Seattle
Found in 1150 Collections and/or Records:
Seattle Opportunities Industrialization Center Skills Center Records
Provided research and development activities related to establishing a new MDTA skill center for Seattle-King County while offering training and employment for model neighborhood residents.
Scholarship Project Records
Provided scholarships and other financial assistance to the financially and socially disadvantaged to pursue high education.
United Construction Workers Association Project Records
This project was designed to increase minority employment in the construction industry through affirmative action, manpower services, and aid to government agencies responsible for contract compliance.
Manpower Services Project Records
Project to establish manpower service center in the Southeast Model Neighborhood. Service primarily the Asian community.
Industrial Workshop/Social Service Complex Records
Designed to train disadvantaged and socially handicapped persons in social and job skills, to create an industrial plant in the East Model Neighborhood, and to employ persons who successfully completed the work adjustment training phase of the project.
Management Intern Program Records
Provided academic and on-the-job training opportunities for unemployed and underemployed model neighborhood residents to assist them in obtaining middle management positions.
Consumer Protection Project Records
A project to study the feasibility of creating an office for consumer affairs in City government and to secure grant funding.
Seattle Housing Development Corporation Records
Project to coordinate efforts to reduce blight, assist in renewal planning, and increase available low and moderate income housing.
Home Repair Service Project Records
To train Model Neighborhood residents in repair skills and to provide financial assistance to homeowners for repairs. Designed to improve quality of neighborhood structures.
Housing Demonstration Project Records
A project to develop new housing in the Model Neighborhood. In 1969, funds were committed for the building of twelve new housing units; however, the project came to a halt when HUD froze 235 housing funds. In 1973, the project assisted in the purchase of the Texada Apartment Building, which was renovated to serve as housing for low-income elderly Model Neighborhood residents. Records include correspondence with FHA.
Leased Housing Project Records
Public housing project for leasing of Seattle Housing Authority units.
Tenant Organization Project Records
Project to organize East Model Neighborhood tenants and provide legal counsel in addressing tenant-landlord problems.
Holly Park Redevelopment Project Records
Planning project for community redevelopment including community organization and management, an economic forecast, a social service program, and a housing and relocation program.
High Point Redevelopment Project Records
Designed to explore redevelopment opportunities as a means to overcome social and housing problems in the High Point Housing project in the Southwest Model Neighborhood.
Relocation Program Records
Program to assist Model Neighborhood residents and businesses forced to move by public action in finding housing and making the move an improvement over previous living conditions. Operated by the Department of Community Development.
Mini-Tran Project Records
Project to make Model Neighborhood activity and service centers more accessible through convenient, inexpensive public transportation not duplicating existing transportation services.
Bus Shelters Project Records
Project to design and place bus shelters in model neighborhoods.
Special Transportation Services Project Records
Designed to support planning and coordination of SMCP transportation projects and provide transportation services to the poor, elderly, and handicapped.
Transportation Study Records
A study of transportation problems and suggested remedies in the East Model Neighborhood. Special attention was given to developing alternatives for the proposed I-90 freeway route.
Parks Development Records - East
Upgrading East Model Neighborhood Parks recreational facilities, and improving environmental quality of selected parks.
Parks Development Records - Southeast
Upgrading Park and recreation facilities at Brighton and Van Asselt Playgrounds in the Southeast Model Neighborhood.
Parks Development Records - Southwest
Upgrading playgrounds in the Southwest Model Neighborhood.
West Seattle Reservoir Land Acquisition Records
Project to purchase West Seattle Reservoir property for creation of urban open space facility in the Southwest Model Neighborhood.
Parks Development Records - North
Upgrading playfield facilities in North Model Neighborhood.
El Centro de la Raza Records
Project for creation of an ethnic center for Spanish speaking model neighborhood residents. The multi-service center provides cultural, social, and public health services.