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New Robotics Class Offerred
New robotics classes will be offerred at Youngstown Cultural Arts Center beginning Feb 20th.
What's News with DNDA January 31, 2011
Brief news: Youngstown Birthday Party, Chamber of Commerce Mixer, Board Officers, Volunteers
Seattle PI: The Healthy Corner Store Campaign Comes to Delridge on a Saturday Night
It's Saturday evening in West Seattle's Delridge neighborhood. A celebration is underway. The parking lot of Super 24, a corner grocery store has been transformed into a "fresh food spot" with a farmers market, samples of vegetarian chicken soup and music. Until this year, Delridge was considered a "food desert", 22 corner food stores selling nothing but packaged items. "There's candy and chips, excessive aisles of soda, lots of things with high fructose corn syrup; so we want to change that. We want to give people an option." Phillippia Goldsmith is Healthy Corner Store organizer with the Delridge Neighborhood Development Association.
West Seattle Herald: Strength of Place Village groundbreaking initiates low income housing project
Dignitaries including King County Executive Dow Constantine, and District 8 King County Council member Jan Drago came to speak and turn the ceremonial shovels of dirt at the groundbreaking ceremonies for the first project in the Strength of Place Initiative (SOPI) low income housing project on Sept. 15. in White Center.
White Center Now: Strength of Place Village groundbreaking in White Center
Big turnout in White Center this morning for the groundbreaking celebration kicking off the construction of Strength of Place Village... It’s a 30-unit housing complex at 13th SW and SW 100th for low-income families (income no more than $55,000/year). It’s also a collaboration between agencies including the Delridge Neighborhoods Development Association, the White Center Community Development Association, and Capitol Hill Housing.
West Seattle Blog: Strength of Place Village: White Center ceremony, West Seattle ties
The groundbreaking this morning was in White Center, but the project has strong ties to West Seattle: Strength of Place Village, a 30-unit housing complex for low-income families, is headed up by partners including Delridge Neighborhoods Development Association, White Center Community Development Association, and Capitol Hill Housing.
Sustainable West Seattle: Youngstown Cultural All Access Programs Need Your Support
Consider buying a ticket to Youngstown Cultural Arts Center’s SKIFFLE fundraising event Friday, September 17, from 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm. In addition to helping the Cultural Arts Center’s groundbreaking youth support programs, you also get an evening’s worth of entertainment, food and drink, and socializing.
West Seattle Herald: SKIFFLE at Youngstown Cultural Arts will benefit All Access programs Sept. 17
SKIFFLE, an evening of music, food and drink, friends and inspiration to benefit Youngstown's ALL ACCESS Programs, featuring youth performances, video, circus arts, live music and revelry will be staged Sept. 17 at Youngstown Cultural Arts Center 4408 Delridge Way s.w. at 7 p.m.
News Tribune: Skiffle: A Fundraiser to Benefit Youngstown's All Access Programs
Youngstown Cultural Arts Center \ Delridge Neighborhood Development Association Present: SKIFFLE 2010 An evening of music, food \ drink, friends and inspiration to benefit Youngstown's All Access Programs, featuring youth performances, video, circus arts, live music and revelry. All proceeds go to "raise the rent" for free weekday after-school arts classes hosted at Youngstown Cultural Arts Center, where upwards of 300 youth have participated in classes ranging from Organic Gardening to Rock Band 101, Diy Fashion to Hip-Hop Dance, Beatmaking to Spoken Word Poetry. Your support is critical to the continuing survival of our programs!
Enterprise Rose Architectural Fellowship profiles Parie Hines
During her fellowship with the Delridge Neighborhoods Development Association (DNDA), Parie managed the design and construction of the Croft Place Townhomes—21 affordable homes for low-income and formerly homeless people. Parie also served as the design facilitator and project manager for the Youngstown Cultural Arts Center, housed in the renovated Historic Cooper Elementary School.
West Seattle Herald: Local teens thwart negative peer pressure
Youngstown leader Paris Randall and program partner the Service Board are featured in the West Seattle Herald for their dynamic and hopeful leadership.
DNDA partners recognized as "Best of Seattle" by Seattle Weekly
Reverend Robert Jeffries and Clean Greens, West Seattle Blog, the West Seattle Tool Library, Easy Street Records, and Full Circle Farm were among those recognized as Best of Seattle by the Seattle Weekly.
More media on the groundbreaking
West Seattle Herald, Daily Journal of Commerce, White Center Blog, Highline Times, Delridge Grassroots Leadership post announcements of the September 15 groundbreaking at Strength of Place Village.
West Seattle Blog spreads the word for Roxhill garden workparty
West Seattle Blog posted a brief today about tomorrow's work party at Roxhill Elementary, along with more information about planned improvements at the school.
West Seattle Blog: Mayor tours North Delridge... An ‘inspiring’ example
West Seattle Blog was along for the tour of Delridge with the mayor, and posted two stories - with pictures and video.
West Seattle Blog: Mayor visits Delridge tomorrow, and you’re invited to the tour
WSB spreads the news about the Mayor's visit to the neighborhood.
West Seattle Blog: Web upgrade for Delridge Neighborhoods Development Association
WSB's coverage of our call-out for feedback on the new website.
West Seattle Blog: Happening now: Delridge Night Market (and Night Out)
Live coverage of the Night Market at the Super 24
