C4C: NEW SUMMER OPPORTUNITY 4 YOUTH at YESLER TERRACE!!!

JOIN US!!! VIDEO PRODUCTION! CITY TOURS! STIPEND! BUILDING COMMUNITY!!

Yesler Terrace is in the early stages of a historic redevelopment. The community is in the process of facing the most major changes since Yesler was built in 1939-1941. To prepare for these changes SHA and its community partners have committed to develop training, education, and career path opportunities for its youth and young adult residents.

The Yesler2014 Project is a hands-on youth planning engagement project connecting teens and young-adults to civics, urban planning, design, and pre-professional experiences using the current Yesler Terrace Redevelopment as a way to examine how personal, family, and community changes affect our lives and the City at-large.

The Yesler2014 Project provides stipend positions to 12 Yesler community youth aged 14-19 years old and uses “Pop Culture”, news headlines, social and economic issues, and social networking to spark ideas, commentary, and engagement around the redevelopment process.

The program focus is on direct teaching, hands-on activities, and discussions around issues concerning urban planning, urban design, public health, and city government and civics as they impact or affect Yesler Terrace and the surrounding community.

Yesler 2014 in its 3^rd Year!

This year the program is focusing on the Environmental Impact Statement (EIS), a critical part of any planning process and important to development or building projects. This summer youth will be visiting City Departments and talking to specialists, getting to know the workings of the EIS process, touring parks, streets, open spaces, high-rise buildings, construction sites, and design studios.

Yesler2014 is in its 3^rd year of operation and the project goals to provide youth employment as well as job development training, is continuing to focus on life-skills improvement, professional and vocational career exposure, and a face-to-face with leaders in civics and community-capacity building.

 “See - Think - Engage - Plan -Talk - Act”

Everyone participating in Yesler2014; staff, interns, and contractors, prepare themselves for a future of engaged citizenship, productive employment and academic opportunities, increased personal integrity, and an environmental awareness to tackle the challenges that lay ahead as we help build an equitable, healthy neighborhood for the residents, the City of Seattle and beyond.

Please Attend!! Rainier Beach Community Input & Suggestions Needed!

Community Outreach & Information Meeting    

 

Thursday, March 18, 2010

 Location: Rainier Beach Community Center

8825 Rainier Avenue South

Time: 6:30 - 8:30 p.m.

Come & Learn About this Special Commuinity Effort!

 
What is the RB Urban Farm & Wetlands Project?
 

The Rainier Beach Urban Farm & Wetlands Project is a community led and community bred effort to establish an Urban Farm in the heart of the Rainier Beach Community at the former Atlantic City Nursery site located at 5513 South Cloverdale Street in Southeast Seattle.  The Atlantic City Nursery is a former nursery ran by the City of Seattle's Parks & Recreation Department.   The closing and relocation of the Park's operations, has created an opportunity for the neighborhood to help shape the future use of this park property.

 

The Friends of Atlantic City Nursery formed out of community interest to create a local source for fresh produce, community gardening, economic development and training opportunities for area residents and youth.  The RB Urban Farm & Wetlands Project will serve as an innovative effort to build community pride and preservation of the area wetlands and the environment.

 

"Healthy food grown right here in Rainier Beach is now a real possiblity -- and you can be a part of making it happen."   Come out on Thursday, March 18th to learn more about the current efforts underway, ask questions and provide your input. Invite your neighbors and friends and be a part of the growth that you want to see!

 

Sponsored by

Friends of Atlantic City Nursery

 

Hosted by

Rainier Beach Empowerment Coalition 

 

Please forward this information to your contacts and community groups!  

For more information, contact: Yalonda Gill Masundire, Community Outreach, Chair at 206 371-8202 or email: info@rbufw.org

Got GREEN Celebration - March 17th in Columbia City!!!

Got Green Celebration & Kickoff EventWednesday, March 17  6-8 PM

Dinner, multi-media presentation, live music, children's activities
South Side Commons Building in Columbia City

3518 S Edmunds St  Seattle

 

RSVP to this email - call 206-290-5136 - or go to Evite through link above

YOUTH SUMMIT PLANNING: March 8th @ Youngstown!!

Youth Summit Planning Meeting: March 8

Just a reminder that the next youth summit meeting is on Monday, March 8th from 3:30-5:30 at the Youngstown Cultural Arts Center.

Again any adults who plan to attend this meeting please bring some youth because they are the ones who will be making all of the decisions for this upcoming summit. We also encourage youth who are attending to bring a friend or two to make this process worthwhile.

This time at the meeting we are splitting into different committees so you can choose from planning the workshops to planning the food and entertainment or even both! For more information download the flyer attached to this message (Youth Summit Planning Meeting flyer). If you have any questions please email estevan@youthmediaseattle.org. Hoping to see you there!

http://www.rbcoalition.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/YouthSummitPlanningMeeting.pdf

New York Releases their Food Blueprint

Dear friends,

Below is information about the outline for a proposed New York City food policy that may be of interest in Seattle’s planning process.
Best wishes,

~Mark Musick

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New York City Food System Blueprint Released

http://mbpo.org/release_details.asp?id=1496

On Wednesday, February 17, Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer released a detailed report outlining a set of municipal food policy recommendations. Below is a link to the full report and an outline of primary recommendations:

Food NYC: A Blueprint for a Sustainable Food System (pdf)

www.libertycontrol.net/uploads/mbp/foodnyc.pdf



Recommendations:

· The city should facilitate the development of rooftop gardens and create an NYC Urban Agriculture Program, which would provide access, resources and information to promote community gardening.

· Redevelop the Hunts Point Produce Market to modernize the food delivery hub and ensure that the 8,500 jobs the facility maintains remain in the city.

· Dedicate city-owned spaces for farmer's markets around the five boroughs.

· Pass legislation that would require 20% of all food purchased by city agencies to come from local producers.

· Educate New York City's children to become healthy and environmentally aware eaters. Students should have access to some type of agricultural production, be it a community garden or urban farm.

· Create a large-scale municipal composting facility, as well as support small-scale composting through education, decentralized composting bins and more pickup locations.

· Ban the sale of bottled water in all city facilities and on municipal property, and increase the use of water fountains and canteens. Plastic water bottles waste an enormous amount of energy to produce, with only a small portion recycled.

· Create an Office of Food and Markets to coordinate and lead systemic reform of the city's food and agricultural policies and programs. Also, amend PlaNYC to include a comprehensive overhaul of the city's food system.