
The redevelopment of Holly Park (renamed NewHolly) was funded by public and private
contributions and federal grants and became one of the first
housing communities of its kind in the country.
Holly Park was built in the 1940s
to house defense workers and veterans. In the 1950s, Holly Park was converted into public housing
and has been managed by the
Seattle Housing Authority ever since. In 1995, Seattle Housing began the ambitious project of
deconstructing the aging
Holly Park and
some
surrounding community
buildings and replacing them with housing for a mix of incomes including market-rate housing.
The NewHolly Neighborhood
Campus complements the housing community by providing essential
community services. These include a learning center; a Seattle Public
Library branch; classrooms for South
Seattle Community College; Head Start; child care;
youth, family, and teen programs; community-building activities and employment programs
that help residents
obtain and secure living-wage jobs.
Please visit the
Directory
of Services page on this Web site to learn more about the agencies and
services provided at NewHolly.
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NewHolly Community Activity Funds -
$5,000 per year!
Grants are available to
support neighborhood projects from $100 - $1,000
Promote your project for
funding at the next NewHolly Neighborhood Night
Click below for:
*Application
for NewHolly Community Building Project Funds
*Eligibility
Guidelines for Community Building Project Funds
*Project
Team Member Information Form
*Expense
and Donation Report Form
*Project
Summary Report
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Tutors Needed
The Vietnamese Friendship
Association is seeking community volunteers, high school and
college students for its after school tutoring program which
serves students of diverse ethnicities.
The program meets Monday
through Thursday from 3 to 5 p.m. at NewHolly Learning
Center, above the library.
Volunteer tutors help
students with their homework, play language and
pronunciation games and serve as good role models. The
program is fun and very interactive.
Volunteers may serve for
one, two, three or four days. For more information or to
sign up, please contact Vu Le at
rainwalker@gmail.com
or 206-760-1573.
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Many Neighbors, Many Stories
The hope of the Many Neighbors, Many
Stories volunteers has been that we can learn more about each other
through sharing our stories, our cultures and our dreams. This booklet
gives an overview of some of these stories in the NewHolly neighborhood.
Click here to download a PDF version of the
Many Neighbors, Many Stories booklet. |
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