Notices regarding parcels in North Greenwood NDP, Leschi NDP, Pike Place Project, South Park Project, and Yesler-Atlantic NIP. Acquisition notices include legal description, address, name of owner, acquisition date, occupancy status and price paid. Disposition notices include parcel numbers, address, purchaser, bid opening date, contract and closing dates, price and net income to City, and intended development use. Arranged chronologically and by project.

Records relating to Seattle's first urban renewal project.

Records documenting DCD's administration of Community Development Block Grants from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.

Performance reports submitted to HUD regarding activities funded by Community Development Block Grants.

Records documenting work on Community Development Block Grant projects in Seattle.

Land use and census data maps illustrating Seattle's housing and population characteristics during the early 1960s.

Records of Frank McChesney from his work with Seattle's Community Renewal Program (CRP). McChesney was the first project director of CRP and later served as Senior Urban Renewal Planner for the City.

Applications for conditional use permits and variances, CPC committee recommendations, and Commission action. Includes correspondence and notices of hearings.

Urban Renewal Program correspondence, arranged chronologically.

Annual reports of the Department of Community Development.

Newsletters and brochures produced by DCD relating to topics such as urban renewal, block grants, and business development.

Working papers, correspondence, and subject files of Department of Community Development directors. Includes memoranda, notes, and reports relating to project and program development and City planning. Major issues covered include housing, economic development, neighborhood revitalization, urban renewal, and downtown planning.

Grant applications, financial plans, guidelines, correspondence, and reports relating to renewal projects and neighborhood improvements. Non-cash grants in aid represent non-project funds and are considered the City's share of project costs.

Correspondence, reports, minutes, and maps relating to the Unity 71 Project, an urban development project in Seattle's Central Area, 1970-1972.

Correspondence, reports, organization charts, mission statements, and proposed models regarding the dissolution of the Department of Community Development and the reorganization of its functions into the Department of Neighborhoods and the Department of Housing and Human Services.

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.

Records relating to economic development planning.

Records related to Fremont neighborhood improvement projects.

Records relating to improvements in an area of West Seattle.

Records relating to Seattle's Model Cities program.

Correspondence and memoranda of James Braman, director of Department of Community Development from 1969-1974.

Correspondence, memoranda, reports, studies, and reference materials relating to DCD's activities, project, and mission. These are the Director's personal office files and include some materials of an administrative nature. Arranged alphabetically.

Records related to Leschi neighborhood improvement projects.

Records from McIver's work as a program coordinator in the Department of Community Development.