Services available to rural residents in King CountyRural services
 This Web site provides quick access to the variety of county services important to rural residents and links to rural towns and cities, community events and other resources.
Whether it is maintaining roads and bridges, providing flood protection, preserving farms from development or working on regulations to allow home businesses to thrive, King County is working to protect rural quality of life and provide the services people need and want.
Community Service Areas
The Community Services Area (CSA) program is intended to meet the King County Strategic Plan goal of promoting public engagement that informs, involves, and empowers people and communities in King County and implements the public engagement framework ordinance passed by King County in 2011. The County will produce a community work plan of ongoing services and projects in each of the seven community service areas, and provide residents the opportunity to meet with elected officials and key County leadership to learn about and offer insights on services that are under way or planned in their community. For more information, contact CSA Program Manager Alan Painter, at 206 296-8734.
New public engagement framework for unincorporated areas - 639KB PDF
Learn how King County wants to reach out to all residents in the rural and urban unincorporated areas.
Vashon Work Plan - DRAFT 131KB PDF
Rural county news
- Pipe connection work requires temporary closure of a section of West Commodore Way
- King County Parks seeks community input on trails plan for Big Finn Hill Park
- King County, Friends of Island Center Forest seek volunteers for June 16 work party
- Transit for Memorial Day & Folklife
- Removing trees for road safety
- Wastemobile: Household hazardous waste collection event in Enumclaw, June 8-10
- Historic preservation stars to be honored at 12th annual John D. Spellman Awards
- Congestion charge will preserve Metro
- King County urges caution on rivers that are high, swift, cold from big mountain snowpack
- Vehicle auction set for May 19
- Pavement, other improvements coming to East Lake Sammamish Trail in Issaquah
- Bus & traffic changes on waterfront
- King County urges community preparation during Wildfire Awareness Week, May 6-12
- King County, Friends of Island Center Forest seek volunteers for May 12 work party
- King County looking for 'Best Workplaces for Waste Prevention and Recycling'
- King County reminds boaters to steer clear of data buoys on lakes Washington, Sammamish
- Executive lauds Pepsi and 76 other local companies for preventing industrial pollution
- June 6 meeting set to discuss proposed zipline feature in King County’s Gold Creek Park
- King County Executive congratulates Issaquah School District on earning recognition for resource conservation
- Proposed sewer rate kept below projections with $1.9 million in new operating efficiencies
- King County seeks partners to invest in solar panels at County facilities
- Improve your environment with Wastemobile household hazardous waste collection events
- Invasive weeds get the boot, salmon get a boost, with King County grant awards
- Lake Sammamish kokanee get boost on road to recovery with Earth Week fish release
- Trail run series returns to King County’s Cougar Mountain Regional Wildland Park
- King County bridges the gap in Three Forks Natural Area habitat with property purchase
- Go green at the grocery store for Earth Day
- County presents pilot program to engage Vashon residents - (External link) Vashon-Maury Island Beachcomber
- Get your tickets now for King County Parks’ Marymoor concerts – a summertime tradition
- King County Earth Week events offer chances to learn more, do more about environment
- King County prepares update to flood plan for continued protection of people, property
- See how King County protects environment; 2011 DNRP annual report now available
- King County honoring its Earth Heroes
- Learn forest stewardship via online course, Vashon workshops, from King County and WSU
- King County seeks applications for Youth Sports Facilities grants
Green A.C.R.E. Radio
Introducing a new KBCS Public Affairs program. Bringing you the Agricultural, Conservation, Resource, and Environmental information you need.
Green A.C.R.E. Radio is a co-production of the King Conservation District, King County Agriculture, and KBCS. It is an hour-long talk show focusing on local agricultural, environmental and natural resource issues.
Host: Martha Baskin
Engineer: Moe Provencher
Produced at Jack Straw Studios in Seattle.
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