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	Seattle Neighborhood Planning: Citizen Empowerment or Collective Daydreaming?
		Seattle voters in 1994 had rejected a library bond, and Libraries For All advocates felt that presenting ideas for neighborhood libraries to various neighborhood planning groups would help win the broad public support needed to pass the bond.
		While more affordable housing for Seattle was identified as important in growth management, Carla Okigwe, director of the Seattle-King County Housing Development Consortium, said her group was initially disappointed that the city didn't include much of much of a housing element in the early stages of neighborhood planning.
		Neighborhood planning is the cornerstone of the City's Comprehensive Plan, which outlines a strategy for accommodating growth over 20 years by attracting development that supports living, working, playing, shopping, and learning in the community.
	www.nhi.org /online/issues/108/seattle.html (3034 words)

	HistoryLink.org: The Online Encyclopedia of Washington State History
		Seattle was firmly established as the largest city in the new state, with rival Tacoma a close but fading second.
		Seattle, Spokane and Tacoma were the top three cities, but Vancouver knocked Bellevue out of the number-four slot, due to annexations.
		On October 21, 1962, President Kennedy was scheduled to preside over the closing of Seattle's Century 21 World's Fair, but he cancelled at the last moment due to a bad "cold." The nation and world soon learned that the real reason Kennedy stayed in the other Washington was the discovery of Soviet missiles in Cuba.
	www.historylink.org (1232 words)

	Lawrence Alumni Resources Regional Information Seattle City Guide (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Although it is relatively young and homogenous, Seattle has blended its Native American and frontier-town roots with the culture of its sizable Asian immigrant population and the technology and aerospace economies to create a unique, dynamic city that buzzes with activity.
		Seattle Center - The cultural hub of Seattle, it is host to many of Seattle's seasonal activities from Irish Week to TibetFest to the Northwest FolkLife Festival to Bumbershoot.
		Seattle is the world's center for glass-blowing, and there are several studios dedicated to this form of art, as well as the Museum of Glass in nearby Tacoma.
	www.lawrence.edu /alumni/regions/seattle_guide.shtml (2669 words)

	SeattleMagazine.com - July/August 2003 - Features - Best Neighborhoods - Investment Properties: Hot Neighborhooods in ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		They were looking for something with lots of space, quality construction, proximity to their downtown jobs, character, a family neighborhood with good schools for the kids they plan to have some day and—most of all—not a project.
		The two neighborhoods, on opposite sides of the University of Washington, are family friendly, established in the '20s, close to the 520 bridge and close to downtown.
		The neighborhood is also within walking distance of the antiques-heavy Greenwood business district, and access to the freeways is not bad compared to many in-city neighborhoods, such as Queen Anne.
	www.seattlemag.com /2003/07/feature1_3.asp (2413 words)

	Can You Name Your City Council Member? \| News \| The Stranger, Seattle's Only Newspaper
		"Seattle's neighborhoods are larger than most cities in Washington state, so the argument that you can represent them all fairly is difficult to make, to say the least," says Kent Kammerer, co-president of the Seattle Neighborhood Coalition.
		Seattle is one of the few large cities that doesn't have some form of district elections.
		But all this talk about neighborhoods electing their own representatives to the council feeds one of the biggest fears about district elections--that too much focus on neighborhood issues can be a bad thing.
	www.thestranger.com /seattle/Content?oid=9979 (3952 words)

	Seattle neighborhoods - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Seattle has elected its city council at large since 1910, and an established way constituents voice their needs has long been through a variety of community clubs, which lobby council members for the interests of their neighborhood—such as for a library branch.
		Neighborhoods of most of the largest districts are listed under their district, such as West Seattle and Delridge.
		Seattle annexed eight municipalities between 1905 and 1910, nearly doubling the area size of the city.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Seattle_neighborhoods (5141 words)

	Karen Freeman - Seattle Neighborhoods and Schools
		Seattle is a city of neighborhoods, all with their own wonderful sense of style and flavor.
		This is a neighborhood that combines a rich history and is a vibrant place to live.
		This is an upscale neighborhood with a strong sense of community.
	www.livingwellseattle.com /community_hoods_schools.htm (1877 words)

	SeattleMagazine.com - July/August 2003 - Features - Best Neighborhoods (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Houses in the $200,000-to-$400,000 neighborhood are in high demand, and the supply is plentiful.
		Neighborhood borders in Seattle are not carved in stone.
		Most kids in Seattle don't go to school in their neighborhood, and you can drive your kid to school." Seattle has fewer children per capita than any other city in the country, he adds.
	www.seattlemag.com /2003/07/feature1.asp (856 words)

	SEATTLE
		Seattle remains a highly segregated city where whites and minorities live in neighborhoods apart, according to 2000 Census data and a new national study.
		Seattle Reboots Its Future: The leaders of the city that Bill Boeing and Bill Gates built are asking what it will take to thrive in the 21st century.
		Downtown's changing face [Seattle Times, Feb.23, 1997] From Pioneer Square to the Denny Regrade and the waterfront to Interstate 5, Downtown Seattle is in the midst of a $1 billion building boom that promises to change the city's profile just as fundamentally as a crop of modern office high-rises did in the 1980s.
	faculty.washington.edu /~krumme/readings/seattle.html (4374 words)

	Historic Seattle :: Advocacy
		Seattle's Protestant churches saw a sharp rise in number between 1900 and 1915.
		By the 1920s, the neighborhoods, parks, boulevards, and the physical character of the city was much more stable, solid, and in the words of historian Roger Sale, "young bourgeois." This socioeconomic shift from 1910 to 1920 was highly significant as it directly parallels the rising political influence of Seattle neighborhoods.
		Though the Seattle area was still one of the "least-churched" parts of the country, and prostitution, alcohol consumption, and other sin-based industries were still popular at this time, moral reformers within the city's growing middle class pushed for the wholesale adoption of Christian values.
	www.historicseattle.org /advocacy/housesofworship.aspx (771 words)

	Here Comes Everybody \| News \| The Stranger, Seattle's Only Newspaper
		Cashin doesn't believe that fl/white neighborhoods like West Mount Airy in Philadelphia (50 percent fl, 44 percent white, 2 percent Latino) are the solution to the integration problem; they are too restricted in the sense that they manage to confront or resolve only one (and indeed the oldest and most visible) aspect of American racism.
		They had no other choice but to settle and set up their small businesses and community organizations in Southeast Seattle, and also further down south, in Renton and Tukwila, whose majority white populations are very soon to be reduced to minority status by the steady invasion of fl and brown and yellow forces.
		In the past, segregated neighborhoods like South Chicago were, despite all of their problems, actually vital because poor fls lived with middle-class and rich fls.
	www.thestranger.com /seattle/Content?oid=18760 (2514 words)

	Seattle Neighborhoods
		Median prices for a condo in downtown Seattle during 2005 was $316,995 and the average price for a condo in downtown Seattle was $389,195.
		Directly to the north of downtown Seattle, Queen Anne is one of the most scenic and historic neighborhoods in Seattle.
		One of the most intriguing neighborhoods in Seattle is Magnolia, located just minutes from downtown Seattle and accessible only by bridge.
	www.pricemyhome.com /neighborhoods_seattle.htm (498 words)

	Seattle Sightseeing and Tourist Information
		Seattle, the Emerald city, sits on the shores of Puget Sound surrounded by mountains to the east and west.
		The beauty of the Pacific Northwest is captured in the many parks of Seattle, clothed in a rich greenery of the lovely plants and flowers that grow easily in the mild climate (summers of 75 - 85 degrees, winters of 35 - 55 degrees).
		Downtown Seattle is vibrant, constantly renewing and improving, while retaining a love for its past and a friendliness that remains true.
	www.enjoyseattle.com (1155 words)

	Seattle Channel (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Council Seeks City Light Advisory Committee Members The Seattle City Council is looking for three experts to appoint to the Seattle City Light Advisory Committee, which advises the Council, Mayor and City Light Superintendent on policies, business strategies and performance oversight.
		Seattle's hub for culture and entertainment is at a crossroads.
		As light rail is built to connect Seattle and SeaTac follow the news on construction and the closure of the downtown transit tunnel.
	www.seattlechannel.org (1289 words)

	Sustainable Urban Neighborhoods Initiative (SUNI) — A resource and a catalyst for urban sustainability
		We conduct street-level surveys to document positive and negative neighborhood conditions; we administer various community surveys to better understand neighborhood health and community perceptions; and we offer an interactive mapping tool to analyze demographic trends and open space accessibility at a neighborhood scale.
		The Sustainable Urban Neighborhoods Initiative is supported by a generous grant from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.
		In addition, the SUNI program is supported by The Seattle Foundation's Better Tomorrow initiative, as well as several local community grants from Seattle's Office of Economic Development, Seattle's Department of Neighborhoods, and the US Environmental Protection Agency.
	www.sustainableseattle.org /Programs/SUNI (456 words)

	Seattle Public Schools \| BOOST
		Some Seattle Neighborhoods have a dense network of high quality child care providers and out-of-school-time programs.
		Adapt lessons learned so that other neighborhoods can create their own out-of-school-time care suited to the character and culture of the families they serve.
		HICH NEIGHBORHOODS IS West Seattle, South Seattle the north end of the Highline School District, which includes White Center, Burien and SeaTac.
	www.seattleschools.org /area/ocl/boost.xml (502 words)

	West Seattle - SeattleWiki (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		West Seattle is the area west of the Duwamish River and was annexed by Seattle in 1907.
		West Seattle's miles of rolling peninsula feature many of the city's loveliest parks and beaches, its highest hills, a couple of happening retail districts studded with good restaurants, middle-class neighborhoods blessed with gorgeous views, and a mix of residents as diverse as any in town.
		Hamilton Viewpoint: So magnificant is the view from this point at the North end of West Seattle it has been featured as a backdrop of ABC News, many movies, and of course the ongoing tour buses looking to give their passengers the best views of Seattle.
	seattlewiki.org /wiki/West_Seattle (873 words)

	PC(USA) - National Volunteers Office - Seattle
		The city is ethnically diverse: Vietnamese, Russian, Ukrainian, Kurdish, Iraqi, and Latino, to name a few, have settled in neighborhoods throughout the Seattle area.
		Program Description: Seattle's Urban Intentional Community Program provides a community urban discipleship experience for young adults training them to be the next generation of church leadership and encouraging a Biblical lifestyle that embraces intentional, incarnational ministry to the urban poor.
		The Seattle site is a tent-making ministry, where volunteers find part-time work to fund their YAV year while living in intentional community and volunteering 10 hours a week to their placement.
	www.pcusa.org /nvo/youngadultvolunteers/seattle.htm (534 words)

	The Seattle Times Company - Meet the Staff
		Here you can learn more about the staff, who they are, the neighborhoods they live in and their professional backgrounds.
		She returned to the Seattle area after spending 17 years working at Eastern Washington newspapers where she was a reporter, editorial writer and editorial page editor.
		She lives in Seattle and is a fourth generation Seattleite.
	www.seattletimescompany.com /editorial/staff.htm (698 words)

	Seattle.gov - the official site of the City of Seattle - Home Page
		Seattle Parks and Recreation offers a great variety of autumn and Halloween activities for kids of all ages - check out the fun events through October 31.
		The Seattle Animal Shelter is co-sponsoring a dog adopt-a-thon in Belltown on October 22, 11am - 3pm, at Wags on 113A Bell Street.
		Celebrating the cultures of Turkey, Bosnia and the Meskhetian Turks of Russia with whirling servishes, Turkish folkdances, traditional textiles, Turkish food and Istanbul Bazaar with carpets, jewelry, textiles and ceramics, on October 21-22 at Seattle Center.
	www.cityofseattle.net (278 words)

	Microsoft College Careers - Seattle and Vicinity
		The Seattle area ranks among the top 10 places to live in the country.
		And while Seattle does have its share of cloudy and misty days, it actually gets less rain each year than Atlanta, Boston, Houston, New York, or Philadelphia.
		Add to this picture a dynamic urban culture, distinctive neighborhoods, great restaurants, a family-friendly atmosphere, a world-class music, arts, and entertainment scene, and countless recreational options, and we think you'll discover that this is truly a special place.
	www.microsoft.com /college/loc_seattleneigh.mspx (181 words)

	Seattle Channel - Program: Neighborhood News
		Neighborhood News travels around the city to bring you new stories from the many unique neighborhoods in Seattle.
		Whichever is the case, we’re hoping soon you’ll best know him as the new host of “Neighborhood News”—a monthly television magazine introducing you to some of Seattle’s hippest and most memorable neighborhoods.
		To learn more about the City's neighborhoods visit our video archives to watch other interesting episodes of Neighborhood News.
	www.seattlechannel.org /media/neighborhoodNews.htm (238 words)

	An Acquired Taste for the Suburbs. (Seattle Weekly)
		The church's most visible member is Auburn resident Carl Mack, who recently became the Seattle NAACP chapter's president and who has led marches both in the neighborhood and in Seattle—where he was arrested—to protest the shooting of a fl man by a white off-duty King County Sheriff's deputy last April east of Renton.
		In the neighborhood, however, the church is more well known for the Margie Williams Helping Hands Center, its food and clothing bank named in honor of the woman who founded the church in her East Renton home in 1977.
		Although her east Kent neighborhood is only a half-hour drive in good traffic from downtown Seattle, it's horse country—there are corrals nearby, and it's not uncommon to see people riding on local roads.
	www.seattleweekly.com /news/0304/news-turner.php (4948 words)

	Downtown Seattle Neighborhoods
		Visit the Seattle Aquarium (www.seattleaquarium.org) or stop by one of the many unique businesses and pick up a courtesy umbrella to use during your visit.
		The neighborhood just east of Pioneer Square is where generations of Asian immigrants first arrived in Seattle.
		First Hill is literally Seattle’s first neighborhood where pioneer families established roots, and left behind a rich history of classic homes, gardens and churches.
	www.downtownseattle.com /content/visitors/DTNhoods.cfm (455 words)

	Department of Neighborhoods
		One of Mayor Greg Nickels’ four goals for Seattle is to "Build Strong Families and Healthy Communities." The Department of Neighborhoods has a key and central role in carrying out this goal by fulfilling its mission to build stronger communities in strong partnership with Seattle residents.
		Neighborhood Service Centers: Thirteen centers link City government to Seattle's neighborhoods.
		Neighborhood Matching Fund: Awards money to Seattle neighborhood groups and organizations for a broad array of neighborhood-initiated improvement, organizing or planning projects.
	www.cityofseattle.net /neighborhoods (165 words)

	Seattle Rentals View Ridge & Wedgwood
		The neighborhoods of Wedgwood and View Ridge sit in the heart of Sand Point, which stretches along the banks of Lake Washington and down to the University District.
		The first P-Patch was started in Wedgwood in 1965 when the City Council allowed three acres of land to be used for a community garden.
		Due to the fact that these neighborhoods are set further away from U of W than the University District and Ravenna, there are fewer undergraduate students in Wedgwood/View Ridge rentals and more graduate students and faculty with their families.
	www.seattlerentals.com /877.html (246 words)

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