Neighborhood Street Fund – 2/22 Deadline to Apply

(This is from the Department of Neighborhoods website)

The Department of Neighborhoods is asking community leaders to work with their neighbors to identify and prioritize projects that will inform the City’s Cumulative Reserve Fund (CRF) and Neighborhood Street Fund (NSF) project decisions. This partnership, between the city and its neighborhoods, has been extremely valuable to identifing priority projects by community members. In anticipation of having a $1 million Cumulative Reserve Fund (CRF) and $240,000 Neighborhood Street Fund (NSF) in next year’s city budget, community members are invited to participate in the CRF/NSF Allocation Process that is open from January 14, 2008 until February 22, 2008.

In order to be considered for funding, please completely fill out the application HERE.

Let us help make your application shine!
All questions for SDOT, Parks and Recreation and Department of Neighborhoods regarding the application and process can be answered at the Technical Assistance Workshop; on Thursday, February 7th at the Miller Community Center on Capitol Hill, located at 330 19th Ave. E from 6:00-7:30 pm.

Eligible uses of the Funds:
CRF allocations must be directly linked to an activity identified in a neighborhood plan or a linkage to the neighborhood plan goals, policies, or priorities. Neighborhood Plans can be found online at http://www.seattle.gov/neighborhoods/npi/plans.htm Additionally, CRF funded projects can only be used for maintenance or repairs, projects which address safety issues, or upgrades related to the Americans with Disability Act (ADA) like wheelchair access improvements. CRF cannot be used for new construction.

NSF allocations can be used for transportation-related construction and is not limited to neighborhood plan implementation. Since the NSF budget is smaller ($240,000 anticipated), it should be taken into consideration when deciding the kind of project to put forward, i.e. maintenance versus new construction.

Note: Most of the projects that have been funded in our district (the North District) have been for sidewalks and traffic calming (e.g. traffic circles and speed bomps).

If you have questions, please contact Renee by e-mail or at 206-366-9472. Or, Kadie Bell at Department of Neighborhoods: kadie.bell@seattle.gov and 206-684-0607.