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District Health Services opens new clinic in
Othello Building at NewHolly
SEATTLE—January 22, 2005—A
celebration attended by more than two
hundred patients and supporters on January
22 marked the grand opening of the new Holly
Park Clinic at 3815 S. Othello St. Operated
in the neighborhood since 1996, the new
clinic on the second floor of the Othello
Building will be able to accommodate twice
the number of patients as the original
clinic on MLK, Jr. Way. For more information
on the new facility,
click here.
22 families move
into new Rainier Vista homes
SEATTLE—January 5, 2005—The
first group of Rainier Vista homes has now
been leased, with almost all of them occupied
by residents of the original Rainier Vista
development. Through the outstanding efforts
of Walsh Construction and the Rainier Vista
leasing team, the first group of Rainier Vista
homes has now been leased. The units are
almost all occupied by residents of the
original Rainier Vista development and
families were able to complete their moves
before year end. To learn details and see
photos of this new housing,
click here.
Preview Othello
Station homes on January 8
SEATTLE—January 7, 2005—Polygon
Northwest will host a home-buying seminar and
tour of their new model homes on Saturday,
Jan. 8, at 10 a.m. in the NewHolly
Neighborhood Campus Gathering Hall. Loan
representatives will also be available to
offer assistance to first-time home buyers.
Othello Station is the third phase of NewHolly
redevelopment, where rental housing is already
built and occupied. Both Polygon Northwest and
Bennett/Sherman Homes are building new homes
for sale here. For more information and to
learn more about this event
click
here.
New grants support
services for residents
SEATTLE—January 6, 2005—Recent
grants from the U.S. Department of Housing and
Urban Development and the Washington State
Housing Finance Commission will make it
possible for SHA to help residents become home
owners. The two grants, totally nearly
$270,000 will support staff positions and
workshops to assist residents in their efforts
to save money and become more self sufficient.
To learn more about these two new grants,
click here.
NewHolly section of
Web site redesigned
SEATTLE—January 7, 2005—A
recently completed re-design of
the NewHolly
section of seattlehousing.org will help to
tell the story of the transformation of this
former low-income public housing community
into an exciting new neighborhood.
Report on SHA
activities available
SEATTLE—January 6, 2005—Key
statistics about waiting lists and
participants served, as well as highlights
of SHA's recent activities are contained in
its recently released "Moving To new Ways"
(MTW) annual report. As part of the federal
demonstration program, SHA prepares a report
of its activities on an annual basis. To
read an executive summary of the report, or
download the entire report,
click here.
