International District/Chinatown Community Center Pro Parks Project Information
719 8th Avenue S., Seattle, WA 98134
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PROJECT STATUS
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EVENTS:
The dedication ceremony
for the new International District/Chinatown Community Center was
held on September 29, 2004.
In July 2004, the International Examiner included a
story about the new community center.
FOR MORE INFORMATION:
Pro Parks Levy Opportunity Fund Information: Catherine
Anstett
Seattle Parks and Recreation
800 Maynard Ave. S., 3rd Floor
Seattle, WA 98134
206-615-0386
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The community center is open and ready for use. Come take a look!
In July 2002 Seattle City Council unanimously approved an allocation of
$250,000 from the Pro Parks Levy Opportunity Fund toward a gym for the new
International District/Chinatown Community Center.
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719 8th Avenue S., Seattle, WA 98134
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The Opportunity Fund allocation contributed
to the construction of a gym as part of the new community center in the
International District/Chinatown urban center village. The new gym and community
center opened to the public in August 2004.
The 1999 Community Center Levy provided $2.1 million for a community center
and gathering space facility in the International District/Chinatown as
part of Phase II of the "Village Square" project. However, this did not
include funding for a gymnasium.
In the spring of 2002, there was significant testimony to the Pro Parks
Oversight Committee from the community regarding the importance of the gym
to the neighborhood, and requesting a grant from the Pro Parks Opportunity
Fund. Most families in the International District live on incomes below
the poverty level (in 1990, the median family income in the ID was $9,801).
An award of $250,000 from the Pro Parks Levy Opportunity Fund was subsequently
approved toward the community center gym.
A groundbreaking ceremony for the project was held on November 15, 2002,
and the dedication center for the completed new community center and gym
was held on September 29, 2004.
Please see the International District/Chinatown Community Center webpage
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| Peter Berliner of the Paul G. Allen Foundation, City
Council President Peter Steinbrueck and Mayor Greg Nickels look on
as the Lion Dancers lead the way to the November 15 2002 groundbreaking. |
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| Citizens testified in support of Opportunity Fund
funding for the community center gym at the April 2002 meeting of
the Pro Parks Levy Oversight Committee. |
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