia Arana:

Andrés Mantilla,
Community Outreach Liaison
andres.mantilla@seattle.gov
ph: 206-233-3868

mailing address:
c/o Mayor Greg Nickels Office
PO Box 94749
Seattle, WA 98124-474

 

 

Read the South Park Action Agenda - Acrobat PDF 1 MB

You can find copies of the South Park Action Agenda at the South Park Library, the South Park Community Center, the ECOSS Information Center/ Centro de Informacion Hispano, and the SPARC building (8201 10th Avenue South)

Action Agenda Committee Summary

• English
• Spanish
• Vietnamese

The 12th & Trenton project came out of the Mayor's South Park action agenda. The area was highlighted due to its potential for a park site.

Download the conceptual design and report

The 12th & Trenton Project Description

Descripción del Proyecto de la calle 12 y Trenton

Chi Tieát Döï AÙn 12th & Trenton

For more info, contact David Graves, david.graves@seattle.gov, 206.684.7048

 

In response to the South Park Action Agenda, Mayor Nickels allocated $1.75 million for a variety of South Park services that were defined by the community in the South Park Action Agenda. Read the press release to know more about the services:

• Mayor announces plans to increase city investment in South Park neighborhood - Press Release 09/13/2006



• El Alcalde anuncia planes para aumentar la inversión de la ciudad en el vecindario de South Park - ANUNCIO DE PRENSA 09/13/2006

In addition, the City of Seattle developed responses to all 130 recommendations in the South Park Action Agenda. The responses were announced during a large community Town Hall held on March 8, 2007. The detailed responses will be available online soon. In the interim, summary responses are available in English, Spanish and Vietnamese:

• City of Seattle Responses to South Park Action Agenda Recommendations
  
  
• Thành Phố Seattle Trả Lời cho Các Khuyến Nghị của SPAA
  
  
• Repuestas de la Ciudad de Seattle a las Recomendaciones de la Agenda de Acción de South Park

During the Town Hall, several community members the City to prepare a summary report of how city funding for youth development and gang prevention, intervention, and recovery services in South Park was being used. The summary report was completed and circulated to the community in May 2007. It is available here in English and Spanish:

• Youth Development Summary Report 2006
  
  
• Desarrollo de la Juventud Informe Resumen 2006

Finally, in early 2007 the City of Seattle and several community members worked together to discuss challenges and strategize solutions to effectively build community engagement during implementation of the South Park Action Agenda. The ideas and strategies that came out of that process were collected and developed into a community guide by a consultant to the City. The "South Park Action Agenda Implementation Guide" is available here in English; summary versions in both Spanish and Vietnamese are coming soon.

South Park Implementation Guide

 

Nickels Announces Funding for South Park - KUOW 9/14/2006 

Press Release Mayor announces plans to increase city investment in South Park neighborhood. 9/13/2006

Neighborhood welcomes opening of its own library - Seattle Times 9/10/2006

South Park: A bilingual library to call their own - Seattle P.I. 9/9/2006