The Pro Parks Levy's $10 million Green Spaces category funds acquisitions
to preserve Seattle’s green spaces. The Oversight Committee has included
the East Duwamish Greenbelt among 13 of the City’s adopted Green Spaces
to be considered for acquisition.
FOR MORE INFORMATION:
Lise Ward, Senior Real Property Agent
Seattle Parks and Recreation
800 Maynard Ave. S., 3rd Floor
Seattle, WA 98134
March 2007
Seattle Parks has acquired three properties in the East Duwamish Greenbelt
through the Levy program.
- A .76-acre property was donated in December 2005.
- Seattle Parks purchased a .34-acre property in December 2005.
- Seattle Parks purchased a .28-acre property in January 2006.
LOCATION
Southeast Seattle
PROJECT DESCRIPTION
Donated property in the East Duwamish Greenbelt.
Land acquisitions to connect and extend existing green space in the East
Duwamish Greenbelt.
The East Duwamish Greenbelt is the largest greenspace in Southeast Seattle
and includes the wooded hills above the I-5 freeway. In the 1990s Seattle
Parks and Recreation preserved more than 70 acres in the greenbelt.
On November 12, 2002, the Pro Parks Levy Oversight Committee
included the East Duwamish Greenbelt among the green spaces to be further
considered for acquisition through the Pro Parks Levy Green Spaces category.