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Yesler Terrace meetings seek suggestions
on draft principles for redevelopment
SEATTLE—August
9, 2007—The Yesler Terrace
Citizen Review Committee has published a
set of guiding principles and is seeking
comments and suggestions on the draft.
Open houses are scheduled for 7 pm on
August 13 at Langston Hughes Performance
Art Center and 5 pm on August 15 at the
Yesler Community Center. The public is
invited to review the work that the CRC
has done in cooperation with Yesler
residents.
Click here
to read more.
Harry Thomas Community Center scheduled
to open in September
SEATTLE—August
8, 2007—On Sept. 5 from 5 - 7 pm
the Harry Thomas Community Center at Lee
House will open its doors for a
community open house. The renovation of
the original Lee House is currently
drawing to a close as volunteer
contractors and staff apply the
finishing touches to this community
remodel project. Renamed in honor of
former SHA Executive Director Harry
Thomas, the Lee House was built in the
early 1900s, long before the original
Holly Park housing was built. The newly
remodeled center will be available for
meetings and community events. The
second floor will serve as office space
for Neighborhood House staff. For more
details,
click here.
New commissioners named to SHA board
SEATTLE—August
8, 2007—Nora Gibson and Juan
Martinez have been appointed to three
year terms on the Seattle Housing
Authority Board of Commissioners. Both
appointments were confirmed unanimously
by the City Council's Housing, Human
Services and Health Committee. The full
City Council will take up the
confirmation on Monday, August 13.
Gibson and Martinez replace Bettylou
Valentine and Jennifer Potter who have
both served two terms on the Commission.
For more information,
click here.
Phase II of High Point moves forward
SEATTLE—August
7, 2007—Absher Construction has
begun building 256 units of rental
housing for Phase II of High Point. Work
on new streets and other infrastructure
by Tri-State construction is 60 percent
complete. The first units of new rental
housing will be ready for occupancy in
six months, with completion of the
entire project expected by the end of
the decade.
Click here,
for more details.
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