Community Engagement Coordinator Records

Series

Identifier: 5751-13

Scope and Contents Note

Community Engagement Coordinators work with Seattle residents to build relationships in their neighborhoods and increase civic participation. Records in this series include information from various conferences and training sessions, information and reports from various neighborhood and City initiatives and events throughout Seattle, along with the Community Engagement Coordinator’s involvement in each of the separate neighborhood districts. Additional records document councils related to regional coordinator networks, including their training meetings. Also included are photos and negatives from events and activities sponsored by the Department of Neighborhoods.

Dates

Creation: 1993 - 2017
Creation: Majority of material found within 2000-2014

Creator

Seattle (Wash.). Dept. of Neighborhoods (Organization)

Conditions Governing Access

Records are open to the public.

Historical Note

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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.