Greater Duwamish Neighborhood Service Center Records, 1980-2011

Overview of the Collection

Creator
Seattle (Wash.). Dept. of Neighborhoods
Title
Greater Duwamish Neighborhood Service Center Records
Dates
1980-2011 (inclusive)
Quantity
6.4 cubic feet, (16 boxes)
Collection Number
5752-10
Summary
Records documenting the activities of the Greater Duwamish Neighborhood Service Center.
Repository
Seattle Municipal Archives
Seattle Municipal Archives
Office of the City Clerk
City of Seattle
PO Box 94728
98124-4728
Seattle, WA
Telephone: 2062337807
Fax: 2063869025
archives@seattle.gov
Access Restrictions

Records are open to the public.

Languages
English
Sponsor
Funding for processing this record series was provided through a grant from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission.

Historical NoteReturn to Top

Seattle has a network of Neighborhood Service Centers located throughout the city to provide citizens with information about Seattle services and programs. The customer service representatives assist more than 225,000 residents each year to obtain pet licences, pay City Light and Combined Utility bills, pay traffic tickets, apply for U.S. passports, and find information about city jobs. District coordinators are involved in neighborhood planning processes, serve as staff to the neighborhood district councils, and provide a wide range of information services to the community.

Seven Community Service Centers were established in 1973 under the direction of the Citizens Service Bureau to provide decentralized local government services to Seattle’s neighborhoods. The program was inspired by Boston’s successful “Little City Halls” concept, but budget constraints made it impossible to create as comprehensive a system. The original sites of the community centers were in the neighborhoods served by the Model City Program.

In 1974, the service center program was transferred to the Department of Human Resources (DHR). Under DHR, the service centers continued to provide decentralized City services, but also expanded into community-based social service delivery. In 1978, four of the centers were designated collection centers where citizens could pay utility bills and resolve billing issues. In addition, senior services, voter registration, animal licensing, and low income energy program assistance were instituted at the centers. During the 1980s and 1990s, the various service centers offered neighborhood legal clinics, IRS tax assistance, health and nutrition services, and a wide variety of other services.

The Department of Neighborhoods (DON) was created in 1991 and jurisdiction over community service centers was transferred from DHR. The Community Service Center Division was created within DON; in 1992 the division name was changed to the Neighborhood Service Centers (NSC) Division. In 1999, the Neighborhood Matching Fund and P-Patch Programs were merged with the NSC to create the Community Building Division. From the 1990s through 2010, the NSC program included staff in thirteen centers, including seven collection centers. Budget cuts forced the closing of six service centers in early 2011.

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

The Greater Duwamish Neighborhood Service Center Records include correspondence, reports, clippings, notes, meeting minutes, maps, brochures, and other materials. Records document the activities of service center staff and Greater Duwamish community issues and concerns. Noteworthy topics include Duwamish Superfund Site; Boeing Field; area traffic concerns; Georgetown Old City Hall; crime reduction; neighborhood safety; neighborhood improvement; and industrial land use. Areas covered include Beacon Hill, South Park, Georgetown, Duwamish and SODO.

Use of the CollectionReturn to Top

Preferred Citation

[Item and date], Greater Duwamish Neighborhood Service Center Records, Record Series 5752-10. Box [number], Folder [number]. Seattle Municipal Archives.

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Separated Materials

Publications were pulled from the collection and are cataloged separately in the Published Documents Index.

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

The following section contains a detailed listing of the materials in the collection.

5752-10:  Greater Duwamish Neighborhood Service Center Records, 1980-2011Return to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box/Folder
1/1
1st Ave. South Bridge
1991-1995
½
4th Ave South Pedestrian Improvement Study
2008
1/3
15th Ave S. and S. Columbian Way Business Association
2005
1/4
Afro-American Academy on Beacon Hill
1997-1998
1/5
Alcohol Impact Area
2004-2006
1/6
Alcohol Impact Awareness Information
2006
1/7
Alcohol Impact Awareness Information
2006-2007
1/8
Asian-Pacific Islander Task Force on Youth
1992
1/9
Asian-Pacific Islander Task Force on Youth
1993
1/10
Asian-Pacific Islander Task Force on Youth
1994-1995
1/11
Asian-Pacific Islander Task Force on Youth
1996-1997
1/12
Asian-Pacific Islander Task Force on Youth
1998
1/13
Asian-Pacific Islander Task Force on Youth
1999-2000
1/14
Beacon Hill- 24th Ave S. Neighbors
1999
1/15
Beacon Hill- 4114 13th S.
1988-1995
1/16
Beacon Hill Alliance of Neighbors (BAN)
1998-1999
1/17
Beacon Hill Alliance of Neighbors (BAN)
2005-2008
1/18
Beacon Hill- Amazon/PacMED Construction and Expansion
1999-2000
2/1
Beacon Hill- Amazon/PacMED Transportation Study
1999
2/2
Beacon Hill Banner Project
1998-1999
2/3
Beacon Hill Banner Project
1998-1999
2/4
Beacon Hill Brick Pit Land Use Project
1991-1994
2/5
Beacon Hill Brick Chamber of Commerce
1992-2000
2/6
Beacon Hill Brick Chamber of Commerce
2004-2008
2/7
Beacon Hill Clean And Green
2005-2008
2/8
Beacon Hill Comet Lodge Cemetery
1991-1998
2/9
Beacon Hill Community Corrections Officer
1992-1995
2/10
Beacon Hill Community Council
2009
2/11
Beacon Hill Community Council
2010
2/12
Beacon Hill Community Issues
1991-2000
2/13
Beacon Hill- Dearborn Park Community Council
1999-2000
2/14
Beacon Hill Environment, Parks, And Transit Issues
2007-2008
3/1
Beacon Hill Festival
1993-1996
3/2
Beacon Hill Festival
1998-2000
3/3
Beacon Hill Festival
2001
3/4
Beacon Hill Greenbelt and Neighborhood Action Team
2008
3/5
Beacon Hill Gypsy Moth Eradication Program
1996-1998
3/6
Beacon Hill Jefferson Park Master Plan
1995
3/7
Beacon Hill Lago Vista Apartments
1998
3/8
Beacon Hill Library
1991-1994
3/9
Beacon Hill Library
1997
3/10
Beacon Hill Library
1999-2000
3/11
Beacon Hill Light Rail and Area Planning
1999
3/12
Beacon Hill- Median Construction on Beacon Ave
1981-1985
3/13
Beacon Hill- Median Construction on Beacon Ave
1995-2000
3/14
Beacon Hill Street Design and Pedestrian Safety
2008-2010
3/15
Beacon Hill Street Light Saturation Project
1997
3/16
Beacon Hill Tent City II
1998-1999
3/17
Beacon Hill VA Hospital Medical Waste Incinerator
1998-1999
4/1
Beacon Hill Traffic Summit
2001
4/2
Boeing Field-King Co. International Airport
1993-1994
4/3
Boeing Field-King Co. International Airport
1995
4/4
Boeing Field-King Co. International Airport
1996
4/5
Boeing Field-King Co. International Airport
1997
4/6
Boeing Field-King Co. International Airport
1998
4/7
Bridging the Gap/Cumulative Reserve Fund Information
2007
4/8
Bridging the Gap/Cumulative Reserve Fund Information
2007
4/9
Bridging the Gap/Cumulative Reserve Fund Information
2007
4/10
Bridging the Gap/Neighborhood Street Fund/Cumulative Reserve Fund Information
2008
4/11
Chief Sealth Trail
2004
4/12
Clean and Green Seattle
2009
4/13
Combustion Turbine Project
1993-1996
4/14
Community Safety Fair
2008-2009
4/15
Dearborn Project
2007-2008
4/16
Duwamish- Georgetown City Hall Clean Up and Boeing Volume Projects
1999
5/1
Duwamish Coalition
1994-1995
5/2
Duwamish Neighborhood Preservation Coalition
1993
5/3
Duwamish River Clean-Up and Superfund Site
2004-2008
5/4
Duwamish River Clean-Up and Superfund Site
2006-2007
5/5
Duwamish River Clean-Up and Superfund Site
2007
5/6
Duwamish-South Park/ Georgetown/Beacon Steinbrueck Tours
1999
5/7
East African Community Services
2009
5/8
El Centro de la Raza
1999
5/9
Environmental Coalition of South Seattle
1994-1997
5/10
Georgetown Clean and Green
2002-2004
5/11
Georgetown Community Council
2005
5/12
Georgetown Community Council
2001-2006
5/13
Georgetown Community Council
2008
5/14
Georgetown-Concerned Citizens of Georgetown
1991-1992
5/15
Georgetown Crime Prevention and Community Council
1994-1995
5/16
Georgetown Crime Prevention and Community Council
1992-1994
5/17
Georgetown Crime Prevention and Community Council
1996-1998
5/18
Georgetown Crime Prevention and Community Council
1998-2000
6/1
Georgetown-Federal Detention Center
1993
6/2
Georgetown-General Neighborhood Information
2006
6/3
Georgetown Hats and Boots
1997-2000
6/4
Georgetown-King County Waste Project
1991-1992
6/5
Georgetown-Lucille St.-Tukwila HOV Project
1993-1996
6/6
Georgetown-Maple Hill Neighborhood Project
1996-1997
6/7
Georgetown-Maple Hill Neighborhood Project
1997-1998
6/8
Georgetown Merchants Association
2006-2008
6/9
Georgetown Motor Inn
1991-1992
6/10
Georgetown Newsletter- The Gazette
2004-2008
6/11
Georgetown Old City Hall
1988-1989
6/12
Georgetown Old City Hall - Feasability Study and Schematic Design
1997
6/13
Georgetown Old City Hall and Service Center
1998
6/14
Georgetown Old City Hall and Service Center
1998-1999
6/15
Georgetown Old City Hall and Service Center
1999-2000
6/16
Georgetown P-Patch Purchase
1999
7/1
Georgetown Sex Offender Committee
1999
7/2
Greater Duwamish-Bridging the Gap
2009-2010
7/3
Greater Duwamish-Capital improvement, Cumulative Reserve, and Neighborhood Street Fund
2006-2007
7/4
Greater Duwamish District Council
2000
7/5
Greater Duwamish District Council
2001
7/6
Greater Duwamish District Council
2002
7/7
Greater Duwamish District Council
2003
7/8
Greater Duwamish District Council
2004
7/9
Greater Duwamish District Council
2005
7/10
Greater Duwamish District Council
2005
7/11
Greater Duwamish District Council
2006
7/12
Greater Duwamish District Council
2006
7/13
Greater Duwamish District Council
2007
7/14
Greater Duwamish District Council
2007
8/1
Greater Duwamish District Council
2008
8/2
Greater Duwamish District Council
2009
8/3
Greater Duwamish Ecology Concerns-Philips Services
2001
8/4
Greater Duwamish Neighborhood Service Center- Administrative and PR
1989-1998
8/5
Greater Duwamish District- Neighborhood Matching Fund Information
1988-2008
8/6
Greater Duwamish Small Sparks Information
2005-2010
8/7
Helen B. Radcliff House
1994-1998
8/8
Holly Park Merchants Association
2000-2002
8/9
Industrial Lands and Business Assistance
2007-2008
8/10
Jefferson Park Expansion
2003-2006
8/11
Jefferson Park - 100 Year History Outreach Fund
2003
8/12
Khmer-American Multicultural Society
1994-1996
8/13
Khmer-American Multicultural Society
1994-1996
8/14
King County International Airport Issues
1999-2000
8/15
Manufacturing Industry Council
2002-2006
8/16
Mayor's Walking Tour-Beacon Hill/Sound Transit
1999
8/17
Mayor's Walking Tour- Beacon Hill
1196-2008
8/18
Mayor's Walking Tour- Duwamish Manufacturing and Industrial Center/ Genesee Merchants
1998-2001
9/1
Mayor's Walking Tour- Georgetown
1995-2006
9/2
Mayor's Walking Tour-Holly Park
1991-1995
9/3
Mayor's Walking Tour-South Park
1995
9/4
Membership Applications and Bylaws
2007
9/5
Mercer Middle School Traffic and Safety Committee
2005
9/6
Neighborhood Plan Updates
2009-2010
9/7
Neighborhood Street Fund-For 2011 Funding
2010
9/8
Neighborhood Street Fund 2009/2010 Project Information
2009-2010
9/9
Neighborhood Street Fund/Cumulative Reserve Fund-For 2010 Funding
2009
9/10
Neighborhood Street Fund/Cumulative Reserve Fund-For 2009 Funding
2006-2009
9/11
Neighborhood Street Fund 2008 Information
2007-2008
10/1
North Beacon Hill Council
1996-1997
10/2
North Beacon Hill Council
1998
10/3
North Beacon Hill Council
1999
10/4
North Beacon Hill Council
1999-2000
10/5
North Beacon Hill Council
2004
10/6
North Beacon Hill Council
2005-2007
10/7
North Beacon Hill Council
2008
10/8
North Beacon Neighborhood Plan Information
1999-2000
10/9
North Highline Annexation
2005-2006
10/10
Open Space Opportunity Fund
1991-1994
10/11
Open Space Opportunity Fund
1995-1997
10/12
Rainier Vista
2008
10/13
SeaMar Expansion Project
1991-1997
10/14
Seattle/Tukwila Annexation and Boundary Issues
1997
10/15
SODO Business Association
1994-1995
10/16
SODO Business Association
1996-1998
10/17
SODO Business Association
1998-2000
11/1
SODO Business Association
2003-2008
11/2
SODO District
2008-2009
11/3
Solid Waste Facilities Planning
2003-2006
11/4
Sound Transit/Link Light Rail
1997-1998
11/5
Sound Transit/Regional Transit Authority/Link Light Rail
1991
11/6
Sound Transit/Regional Transit Authority/Link Light Rail
1991-1995
11/7
Sound Transit/Regional Transit Authority/Link Light Rail
1995-1997
11/8
Sound Transit/Regional Transit Authority/Link Light Rail
1996-1997
11/9
Sound Transit/Regional Transit Authority/Link Light Rail
1998
11/10
South Beacon Hill Community Council
1992-1995
11/11
South Beacon Hill Community Council
1996-1998
11/12
South Beacon Hill Community Council
2004-2008
11/13
South Beacon Hill Neighborhood Council
1999-2000
12/1
Southeast Neighborhood Power Project
1998-1999
12/2
Southeast Seattle Interdepartmental Team Neighborhood Plan
2007-2008
12/3
Southeast Seattle Interdepartmental Team Neighborhood Plan
2008-2009
12/4
Southeast Seattle Action Agenda
2001-2005
12/5
South Harbor Truck Parking Working Group
2008-2009
12/6
Southwest Airlines-Boeing Field
2005
12/7
Southwest Precinct Advisory Council- Safety and Block Watch
2006-2010
12/8
South Park Action Agenda
1995-2005
12/9
South Park Action Agenda
2006
12/10
South Park Action Agenda
2006
12/11
South Park Action Agenda
2006
12/12
South Park Action Agenda
2006
12/13
South Park Action Agenda
2006
12/14
South Park Action Agenda
2006
13/1
South Park Action Agenda
2006
13/2
South Park Action Agenda
2006
13/3
South Park Action Agenda
2007
13/4
South Park Action Agenda
2007-2008
13/5
South Park Action Agenda
2007-2010
13/6
South Park Action Agenda
2008-2009
13/7
South Park Action Agenda Working Group
2007
13/8
South Park Advisory Council
2005
13/9
South Park Area Redevelopment Committee
1991
13/10
South Park Area Redevelopment Committee
1992
13/11
South Park Area Redevelopment Committee
1993
13/12
South Park Area Redevelopment Committee
1994
13/13
South Park Area Redevelopment Committee
1994
13/14
South Park Area Redevelopment Committee
1995
13/15
South Park Area Redevelopment Committee
1995
14/1
South Park Area Redevelopment Committee
1996
14/2
South Park Area Redevelopment Committee
1997
14/3
South Park Area Redevelopment Committee
1998
14/4
South Park Area Redevelopment Committee
1998-1999
14/5
South Park Area Redevelopment Committee Fundraising
1992-1994
14/6
South Park Area Redevelopment Committee Information
1980-1987
14/7
South Park Arts Council
1999
14/8
South Park Background and Improvements
2005
14/9
South Park Big Deal Day
1991-1992
14/10
South Park Big Deal Day
1992-1996
14/11
South Park Bridge Closure
2003-2010
14/12
South Park Bridge Closure
2005-2008
14/13
South Park Bridge Closure
2008-2010
14/14
South Park Business Association
1996-1998
14/15
South Park Clean and Green
2004-2006
14/16
South Park Clean and Green
2008-2010
14/17
South Park Community Club
1984-1985
14/18
South Park Community Garden-Merra Farm
1999-2000
14/19
South Park Communities That Care
2004
14/20
South Park Communities That Care
2004-2006
14/21
South Park Crime Prevention Council
1992
15/1
South Park Crime Prevention Council
1993-1996
15/2
South Park Crime Prevention Council
1996-1999
15/3
South Park Environment, Land Use, and Industrial Dump Site
1996
15/4
South Park Food Bank
1991-1997
15/5
South Park Interdepartmental Team
2005
15/6
South Park Interdepartmental Team
2005-2010
15/7
South Park Library Steering Committee
2000
15/8
South Park Neighborhood Association
2009-2010
15/9
South Park Neighborhood Association
2004
15/10
South Park Neighborhood Association
2005
15/11
South Park Neighborhood Association
2006
15/12
South Park Neighborhood Association
2007-2010
15/13
South Park Neighborhood Health Advocacy Committee
2005
15/14
South Park Neighborhood Plan Approval and Matrix
1998-2004
15/15
South Park Night Out Walking Tour
2005
15/16
South Park Sludge Management
1991
15/17
South Park Residential Urban Village Plan
1998
15/18
South Park "View Park" at 12th and Trenton
2008
15/19
South Precinct Advisory Council
2008
16/1
Street Fund Information
2010
16/2
Sturgus Ave Park Association
1991
16/3
Sturgus Ave Park Association
1991-1993
16/4
Sturgus Ave Park Association
1991-1993
16/5
Sturgus Ave Park Association
1993-1999
16/6
The South Park News-Newsletter
1993-1994
16/7
Traffic Concerns-12th Ave S. and S. Jackson
2003
16/8
Traffic Summits
2001
16/9
Yesler Development
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Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

Subject Terms

  • Duwamish Waterway (Wash.)
  • King County International Airport
  • Municipal services--Washington (State)--Seattle
  • Neighborhood government--Washington (State)--Seattle

Corporate Names

  • Seattle (Wash.). Dept. of Neighborhoods

Geographical Names

  • Seattle (Wash.)