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Lake City Pioneer Days Parade Association

The Lake City Summer Parade is an annual event that brings together 10,000 neighbors to celebrate all the local flavor that makes Lake City and Seattle unique. This year the Lake City Pioneer Days Parade Association will host the The Grand Parade at 7 pm on Saturday August 3, 2019. There is also a Kid's Parade that starts at 6 pm on the same day. The parade will be located on Lake City Way NE from NE 135th to NE 123rd. This project will be completed by September 30, 2019.

Lake City Pioneer Days Parade Association

The Lake City Summer Parade is a free and family-friendly annual event that takes place in the Lake City neighborhood on August 5th, 2023. The Lake City neighborhood is one of the most diverse and underserved neighborhoods in Seattle. The Parade is our community's biggest day of the year and one of the few opportunities we all can come together to celebrate our diverse community. The parade features marching bands, drill teams, community groups, governmental agencies, and local businesses. Spectators can expect to see colorful floats, live music, dance performances, and other festive displays.

Lake City Pioneer Days Parade Association

The Lake City Summer Festival is an annual event that brings together 10,000 neighbors to celebrate all the local flavor that makes Lake City and Seattle unique. The Festival is on Saturday August 4, 2018 from 10:30am to 4:30pm on NE 125th between Lake City Way NE and 25th Ave NE. The Lake City Summer Festival is one of the oldest Seafair sanctioned community events, and one of the few free family-friendly events on a summer Saturday in North Seattle.

Friends of Lake City Youth at Coyote North

The Friends of Lake City Youth at Coyote North want to engage the Lake City community in activating a youth-centered creative space at 12325 Lake City Way NE. This year long project and will do outreach efforts throughout the year to bring together Lake City families from all races, cultures, and backgrounds through open houses, community dinners, exhibits, performances, and free youth arts programs, culminating in a youth-led community celebration.

Rainier Valley Greenways and Safe Streets

Rainier Valley Greenways and Safe Streets will implement planning and outreach efforts to demonstrate public support for the construction of traffic controlling swing gates at three locations on Lake Washington Blvd. : 1) South of Mt. Baker Beach, 2) North of 43rd Ave. South 3) East of Lakewood Ave. South on South Horton Street as it enters Lake Washington Blvd. These gates will replace inadequate temporary barricades while the boulevard is closed to motor vehicles during Bicycle Weekends and other Seattle Parks and Recreation programmed events. Rainier Valley Greenways and Safe Streets will also provide designs for gate signage to inform street users. This project will be completed by November 30, 2025.

Lakewood Sanctuary

The project is to create a website for the Lakewood Sanctuary for educational and community-building purposes. The Sanctuary was established through Seattle Parks in 2021-22 to protect a small section of Lake Washington Park shoreline and habitat after years of advocacy. The Sanctuary includes some native plants and woody debris, as well as a beaver lodge, birds, turtles, and possibly salmon fry. In 2023 Lakewood Sanctuary was identified by Green Seattle Partnership for restoration. The area has been fenced to keep people and dogs out and protect habitat. The website will help build public awareness and support for the habitat. Such educational efforts are especially important when a place has been put off limits by fencing (NOTE: There is still plenty of accessible park, and also people can visually enjoy the Sanctuary)

Lakewood Seward Park Neighborhood Association

The Lakewood Seward Park Neighborhood Association will plan and install a community emergency communications hub at the Lakewood Seward Park Community Club located at 4916 S Angeline St. The all-weather storage box will contain preparedness supplies available in the event of an emergency. The site will host a field exercise on June 1, 2019 time TBD and a fall emergency preparedness on a date TBD in October 2019.

Washington State Recreation and Conservation Office

Funding supports acquisition, development and renovation for public outdoor recreation and funds may be used for open space, forest, wildlife areas, beaches, and water access sites.

Washington State Recreation and Conservation Office

Funding supports acquisition, development and renovation for public outdoor recreation and funds may be used for open space, forest, wildlife areas, beaches, and water access sites.

Washington State Recreation and Conservation Office

Funding supports acquisition, development and renovation for public outdoor recreation and funds may be used for open space, forest, wildlife areas, beaches, and water access sites.

Washington State Recreation and Conservation Office

Funding supports acquisition, development and renovation for public outdoor recreation and funds may be used for open space, forest, wildlife areas, beaches, and water access sites.

Fauntleroy Watershed Council

The landscape design plan will provide concept drawings that the Fauntleroy Community Association can present in its funding requests to public & private donors. The community envisions the substation property as a small green space/pocket park.

Carleton Park Garden Club

Carleton Park Garden Club will work with the Firefighters at Station 41 to create a beautiful, environmentally sensitive area that the community and the firefighters can enjoy. The new landscape of trees, plantings and a patio will include the removal of the grass lawns and replacement with water-wise, pollinator-friendly plants.

Senior Wellness Planning Committee

The Senior Wellness Planning Committee will organize a series of nine free public workshops to promote wellness among Laotian seniors in southeast Seattle. The workshops will feature crafting and meditation. They will be held at the Rainier Beach Library located at 9125 Rainier Ave S. They will take place from 1 pm - 4 pm on June 10,17,24; July 1,22,29; and August 5,12,19, 2018.

Orquesta Northwest

On October 5, 2023, Orquesta Northwest will present a Latino chamber music concert, without charge, to celebrate 2023 National Hispanic Heritage month. The concert, featuring Latinx guest artists and composers, will take place in the Chapel at Good Shepherd Center, 7pm-9pm.

Circulo de Mamas Seattle

Latinos con Voz y Voto is a project to educate, and reach out to the Latino Community through civic engagement activities.

Institute of Museum and Library Services

Grants to develop a diverse workforce of librarians and archivists through scholarships, research, continuing education, and curriculum development.

Rainier Roller Riot

Rainier Roller Riot is an all-volunteer open-gender adult roller derby league in south Seattle serving majority LGBTQIA+ athletes. It will be hosted at Delridge Community Center, 4501 Delridge Way SW a 4-week bridge program for skaters who complete beginners camp but feel unready to skate at regular league practices. Second, a coach training program for advanced skaters to lead practices at the beginner or bridge camp. The coaches will run a “train the trainers” for skaters who are interested in coaching. The proposed project will increase retention of BIPOC and other skaters at multiple levels who do not see themselves represented in roller derby. The project is free and open to the public. The project will be completed in the Fall of 2026.

Leo Street P-Patch

The Leo Street P-Patch Group will do upgrades to the Leo Street P-patch garden, by upgrading the community message board, signage, replacing wood for garden beds, add decorations and markers for plots, as well as activities for engagement. These improvements will help the Leo Street P-Patch garden become welcoming dedicated growing space that improves access to fresh and culturally relevant foods. The project is free and open to community participation and will be completed in the Fall of 2025.

Leschi Community Council

The Leschi Community Council (LCC) will be hosting the Leschi Art Walk along Lakeside Avenue in Seattle's Leschi Community on Sept. 14 from 11am-4pm. Our goal is to bring the community together with music and activities for children, as well as provide a venue for artists to display their creations. We also want to bring in people from across Seattle to increase familiarity with the businesses along the lakefront. The event is free and open to the public.

Leschi Community Council

The Leschi Community Council will be hosting the Leschi Community Art Walk, located at 140 Lakeside Ave on September 10, from 11am-4pm. The Art Walk goals is to bring community together, provide a venue for the artist to display their creations and to bring people from across Seattle to increase familiarity about the businesses along the lakefront. The event is free and open to the public.

32nd Ave., South

The project will clean and maintain a traffic circle on 31st Ave. S. and S. Judkins that serves to slow down cars as they come around a bend on 31st Ave. South. The goal is to make the circles more visible to on-coming traffic in effort to slow down traffic. As well, the area will be re-designed to have attractive drought-tolerant plants and more visually appealing.

Friends of Art on Pier 86

Friends of Art on Pier 86 (FAP86) will project illuminated art onto the side of a building at Pier 86 in cooperation with the Port of Seattle. A pilot image or series of images will be projected for three months during the first half of 2018, and different art will be projected for a similar period at the end of 2018. They will do a call for artists, lead community workshops for input into art design, host opening events, and conduct community feedback surveys.

Sisters of South Seattle

`Let?s Get Back to School` is an event to get K-12 students in the area excited about going back to school! The event will have food, games, school supply giveaways, as well as information on how to study, time management, and after school activities.