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Executive awards 41 community grants for playgrounds, farmers markets, youth activities

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King County Executive
Dow Constantine


Executive awards 41 community grants for playgrounds, farmers markets, youth activities

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Farmers markets, playgrounds, movie and music nights, and neighborhood safety events are among the 41 community projects that will be funded through Community Service Area grants announced by King County Executive Dow Constantine. The funds leverage local volunteer efforts by unincorporated area residents working together to make a difference where they live.

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Developing local playgrounds, fostering neighborhood associations, and extending the reach of farmers markets are among 41 projects that will receive Community Engagement Grants through King County’s Community Service Area Program.

The grants range up to $5,000 each, with a required community match of at least one-fourth of the total project. Altogether, $60,000 has been awarded to a wide range of projects throughout unincorporated King County. The funds will leverage local volunteer efforts by unincorporated area residents working together to make a difference where they live.

"These grants strengthen the bonds of community by supporting efforts like new play equipment in Hobart, helmets for Little Leaguers in White Center, a new refrigerator for the Federal Way Senior Center, river clean-up in Fall City, and a range of other community projects and events that make their neighborhoods cleaner, safer and more fun,” said King County Executive Dow Constantine, who announced the grants on Feb. 12.

Examples of CSA grant-funded projects include:

  • Playgrounds in Hobart and the Snoqualmie Valley
  • Neighborhood safety events in Four Creeks, Fairwood, and White Center
  • Community celebrations on Vashon Island
  • Renewed movie and music nights in Skyway and Upper Bear Creek
  • Neighborhood reflective safety signs in Green Valley and Four Creeks
  • Support for senior centers in the Snoqualmie Valley and Federal Way
  • Moving the Preston Mill community park plan forward
  • Support for farmers markets in the Snoqualmie Valley

The grants offer residents in the county’s seven Community Service Areas the ability to participate and be more connected in their unincorporated area communities. Grant-funded activities must be accessible to all residents regardless of race, income, or language spoken. 

“The increased request for these grants each year is a reflection of the many creative ways King County’s unincorporated residents support each other,” said Alan Painter, manager of the Community Service Area Program.

2016 Community Service Area Grant Awards

CSA ORGANIZATION PROJECT DESCRIPTION KING COUNTY DISTRICT AWARD
West King County/Skyway      
West Hill Community Association Skyway Outdoor Cinema $2,000
West Hill Community Association West Hill Action Mob work party 2 $2,000
Skyway Solutions Event at Skyway Park 2 $2,000
TOTAL
  $6,000

   
Bear Creek/Sammamish    
Upper Bear Creek Community Council Music in the Park at Cottage Lake Park $2,500
Trilogy at Redmond Ridge Residential Owners Association Trilogy Firewise training $2,000
Hollywood Hills Association Knotweed plant removal and control $500

     
Snoqualmie Valley
 
Fall City Community Association Portable projector 3 $900
SnoValley Tilth Community Roots Day at Carnation market 3 $1,000
Snoqualmie Valley Community Network Leadership summit for youth 3 $2,000
Mt. Si Senior Center Transportation community planning and engagement 3 $2,000
Snoqualmie Valley Preservation Alliance Meeting room equipment 3 $1,000
Fall City Metropolitan Park District Portable toilets rental at Olive Taylor Quigley Park 3 $2,000
Preston Community Club Preston Mill Park development 3 $2,000
Wilderness Rim Association Children's playground at Cascade Park 3 $1,500
Si View Metropolitan Park District Community outreach promoting North Bend market 3 $1,000
Fall City Historical Society 2 large historic signs 3 $1,000
Sno Valley Senior Center Carpeting for the center 3 $1,000
TOTAL     $20,400
       
Bear Creek/Sammamish      
Sammamish Valley Alliance Food and safety celebration events 6 $1,000
TOTAL     $1,000
       
Southeast King County      
Soos Creek Area Response Community education meetings 7 $1,000
       
West King County/Federal Way      
Federal Way Senior Center Commercial refrigerators 7 $2,700
TOTAL     $3,700
       
Vashon      
Low Tide Celebration Low Tide Celebration education 8 $1,000
Vashon Fibershed Fiber Festival in conjunction with Earth Day 8 $1,000
Zero Waste Vashon Education events on waste 8 $1,000
Sustainable Vashon Vashon tool library 8 $1,000
 
   
West King County/White Center      
Whitewater Aquatics Management, LLC Pool vacuum 8 $2,000
North Highline UAC Community forums 8 $1,000
Greenbridge Neighborhood Watch Streetlights and park benches 8 $1,500
Southwest Little League Helmets 8 $1,500
TOTAL     $10,000
       
Four Creeks/Tiger Mountain      
Four Creeks UAC National Night Out events 9 $1,000
Mirrormont Community Association Street address signs 9 $1,000
Four Creeks UAC Stream water quality testing kits 9 $700
       
Maple Valley/Cedar River      
Save Habitat and Diversity of Wetlands Organization Outreach activities 9 $2,000
Hobart Community Church Community playground 9 $3,000
Greater Maple Valley UAC Train show 9 $2,000
Lake Desire Community Club Kitchen remodel for neighborhood clubhouse 9 $1,000
       
Southeast King County      
The Hope Heart Institute Community preparedness campaign for cardiac arrest emergency 9 $2,000
Glacier Vista Neighborhood-Rebecca Norton Neighborhood sign 9 $2,000
Green Valley Lake Holm Association Emergency house number project 9 $1,000
Green Valley Lake Holm Association Community engagement and education 9 $1,000
       
West King County/Fairwood      
Woodside Homeowners Association National Night Out events 9 $1,000
Fairwood Green Homeowners Association Neighborhood day 9 $1,200
TOTAL     $18,900
       
    2016 TOTAL $60,000
       

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These grants strengthen the bonds of community by supporting efforts like new play equipment in Hobart, helmets for Little Leaguers in White Center, a new refrigerator for the Federal Way Senior Center, river clean-up in Fall City, and a range of other community projects and events that make their neighborhoods cleaner, safer and more fun.

Dow Constantine, King County Executive

The increased request for these grants each year is a reflection of the many creative ways King County’s unincorporated residents support each other.

Alan Painter, Community Service Area Manager

For more information, contact:

Logan Harris, Natural Resources and Parks, 206-477-4516


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