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Lavender Rights Project

The Lavender Rights Project will organize an artist reception to foster awareness of local lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer artists and to highlight the importance of LGBTQ voices and experiences. It will be held on November 2, 2019 from 5 pm - 7 pm at Hillman City Collaboratory located at 5623 Rainier Ave S. The event will feature approximately thirty local artists, live entertainment, and resource-sharing.

Velocity Dance Center

A vibrant week of outdoor dance performances, large-scale art installations, and LGBTQ+-led conversations in Capitol Hill over Labor Day weekend to promote an inclusive understanding of gender, parenting, and queer lineage. Additionally, organizers will host free BIPOC-led queer parent convenings to build community support networks for queer Seattle parents. Queer and trans family resources will be available in person and online to all participants and project attendees.

Licton Springs Emergency Hub

The Licton Community Council will establish the Licton Springs Emergency Hub located at 9600 College Way N. This project has two goals: (1) to establish an Emergency Hub and (2) to build neighborhood cohesion around emergency preparedness events. Preparing for a city-wide emergency that would have an impact on all people in our neighborhood will bring people of diverse backgrounds together. With the Hub’s placement, we will promote information about emergency safety and explain how the Hub will serve as a central gathering point for information and mutual aid. The project is free and open to public participation.

Friends of Hiawatha

We will increase street lighting with the installation of tree lights from December to March. The lights will be installed along the east and west sides of the 800 block and the west side of the 900 block of Hiawatha Place S. With an increase in crime and drug use in the neighborhood our goal is to create increased visibility as a deterrent to crime. We are including lights on sections that light up the residential pathways to public transportation areas. The lights will welcome those entering the community off of transit, riding their bikes, walking their dogs, and visiting friends and businesses in the community. In addition, a winter celebration event during the time the tree lights are up will bring neighbors together. This project will be completed by March 28, 2023.

Linden Orchard P-Patch

Rebuild the existing fence that separates the P-Patch from the paved alley. The fence is no longer stable/secure, and the wood has deteriorated to the point it cannot hold fasteners or be repaired. The fence is approximately 4' tall and about 36' long (in 3 sections). It has grape and kiwi growing in it in the east sections and is interrupted by a trellis entry that is to remain.

Rainier Beach Link2Lake Open Space Steering Committee

The Rainier Beach Link 2 Lake committee has engaged in a community driven reimagining of Be'er Sheva Park for the last 8 years and construction has finally started on the park. In the Spring of 2024 the project will be complete. We will use this grant for two purposes: First, for outreach and engagement events relying on trickle marketing in the community prior to the formal opening of the park, and second, to engage a documentarian to create a living project archive as this phase of work concludes.

How2Listen

How2Listen community group will be hosting a monthly music and culture event series hosted at Métier Brewing located at 2616 E Cherry St. Each event spotlights emerging and underrepresented artists from the Northwest, with curated performances, DJs, and community storytelling. This series builds deeper connections between artists and the broader Seattle community by fostering dialogue, exposure, and celebration of local talent. The event is free and open to the public and will be completed by the end of Spring.

Friends of Little Saigon

The Friends of Little Saigon (FLS) in partnership with the Office of Planning and Community Development and the Community Leadership Committee will engage the community and develop a ten-year vision for Little Saigon. Three community wide meetings will be hosted to solicit feedback on the project process and deliverables, which include a comprehensive literature review of previous neighborhood plans; creation of a GIS map to steer private and public investment; and the development of design and use guidelines to inspire businesses and developers. The anticipated project completion date is June 30, 2022.

Friends of Little Saigon

The Friends of Little Saigon will lead a community process to design and install decorative crosswalks at a key Little Saigon intersection: S. Jackson Street and 12th Avenue S. Friends of Little Saigon will work closely with SDOT on design, and grant funds would be used for SDOT installation of the decorative crosswalks.

Live 2 Dance

Live2Dance Wali Diwali is a celebration of India’s biggest and most joyous festival, Diwali. Our goal is to bring the same energy, vibrancy, and warmth of Diwali to Seattle. To make this happen, we plan to set up a Diwali Mela, inviting local businesses, artisans, and creators to showcase their work through stalls and booths. The event will be filled with exciting carnival-style games, interactive activities, and, of course, lots of music and dance! Diwali is known as the festival of lights, symbolizing hope, joy, and new beginnings. Through this event, we want to spread that light far and wide, fostering a deeper cultural connection in Seattle and beyond. The event will be held at The Sound Hotel located at 2120 4th Ave, Seattle, WA, on October 18, 2025, from Noon to 6pm. The event will be free and open to the public.

Northwest Folklife

Northwest Folklife will be working with community organizations, artists, and creative industries entrepreneurs to engage 10-12 young people in the collection, curation and presentation of the Living Legacies - the stories, songs, artifacts, teachings and artistic expressions - of their focus communities. The presentation of these artifacts will be on Northwest Folklife's Living Legacies platforms throughout 2021 and 2022, including the 2022 Northwest Folklife Festival scheduled May 27-30, 2022 at the Seattle Center. This project will be completed by August 31, 2022.

USDA Agricultural Marketing Service

Grants for local and regional food business enterprises engaged in aggregation, processing, distribution, and storage of locally and regionally produced food products.

Longfellow Creek Neighborhood Path for 24th Ave SW

The Longfellow Creek Neighborhood Path for 24th Ave SW community group will work with a landscape architect to develop a conceptual design to improve the road right-of-way and create a more intentional Longfellow Creek trail connection along 24th Ave SW between SW Willow St. and SW Graham St in Delridge. This project will also coordinate with a design project and with community partners to reduce flooding, improve drainage, and restore habitat along Longfellow Creek, which runs through the upstream and downstream Seattle Parks and Recreation properties and alongside 24th Ave SW.

Lower Maple Leaf Centennial Mural

The lower maple leaf neighborhood is celebrating a 100-year anniversary this year (most of the homes on the block were built in 1924) and we would like to celebrate by painting the intersection of NE 78th Street and 11th Avenue NE.

Loyal Heights PTA

The Loyal Heights PTA will organize a Welcome Back Party on Tuesday, September 4, 3:30-6:30pm, on the school playground. The event will celebrate the re-opening of the newly renovated school. Neighbors, Loyal Heights businesses and community organizations, new and current school families and alumni all will be invited. There will be community booths, music, sidewalk chalking, cookie-decorating, and other fun activities for kids and adults. Several hundred people are expected to attend.

LTX Space Planning Committee

The LTX Space Planning Committee will lead a process to envision and gather input about the future development of a cultural space for Seattle's Latinx community. Community conversations incorporating arts activities will take place between winter 2017 and fall 2018. A multi-disciplinary planning team including a design professional will report on the findings of the outreach.

Lake City Collective

The Lake City Collective will organize a Mexican wrestling exhibition and end-of-the-year celebration at the Lake City Community Center, 12531 28th Ave NE, on Saturday, December 8, from 5:30pm to 8pm. This will be the first time the sport of Lucha Libre wrestling, deeply rooted in Mexican culture, is performed for the community in North Seattle/Lake City. Over 200 people are expected to attend.

Friends of Meadowbrook Pond Luminaria Walk

On Saturday December 4th from 5:30 to 8:00 pm, we will host the 11th annual Luminaria Walk at Meadowbrook Pond, located at 10327 36th Ave NE Seattle WA 98125. We are delighted to invite our community to an outdoor covid- safe event. On a cold and perhaps blustery night, volunteers will place 900 bags of lights and welcome the community to stroll around the pond and enjoy a light filled evening.

Belltown Community Center Super Heroes

Celebrating the Lunar New Year, artists will be featured in a 2-month-long exhibit with accommodating themed workshops tailored at makers, artists, and Asian culture. A gallery showroom at Slip gallery, 2301 1st Avenue, will feature an ongoing exhibition with Asian American artists living in Seattle and the surrounding local area. The gallery will be open regular hours during these months, and the gallery will be open during the Belltown Art Walk on January 13th and February 10th from 6-9PM. This project will be completed by March 31, 2023.

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.

M.J. Murdock Charitable Trust

Supports faith-based organizations, education, and scientific research in the Pacific Northwest (OR, WA, ID, MT, AK). One of the largest NW foundations.