This is an exciting time of the year at the CDA because we are announcing our new format, calling for volunteers and projects form the community. This year Spring Clean will span April through August with a huge celebration on September 6th, 2013. We have 5 months throughout the year to ensure the cleanliness and beautification our community. If you have a project that you want to lead or suggest please fill out the Project Proposal Form and email it to Marquise@wccda.org or drop it off at the CDA located at 1615 SW Cambridge St, Seattle, WA 98106. Projects can be done on multiple days if it is a need of the community to be done throughout the months.  If you are interested in volunteering for a particular day please follow the link Volunteer Link to sign-up. You can sign up for as many days as you want.

As projects come in we will be updating our blog, Facebook and Twitter. If you have any question or concerns about Spring Clean this year please feel free to contact Marquise at Marquise@wccda.org or call 206.694.1082. Look forward to making our community healthy, clean and beautiful over the next couple of months.

Spring Clean 2012 was a huge success with over 470 people participating in 23 different beautification and cleanup projects around White Center. We collected over 100 bags of compost, garbage waste, and recycling totaling over 2,000 lbs.

Thank you to the elected officials and professionals who attended the morning kickoff event and participated in the community clean up: US Attorney Jenny A. Durkan, Congressman Jim McDermott, King County Councilmember Joe McDermott, and Unincorporated Community Service Area Program Manager and representative from Dow Constantine’s office, Alan Painter.

Thank you again to all of the sponsors for making this event possible: Boeing Employers Credit Union, Bubbers, LLC, Chemo’s Mexican Restaurant, City of Seattle Office of Economic Development, El Dorado West, Habitat for Humanity Seattle/South King County, Impact Capital, King County Housing Authority, King County Parks and Recreation, Lee’s Produce, McLendon’s Hardware, Meat the Live Butcher, Norwest Graphics, QFC, Saars Super Saver Foods, Reed Paint, Safeway, Samway Market, Seattle Public Utilities, Sherwin-Williams, West Seattle Tool Library, the White Center Chamber of Commerce, and World Vision.

Check out coverage on Spring Clean 2012:

West Seattle Herald, West Seattle Herald, White Center Now, White Center Blog, West Seattle Blog, Village Concepts

And for more pictures, check out:

Mel Ponder Photography, Mel Ponder Facebook

Twitter: @WhiteCenterCDA

Facebook: White Center Community Development Association