Neighborhood Matching Fund Project Records
Scope and Contents note
The Neighborhood Matching Fund (NMF) program, created in 1988, provides financial assistance for community-driven neighborhood development projects. The community matching portion is seen in volunteer hours, cash, or donation of services. The majority of projects are physical improvement projects, such as playground and sidewalk improvements; park or neighborhood restoration and revitalization; community center and public school improvements; commemorative, historic, and artistic structures; neighborhood beautification, playground, and community garden projects; and educational and informational literature publications. Non-physical projects include events and design planning. Types of records include applications for funding, or letter of intent to apply, DON suggestions for applications, project reports, project amendments, newspaper clippings, architectural drawings, site maps, work plans, newsletters, publications, and photos. Some boxes contain files for projects that were not funded but include the letter of intent to apply.
Dates
- Creation: 1988-2010
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.
Extent
19.6 Cubic Feet (49 boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Project files from Seattle's Neighborhood Matching Fund program.
Arrangement note
Project numbers were assigned chronologically by the department.
Processing Information note
For each project, the following records were kept if they existed: applications, agreements, authorizations to proceed, progress reports, final reports, and publicity materials such as press releases, news clippings, brochures, and photographs. Every 59th file was kept in its entirety.
Subject
- Seattle (Wash.). Dept. of Neighborhoods (Organization)
- Title
- Guide to the Seattle Neighborhood Matching Fund Project Records 1988-2005
- Author
- Finding aid prepared by Ellie Letterman and 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/xv27404
Repository Details
Part of the Seattle Municipal Archives Repository