Pike Place Market Preservation and Development Authority Executive Director's Records
Scope and Contents note
Records of the Director and Pike Place Market PDA staff concerning Market operations and improvements. Records include correspondence, board/commission reports, charters, financial statements, and subject files. Subjects include PDA charter revisions, elections, daystalls, financial issues, relations with the Market Constituency, and site selection for the downtown public library. Records primarily of Director Shelly Yapp.
Dates
- Creation: 1974-2005
- Creation: 1984-2003
Creator
Conditions Governing Access note
Records are open to the public.
Historical Note
The Pike Place Market Preservation & Development Authority (PDA) is a not-for-profit, public corporation chartered by the City of Seattle in 1973 to manage properties in the nine-acre Market Historic District. The Pike Place Market PDA is responsible for preserving, rehabilitating and protecting the Market's buildings; increasing farm and food retail opportunities in the Market; supporting small and marginal businesses; and providing services for low-income people. PDA activities are governed by a 12-member Council. Of the 12 members, four are appointed by the Mayor, four are elected by the Pike Place Market Constituency, and four are appointed by the PDA Council. All Council members must be confirmed by the Seattle City Council and typically serve a four year term. The Executive Director of the PDA is appointed by the PDA Council to carry out its policies and direct the staff of the PDA.
Full Extent
5.6 Cubic Feet (14 boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Records of the public corporation responsible for managing the Pike Place Market.
Arrangement note
Arranged in three subseries: Administrative files, Pike Place Market Constituency and Pike Place Market PDA Council.
Subject
- Pike Place Market Constituency (Organization)
- Yapp, Shelly (Person)
- Seattle (Wash.). Pike Place Market Historical Commission (Organization)
- Title
- Guide to the Pike Place Market Preservation and Development Authority Executive Director's Records 1974-2005
- Author
- Finding aid prepared by Janet Ness
- Date
- © 2011
- 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/xv28073
Repository Details
Part of the Seattle Municipal Archives Repository