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Seattle Municipal Archives Finding Aids

Economic Development

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 17 Collections and/or Records:

Board of Public Works Scrapbooks

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 0601-03
Scope and Contents note

Newspaper clippings relating to construction and improvement projects, city planning, and downtown development. Especially interesting is information relating to post-World War II housing and economic development.

Dates: 1944-1968

Community Development Block Grant Project Records

 Series
Identifier: 3618-02
Scope and Contents note

Correspondence, reports, program plans and project summaries, financial monitoring records, and letters of authority to expend funds for block grant funded programs. Seattle's block grant programs concentrate in low income neighborhoods and focus on housing rehabilitation; extension of human services such as child care, nutrition, victim advocacy, medical services, and employment and training; and neighborhood improvement through economic development.

Dates: 1981-1991

Department of Community Development Annual Reports

 Series
Identifier: 1802-F8
Abstract

Annual reports of the Department of Community Development.

Dates: 1973-1988

Downtown Core Development Records

 Series
Identifier: 1612-01
Scope and Contents note

Correspondence, publications, and promotional materials relating to the City's attempt to lure Chiyoda Chemical and Engineering Construction Company of Japan to build a plant in Seattle.

Dates: 1972-1976

Jan Drago Office Electronic Correspondence

 Series
Identifier: 4624-01
Abstract

This series includes general correspondence from councilmember Jan Drago and her Legislative Assistants Krista Bunch, Katherine Fountain, and Barbara Clemons. It contains internal and external correspondence revolving around the business of the city council.

Dates: 2001-2009

Jan Drago Subject Files

 Series
Identifier: 4624-02
Scope and Contents note Correspondence, reports, studies, and other materials related to Drago's work on the Council. A substantial portion of the records document her work on transportation projects, including the Alaskan Way Viaduct, the monorail, SR 520, streetcars, Mercer Street, and pedestrian and bicycle issues. Another set of records relates to the city's budget process, reflecting her work as chair of the Budget Committee. Land use issues represented include the comprehensive plan, South Lake Union, and the...
Dates: 1984-2009

Economic Development & Neighborhood Committee Records

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 4616-03
Scope and Contents note Correspondence, memoranda, draft legislation, staff reports, development proposals, public hearing documents, and neighborhood profiles produced during Clark's tenure as committee chair. Includes substantial information and legislation about nightclubs in residential neighborhoods, as well as project funding proposals, loan legislation, and development reports for building an educated workforce, including a national fund for workforce solutions. Also includes drafts for new sections to the...
Dates: 2006-2009; Majority of material found within 2006-2007

Energy and Environment Committee Records

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 4679-04
Abstract

Records of the committee during Sawant's tenure as chair.

Dates: 2016-2017

Finance Committee Records

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 4681-05
Scope and Contents note

Papers of the Finance Committee collected by chairman Dolores Sibonga. Among the subjects regularly addressed by the committee are reviewing departmental annual reports, operating budgets, emergency fund requests and grant applications. In addition it adopts the budgets and investment plans and authorized collective bargaining agreements and payments for at fault accidents involving city vehicles.

Dates: 1984-1985

Phyllis Lamphere Subject Files II

 Series
Identifier: 4648-02
Scope and Contents note

Correspondence, memoranda, reports, and studies relating to Lamphere's activities and interests on City Council. Prominent subjects include parks, historic preservation, utilities, West Seattle Bridges, social services, and land use planning and zoning.

Dates: 1968-1978

Pioneer Square Preservation District Subject Files

 Series
Identifier: 5754-E2
Scope and Contents note The Office of Urban Conservation was created in 1975 as part of the Department of Community Development (DCD). It was founded in an era of citizen protests against a proposed urban renewal program that would have demolished Pioneer Square and Pike Place Market. The office’s mandate was to coordinate Seattle’s historic preservation programs and administer the city’s landmark boards and historic districts. When DCD was abolished in 1992, the office became the Historic Preservation Program in...
Dates: 1970-2002

Norm Rice Departmental Correspondence

 Series
Identifier: 5272-01
Scope and Contents note

Records include correspondence, memoranda, reports, studies, and briefing materials to and from City agencies regarding the full range of municipal government activities during Rice's terms as mayor. Topics include municipal facilities, arts and culture, planning, budget and financial issues, and schools and education, among others. Records are arranged chronologically and then by major departments within City government. Constituent correspondence is included in this record series.

Dates: 1990-1997

Charles T. Royer Departmental Correspondence

 Series
Identifier: 5274-01
Scope and Contents note Correspondence with city departments regarding departmental activities and programs. Records document ongoing operations as well as specific issues and events. A large portion of the records relate to the Department of Community Development and document the city's work on urban renewal, housing, neighborhood improvement, and historic preservation. Records relating to City Light deal with issues ranging from nuclear power to rates to discrimination against female and minority employees....
Dates: 1978-1989

Paul Schell Departmental Correspondence

 Series
Identifier: 5279-01
Scope and Contents note

Correspondence, memoranda, reports, and notes related to all City functions during Mayor Paul Schell's administration. Records are organized by City agency responsible for the specific issue addressed in the correspondence. Major topics covered in the materials include transportation, public safety, education, housing and human services, utilities, economic development, the arts, parks, and neighborhoods.

Dates: 1998-2001

City Economic Development Program Records

 Series
Identifier: 5416-03
Scope and Contents note

This project promoted and assisted the development of new and existing industries in Seattle and was designed to reduce model neighborhood unemployment.

Dates: 1972-1973

Margaret Pageler Subject Files

 Series
Identifier: 4667-02
Scope and Contents note Correspondence, memoranda, studies, staff reports, and newspaper clippings related primarily to public safety and public utilities issues. Major topics include zoning for adult cabarets, drug traffic loitering, fireworks, weed and seed, gun control, police/community relations, internal investigations, specific complaints against the police from the public, electricity rates, Seattle City Light and Seattle Public Utilities management, environmental policies and conservation, water quality,...
Dates: 1987-2003

Phyllis Lamphere Subject Files I

 Series
Identifier: 4648-01
Scope and Contents note

Correspondence, memoranda, reports, and studies relating to Lamphere's activities and interests on City Council. Prominent subjects include parks, historic preservation, utilities, West Seattle Bridges, social services, and land use planning and zoning. Also includes agendas, correspondence, reports, and draft legislation related to Lamphere's work as chair of the City Council's Intergovernmental Relations Committee.

Dates: 1968-1978