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Newsletter - Building Community
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New Yesler Community Center provides resources
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Community celebrates the center's grand
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SEATTLE—February 12, 2005—Mayor
Greg Nickels joined the community to mark the opening of the new
Yesler Community Center. The grand opening event included facility
tours, cultural performances, arts and crafts activities, class
demonstrations, and international food.
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The
Seattle Parks and Recreation’s new center greatly enhances
the recreation and education resources available to the
Yesler neighborhood. It features a computer lab, fitness
room, multi-purpose room and a full size recreational gym.
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Mayor Nickels and community members
cut the ceremonial
ribbon for the new
Yesler Terrace Community Center
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Many of
the activities at the center are free or very affordable.
Some of these include after-school programs for kids and
teens, morning gym time for preschoolers, and a variety of
classes and forums for seniors. The center’s learning center
offers a wide range of educational classes, including
tutoring, multi-media for teens, and computer basics.
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The center is
open on Monday, Wednesday and Friday from 1 p.m. to 9 p.m.,
Tuesday and Thursday from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m., and Saturday from
10 a.m. to 9 p.m. For more information about the center and its
activities and classes, visit the center at 917 E. Yesler Way or call
(206) 386-1245.
To view more photos from the grand opening event,
click here.
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Yesler
Terrace residents perform
at the grand opening event |
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