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VIBRANT COMMUNITIES
Impact Capital works with key neighborhood partners to help transform distressed communities into vibrant ones. Impact Capital is currently involved in Vibrant Communities programs in Seattle, White Center, and Spokane. Our approach recognizes that physical development, while critical, is not enough, and for that reason the Vibrant Communities initiatives include work to:
- Provide safe, decent affordable housing to people for whom it is out of reach
- Promote vibrant commercial districts
- Increase family wealth and income
- Make neighborhoods safer, more livable, and healthier
- Strengthen civic institutions and local leadership
Seattle Program
The Strategic Neighborhood Revitalization Program (a partnership between Impact Capital and the Seattle Office of Economic Development) supports eight targeted neighborhoods within the city. The program works with lead agencies in these communities to create vibrant commercial districts to anchor other revitalization efforts.
The eight Seattle area CDCs have also formed a coalition, the Seattle Community Development Collaborative, to work together on issues impacting the neighborhoods they work in.
To find out more, click here to read their brochure.
12th Avenue, Capitol Hill
Capitol Hill Housing
King Street, International District
Seattle-Chinatown International District Public Development Authority
Interim Community Development Association
Martin Luther King Jr. Way and Othello Street, Rainier Valley
HomeSight
Rainier Beach, Rainier Valley, South of McClellan Station, Rainier Valley
SouthEast Effective Development
Jackson Street, Central Area
Central Area Development Association
White Center Commercial District, White Center
White Center Community Development Association
Delridge Way and Brandon Street, Delridge
Delridge Neighborhoods Development Association
White Center Program
Impact Capital is partnering with King County, the White Center Community Development Association, and others to ensure that comprehensive community revitalization continues in White Center. Much of the groundwork has been laid by the Annie E. Casey's Foundation's Making Connections initiative in White Center. Next steps include creating an integrated community plan with clear accountability measures, strengthening civic engagement structures within the community, and helping community organizations accomplish the goals laid out in the neighborhood plan.
Click here to read about the White Center Neighborhood Action Plan.
For more information about the Seattle or White Center Programs, contact Jennifer LaBrecque or Tracy Reich.
Spokane Program
Spokane's Vibrant Communities project focuses on a portion of the East Central neighborhood including a commercial center and the surrounding neighborhood to provide a comprehensive revitalization strategy and activities.
Spokane Neighborhood Action Partners (SNAP) has been selected as the lead agency to direct the comprehensive neighborhood action plan, attract partners to implement the action plan, and develop capacity to sustain activities beyond the pilot project's three-year term. Program objectives are to expand capital investment in housing and other real estate; stimulate local economic activity; and support healthy environments and lifestyles.
The kick off for the Spokane Vibrant Communities program in the newly designated Spokane International District was May 5th with an address by the Mayor, Mary Verner, and members of the City Council including Councilman Mike Allen. Read our press release.
Inquiries about the Spokane Program can be directed to Terri Symbol or Tracy Reich.