Department of Neighborhoods Public Information Officer Records
Scope and Contents note
Records from the Public Information Officer, including press releases, informational pieces, and promotional publications. Materials relate to general departmental services as well as special events and programs such as Neighbor Appreciation Day, the Race and Social Justice Initiative, and the Involving All Neighbors program. Other topics addressed in the records include the TOPOFF 2 emergency management exercise, neighborhood service centers, and Sound Transit, as well as specific neighborhoods such as South Lake Union and Northgate. Also included are photos of Mayor Schell's Neighborhood Tours.
Dates
- Creation: 1991-2005
Creator
- Seattle (Wash.). Dept. of Neighborhoods (Organization)
Conditions Governing Access note
Records are open to the public.
Historical Note
The Department of Neighborhoods was created in 1991 by consolidating staff from the Executive Department's Citizens Service Bureau and Office of Neighborhoods, the Community Service Centers of the Department of Human Resources, and the Neighborhood Assistance Division of the Department of Community Development. The Office of Urban Conservation, the City's historic preservation agency, was added in 1992. The following year, the department added a community development function by taking over projects in the Central Area, Southeast Seattle, and the Port of Seattle. In 1999, the Neighborhood Planning Office was abolished and its continuing functions were assumed by the Department of Neighborhoods. The Department's mission is to bring local government closer to the citizens by maintaining a responsive presence in Seattle neighborhoods, by responding to citizen concerns and complaints, and providing a communications link for neighborhoods on City issues that will have an impact on them. The department operates the Neighborhood Service Centers (Little City Halls), administers the Neighborhood Matching Grant Program, staffs the Landmarks Preservation Board, and manages the P-Patch program.
Full Extent
1.4 Cubic Feet (4 boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Records of the Department of Neighborhoods' Public Information Officer.
Separated Materials note
Publications were pulled from the collection and are cataloged separately in Digital Collections.
Subject
- Seattle (Wash.). Dept. of Neighborhoods (Organization)
- Title
- Guide to the Seattle Department of Neighborhoods Public Information Officer Records 1991-2005
- Author
- Finding aid prepared by Julie Kerssen
- Date
- Š 2010
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English.
- Sponsor
- Funding for processing this record series was provided through a grant from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission.
- EAD Location
- http://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv99423
Repository Details
Part of the Seattle Municipal Archives Repository