Waters Avenue Association Grants

Waters Avenue Association

The Rainier Beach community is planning landscaping improvements to Waters Avenue South. The project will be managed by a newly-formed group, the Waters Median Project. Rainier Beach Community Club will be the fiscal sponsor. This project will build on the successful first project completed in 2022. This project is to add nine new trees to the median.

Waters Avenue Association

The Waters Improvement Project will celebrate and mark the entryway to the community at the northern tip of Waters in the Rainier Beach neighborhood. Improvements include perennial shrubs, deciduous plants and trees, and a path to encourage casual use of the median by pedestrians along this popular neighborhood corridor. This project is a partnership between a newly-formed group, the Waters Avenue Association and the long-established Rainier Beach Community Club. The anticipated project completion is July 29, 2022.

Waters Avenue Association

The Rainier Beach community is planning landscaping improvements to Waters Avenue South. The project will be managed by the Waters Median Project. The Rainier Beach Community Club will be the fiscal sponsor. This project will build on the successful first project phase completed in 2022, and second phase completed in early 2023. These previous phases planted a garden at the neighborhood entrance, and then installed trees along the middle of the median. This project phase is to add a large community garden at the south end of the median. This will involve removing invasive plants and weeds along a section of the median that is approximately 300 feet long and six feet wide, and then landscaping the area with site-appropriate waterwise plants. This phase of the project will also improve community outreach and engagement for our growing organization. We will make metal signs for the median, and launch a project website to publicize the project and encourage community involvement.