Author: Blumen Consulting GroupPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Columbia City (Seattle, Wash.)
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Rainier Vista Redevelopment
Author: Blumen Consulting GroupPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Columbia City (Seattle, Wash.)
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Rainier Vista Redevelopment
Author: Shapiro & Associates (Seattle, Wash.)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Columbia City (Seattle, Wash.)
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the Rainier Vista Planned Development District
Author: Pierce County (Wash.). Department of Planning and Natural Resource ManagementPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Community development
Languages : en
Pages : 244
Book Description
Growing a Garden and a Community
Author: HUD Challenge
Author: United States. Department of Housing and Urban DevelopmentPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Housing
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
Rainier Valley
Author: Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 9780738588971
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
Where could one find "Garlic Gulch," a stadium named Sick, an urban fireworks factory on a hill, a Japanese American botanical garden, and the largest stand of old-growth timber in Seattle? All are icons of Seattle's Rainier Valley, an area whose past and present are richly varied. Although the fireworks factory and the stadium are gone, the smell of garlic still hangs on mixed with the aromas of Asian spices, Ethiopian coffee, Mexican salsa, and fish and chips. Saved from development by the organized protests of the community, the 85-year-old botanic garden still thrives. And Seward Park, with its virgin timber, is celebrating its 100th anniversary as a public park. The Rainier Valley, one of the most ethnically and economically diverse communities in the country, is a reflection of the many families, businesses, and events that filled the past 150 years.
Resident Participation in Seattle's Jobs-Plus Program
Author: Edward B. LiebowPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 113
Book Description
The Jobs-Plus Community Revitalization Initiative for Public Housing Families ("Jobs-Plus") began operating in seven public housing developments around the country in 1998, but its implementation in Seattle?s Rainier Vista development differs significantly from its implementation in other sites. Two factors set Seattle Jobs-Plus apart: First, a year after the Jobs-Plus program began at Rainier Vista, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development awarded the Seattle Housing Authority a HOPE VI grant to tear the development down and rebuild it. Jobs-Plus had to adapt to a changing environment, in which residents were relocated and promised assistance with their self-sufficiency needs. Second, Rainier Vista was very diverse, its residents consisting largely of immigrants and refugees who came from a wide range of countries and spoke no fewer than 22 different languages. Given these conditions, Jobs-Plus faced a challenging implementation process at Rainier Vista. This report chronicles the Seattle Jobs-Plus experience as the reconstruction process got under way. It provides a relatively rare profile of an attempt to meet the employment and social service needs that residents confront when a major bricks-and-mortar redevelopment effort causes both temporary and permanent relocation. A subsequent report will present findings on the Seattle Jobs-Plus program's effects on increasing residents' employment and earnings. A final report will discuss the demonstration as a whole and will explain how Seattle and each of the other sites fit into the bigger Jobs-Plus picture. Appended is: Services at Yesler Terrace, the Comparison Site. (Contains 5 tables and 12 figures.) [Dissemination of MDRC publications is also supported by Starr Foundation.].
New Urbanism and Neighborhood Revitalization
Author: Joshua R. VitulliPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Community development, Urban
Languages : en
Pages : 121
Book Description
HOPE VI neighborhood revitalization grants focus limited government resources in distressed communities to facilitate neighborhood change and transform urban neighborhoods into vibrant communities. HUD collaborated with the Congress for New Urbanism to develop principles for urban design to guide neighborhood revitalization. Inherent to this partnership is the assumption that urban design facilitates social economic development. Multiple cross-site analyses and case study research evaluate the ability of new urbanism principles to initiate meaningful neighborhood revitalization. Critics of new urbanism inevitably find fault in outcomes while new urbanists invariably document evidence of success. This research attempts to reconcile divergent ideologies to evaluate HOPE VI neighborhood revitalization projects by the design standards prescribed by new urbanism: if new urbanism principles are successfully implemented in HOPE VI neighborhood revitalization projects, new urbanism is responsible for the outcomes. This research expands on existing theory to measure the relationship between new urbanism design and neighborhood revitalization. To minimize claims against validity, the study begins with successful HOPE VI neighborhood revitalization projects in Seattle, Washington--New Holly and Rainier Vista. The redevelopment projects, both recipients of HOPE VI grants, are nationally recognized as exemplars of new urbanism. Urban design analysis considers each component of new urbanism design guidelines and verifies the presence, or absence, and effectiveness these principles. After analysis confirms HOPE VI redevelopment faithfully implements new urbanist principles, the research shifts to social and economic metrics that approximate neighborhood change and neighborhood revitalization. Neighborhood change is measured by qualitative indicators that influence neighborhood perception and stimulate private investment. Neighborhood revitalization is defined by the ability of a neighborhood to attract capital investment and ensure sustained development. The analysis ends with a discussion of social justice related to HOPE VI redevelopment projects. The research concludes the New Holly and Rainier Vista redevelopment projects ascribe to new urbanism design principles. Social and economic variables identify trends that indicate neighborhood change at New Holly and Rainier Vista, but neighborhood change has yet to attract requisite capital to catalyze neighborhood revitalization. The findings are constrained by time and external factors, discussed in the conclusion, and suggest directions for future research.
Scoping Document for Draft E.I.S.
Author: Pierce County (Wash.). Planning DepartmentPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Community development
Languages : en
Pages : 12
Book Description
The Resilient City in World War II
Author: Simo LaakkonenPublisher: Springer
ISBN: 3030174395
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 329
Book Description
The fate of towns and cities stands at the center of the environmental history of World War II. Broad swaths of cityscapes were destroyed by the bombing of targets such as transport hubs, electrical grids, and industrial districts, and across Europe, Asia, and the Americas, urban environments were transformed by the massive mobilization of human and natural resources to support the conflict. But at the same time, the war saw remarkable resilience among the human and non-human residents of cities. Foregrounding the concept of urban resilience, this collection uncovers the creative survival strategies that city-dwellers of all kinds turned to in the midst of environmental devastation. As the first major study at the intersection of environmental, urban, and military history, The Resilient City in World War II lays the groundwork for an improved understanding of rapid change in urban environments, and how societies may adapt.