White Center Holds Community Summit on Saturday, December 3
Multicultural Forum Includes Free Workshops on Housing, Jobs, Health, and Education

White Center - On Saturday, December 3, the White Center Community Development Association (CDA) is proud to host the 10th Annual Community Summit - an event that celebrates the White Center neighborhood and the many efforts of residents, organizations, and community partners to connect to resources and one another. This year’s theme - “Building Neighborhood Equity” - is driven by the concerns that local residents have raised about housing, healthcare, employment, and education in 2011.  The Summit will feature workshops in each of these areas.

EVENT DETAILS

What: Building Neighborhood Equity

When: Saturday, December 3,  10:00a.m.-3:00p.m.

Where: White Center Heights Elementary

10015 6^th Avenue SW;  Seattle, WA 98106

The Community Summit is a catalyst for local change led by the community. It aims to help residents find solutions to improve their lives in 2012 and beyond.

The Summit is also an opportunity to share, learn, and experience the culture of White Center. Attendees can explore a diverse selection of food, youth performances, interactive electronic polling, and neighborhood videos. This all-inclusive event is free and open to everyone who supports and wants to learn more about White Center.  Translation and interpretation services will be available in multiple languages including: Spanish, Vietnamese, Arabic, Somali, Khmer, and more.  Free childcare will be also provided.

Free “I Heart White Center” t-shirts will be given away in limited quantities. The White Center Community Summit is co-sponsored by the City of Seattle, Amerigroup RealSolutions, King County Housing Authority, and Noise Without Sound.

Register for this event online here: http://goo.gl/60sdU. The preregistration deadline is Tuesday, November 15 to be guaranteed an event shirt.

For more information on the Community Summit, email: virgil@wccda.org or call (206) 694-1082. For more information about the White Center CDA, visit: www.wccda.org or call (206) 694-1082. Visit Facebook at www.facebook.com/whitecentercda, and Twitter at www.twitter.com/whitecentercda.

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Win - $500 in prizes like water cisterns, landscape design, car wash gift certificates, oil changes, bus passes, and more!

Sustainable West Seattle presents a 30 minute talk on the biggest threat to Puget Sound: Toxic Runoff. After the audience learns about solutions to toxic runoff, they will have the opportunity to win one of more than 10 pollution prevention prizes ($1,000 value).

For more information, please visit our website: www.tox-ick.org

(Event presented in Spanish)

En Espanol:

Sustainable West Seattle le invita a acudir a la presentación de Aguas Pluviales Contaminadas.

Sábado Noviembre 12, de 2:30pm a 3:30pm en el Centro Cultural de la Comunidad de White Center (White Center Community Cultural Center) también conocido como St. James anexo. 9421 18th Ave SW, Seattle WA. 98106

¡Gane $500 en premios! Cisternas de agua, diseño de jardines, vales de regalo para lavado de coche o cambio de aceite, boletos para el autobús, y mucho más.
Sustainable West Seattle presentará 30 minutos hablándoles de la mayor amenaza del Puget Sound: Los escurrimientos de aguas pluviales tóxicas. Después de que la audiencia entienda las soluciones para este problema, ellos podrán ganar uno de los más de 10 premios que se darán para ayudar a prevenir la contaminación (premios con valor hasta de $500)

Para más información, por favor visite nuestra página de web: www.tox-ick.org

Capitol Hill Housing Celebrates Grand Opening of Unity Village of White Center

November 2, 2011 (Seattle, WA) - The White Center community is delighted to announce the grand opening of Unity Village, a new construction project featuring 30 units of affordable apartments near the business district, close to public transit, shopping and services.  During this challenging economic climate for affordable housing developers, the White Center Community Development Association, Capitol Hill Housing and Delridge Neighborhoods Development Association have combined resources through an innovative partnership to develop Unity Village, formerly known as Strength of Place Village.

The celebration will feature a tour of the project and remarks from King County Executive Dow Constantine, King County Council Member Joe McDermott and Burien Mayor Joan McGilton, along with other officials from the State of Washington, King County, White Center, Seattle and Burien.

Located on the corner of SW 100^th Street and 13^th Avenue SW, the $9.5 million project features 30 new apartments ranging from one-bedrooms to three-bedrooms for low-income families making less than about $55,000 per year.  Unity Village boasts many green features, and is green built to the Washington State Evergreen Sustainable Development Standard.

This project is one of just a handful of projects in Washington State that received American Recovery and Reinvestment Act Tax Credit Assistance Program funding administered by the Washington State Housing Finance Commission.  In a time when low-income housing tax credits were scarce, the partnership’s combined strengths made it feasible for the project to secure tax credit equity and a federal award.  Capitol Hill Housing is the lead housing developer of Unity Village, the White Center Community Development Association is the local sponsor and Delridge Neighborhoods Development Association secured the site in 2008 and provided construction management services for the project.  The project is owned by a tax credit Limited Liability Company in which all three non-profit organizations have an ownership stake.

The name “Unity Village” was selected by the White Center community and the tenants of the project as they began meeting to sign leases. According to Aileen Balahadia, Executive Director of the White Center Community Development Association, “the project’s residents along with its owners collectively recognized unity as a goal of the community and a hallmark of the collaborative nature of the project’s development.   This decision, guided authentically by resident voice, is seen a true testament to how this project developed from original vision to grand opening.”

Christopher Persons, Executive Director of Capitol Hill Housing said “it has been an honor and a privilege to work on this unique project in the heart of White Center. The development of Unity Village is a model for collaboration and the development of affordable housing in a community context.”

Funding for this project was provided by Impact Capital, King County, Washington State Housing Finance Commission, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act Tax Credit Assistance Program, the State of Washington, National Equity Fund, Bank of America, the Employees Community Fund of Boeing Puget Sound and the Bill & Melinda Gates Sound Families Initiative in conjunction with the King County Housing Authority.

The event sponsors are Absher Construction and Bank of America.

Unity Village Groundbreaking

Wednesday, November 16th

3pm Tour of the project, including units and grounds

4pm Remarks & Reception

Intersection of 13th Avenue SW & 100th Street in White Center

Please RSVP to: patricia@wccda.org or (206) 694-1082 x162

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We’re proud to unveil the White Center Merchant Profile, featuring the stories and history of nine produce markets. The Healthy Foods Here Program and King County Food and Fitness Initiative are sponsors in this project. It is written by Jade Blackwater and designed by Kathi Wheeler. Enjoy!

White Center Community Cultural Center and the Trusted Advocates host Storytelling with

Fadumo Muse and Ahmed Ali
this Friday, October 21, 5:30pm

at the White Center Community Cultural Center
9421 18th Avenue SW, Seattle, 98106

Come hear Fadumo and Ahmed’s life in Somalia
and their experiences of coming to White Center

Everyone is welcome - Bring your friends!!

But you can help. YWCA Seattle | King | Snohomish and Allstate Northwest Region hope you will join us for a special event to recognize Domestic Violence Awareness month.

On Monday, October 24 from 11:30 to 1:00 at YWCA Greenbridge Learning Center you will learn how to approach and talk to a family member, friend or co-worker you suspect is a victim of domestic violence. Learn what you can do.

We have been challenged by The Allstate Foundation to have at least 100 people attend the event. For every attendee, the Foundation will donate $100 to the YWCA Seattle | King | Snohomish to fund programs that support domestic violence victims.

Please make sure to take a look at purplepurse.com. Cleverly disguised as an internet store, the site contains information on domestic violence. We will share more about the story of the purple purse at the event. You can show your support by wearing purple and/or bringing a purse to donate. Please use your social media networks to spread the word. On Twitter, follow “@ywcawork” and make sure to use #purplepurse in your tweets.

RSVP today and help end domestic violence.

When: Monday, October 24 11:30 am to 1:00 pm (lunch provided)

Where: YWCA Greenbridge Learning Center
9720 8th Ave. SW, South
Seattle, 98106

Click here (link to Eventbrite) to RSVP

​Tomorrow’s the big party for White Center, the neighborhood which emerged victorious in our first-ever Snackdown. The 6 p.m. event is a great chance to check out the city’s best ‘hood for eating–and to eat cake, courtesy of party host Full Tilt Ice Cream.

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