White Center Now: The blog about White Center

Though the event is in West Seattle, White Center’s part of it too. DNDA is presenting the Gathering of Neighbors/Biz Expo tomorrow (Saturday 4/4) with the West Seattle Chamber of Commerce, and tonight we have the full participant list: To see who’ll be there, click here – on behalf of White Center Now and partner site West Seattle Blog, we’ll be there along with more than 70 other local businesses and organizations, including, from White Center, WestSide Baby and the White Center Community Development Association, as well as the White Center-based YWCA Employment and Training Program. Come by and say hi, 11 am-3 pm tomorrow, Chief Sealth HS at Boren (5950 Delridge; here’s a map); one other note — if you’re in West Seattle and you’re thinking about joining in this year’s West Seattle Community Garage Sale Day (May 9), sign up at our table tomorrow — the first day of registration — and get a one-day-only discount on the signup fees (which pay for mapmaking, posters, other fun stuff that gets WSCGSD on the regional radar). See you tomorrow!

From Ian at White Center Community Development Association – an invitation to help plan a big springtime event:

Community Partners and Friends! The White Center Community Development Association (White Center CDA) is gearing up for its Sixth Annual Spring Clean. This event brings the White Center and Boulevard Park communities together for one day to clean, plant, paint and connect with their neighbors/family/friends/businesses/non-profit organizations/etc. We would like to invite you to our first meeting, so please bring your energy and ideas to the table. Please forward this to anyone who is interested in being a partner and/or volunteer.

White Center CDA Spring Clean Meeting
Tuesday, March 31 – Noon to 2:00pm
YWCA Meeting Room at Greenbridge (9720 8th Ave. SW)

Tentative agenda Items:

-Introductions

-Identifying Partners and their resources

-Brainstorm ideas

-Q&A

-Committee Sign-ups

-Marketing and Promotion

-Flyers and T-shirts

-Art/Mural opportunities

The actual Spring Clean event will be on Saturday, May 16. Mark your calendars and save the date.

Till 3 pm at the Salvation Army. Want to see and celebrate the community’s future? Drop in. ADDED MIDDAY SATURDAY: A few photos – good crowd, as you can see above; treats from Salvadorean Bakery! as shown below:

We told you a few days ago that the time, date, and location are all now set for the upcoming Youth Summit – and now, here’s the flyer for the event described as “An opportunity for young people to help create the future of the White Center/Boulevard Park Community.”

From the White Center Community Development Association website: All White Center residents are invited tomorrow night to a “community meet and greet” with Alma Couverthie from Lawrence Community Works, one of WCCDA’s “national partners,” who’s going to share successes around community organizing and networking. It’s 7:15-8:30 pm tomorrow at St. James Place (9421 18th SW).

The new year brings new website features from the White Center Community Development Association — most notably, online classified ads for the community. You can check ’em out – and post one if you want — by going here.

Per Advisory from NWS:

Statement as of 3:15 PM PST on December 08, 2008

… Much colder weather is expected this weekend… A major change will occur in the large scale pattern near the end of this week… bringing much colder weather to western Washington over the weekend. The transition will get underway Friday or Friday night… as a cold front and its upper trough swing southeast from the Gulf of Alaska across the Pacific northwest. In the wake of the cold front… colder air will move from southwest Canada into western Washington over the weekend. We can expect temperatures to fall below freezing… at least during the night and morning hours… across most of western Washington this weekend and early next week. People should be ready for weather that is cold enough to cause icy roads… burst outdoor pipes… and endanger pets. The trough will bring some much needed snow to the Cascades and Olympic Mountains Friday and Friday night… followed by scattered snow showers over the weekend. There is also a possibility of snowfall across the western Washington lowlands… perhaps as early as Friday night… but it is too early to say with any confidence whether or not this will occur. Western Washington residents should keep informed of the latest National Weather Service forecasts and statements as this situation unfolds by listening to NOAA Weather Radio or visiting our web Page at weather.Gov/Seattle (all lowercase).

The White Center Community Development Association and Trusted Advocates will host the 2008 Community Summit this Saturday, November 8th at Mount View Elementary School.  The event starts at 8:00 am and ends at 3:00 p.m.  Please come and offer your input on the future of your community.   Mount View is located at 10811 12th Avenue SW.

This year’s community summit will gather families, government agencies and local community-based/non-profit organizations in a fun family-friendly environment.  Live cultural performances, ethnic foods, door prizes and children’s activities are just a taste of what the summit has to offer!

Come learn about the issues affecting your community and how you can be involved in a positive way.  There will be info booths and workshops on health, education, jobs, housing, annexation, immigration and more.  Translation services will be provided in Cambodian, Vietnamese, Spanish, Tigrinya, Somali, Amharic, Samoan, Arabic and English (other languages upon request).  Childcare will be provided.

For more info:  Ebony Davis: (206) 694-1082 ext.  168 – ebony@wccda.org or Ian Dapiaoen:  (206) 694-1082 ext. 175 or ian@wccda.org.

The White Center Community Development Association held its Fifth Annual Banquet Fundraiser at South Seattle Community College’s Brockey Center on Saturday, October 25th. Jammed full of people, everyone had a great time. Herein some pictures from the event.

Just e-mailed by White Center Community Development Association – we’ve had the date on our White Center Now Events Calendar page for a while, but now there are more details:

SAVE THE DATE!
The White Center Community Development Association and Trusted Advocates present

The 2008 Community Summit:
“Celebrating our Community, the White Center Way”

Saturday, November 8
Mount View Elementary School
10811 12th Avenue SW
8:00am – 3:00pm
Free Admission

This year’s community summit will gather families, government agencies and local community-based/non-profit organizations in a fun, family friendly environment. Live cultural performances, ethnic foods, door prizes and children’s activities are just a taste of what the summit has to offer! Come learn about the issues affecting your community and how you can be involved in a positive way. There will be information booths and workshops on health, education, jobs, housing, annexation, immigration and more. Translation services will be provided in Cambodian, Vietnamese, Spanish, Tigrinya, Somali, Amharic, Samoan, Arabic and English (other languages available upon request). Childcare will be provided.

Please help us spread the word!
Invite your neighbors, family, friends, co-workers and classmates.

For more information, and how you can be an event sponsor or exhibitor, contact:

Ebony Davis: (206) 694-1082 x168 or ebony@wccda.org
Ian Dapiaoen: (206) 694-1082 x175 or ian@wccda.org

Event sponsors: White Center Community Development Association, Trusted Advocates, Youth Media Institute, City of Seattle, King County Housing Authority, City of Burien, White Center Early Learning Initiative, Southwest Boys and Girls Club , Seamar, Neighborhood House, White Center Public Health, Homesight, Para Los Ninos, White Center Library, PASEFIKA, Department of Social and Health Services, International Community Health Services, Red Cross, Roxbury Clinic, White Center Food Bank, Refugee Federation Service Center, International District Housing Alliance, YWCA Career Development, King County Food and Fitness Initiative, King County Public Health, Environmental Works, Delridge Neighborhoods Development Association, Homestead Community Land Trust, Urban League of Metropolitan Seattle, Technology Access Foundation, S. & L. Realty LLC, Center for the study of Social Policy

That’s Patricia Julio, neighborhood-revitalization director for White Center Community Development Association<, at last night’s Highland Park Action Committee meeting; she and WCCDA’s neighborhood-revitalization program manager David Daw were there to update HPAC on some of the many things WCCDA is up to, including the latest on the Cultural Center at St. James Place, and revitalization work in the WC business district — here are the toplines: Read the rest of this entry »