Rainier Vista Central Park

Project Director: Kay Morrisson of Ignition NW

Location: Seattle, WA

Grant Amount: $3,300

By way of background, Central Park at Rainier Vista Housing Community was slated by the Seattle Housing Authority (SHA) to become the focal point of this newly renovated and diverse neighborhood. Due to unavoidable increases in infrastructure and construction, as well as an initial cost delay, SHA was unable to dedicate sufficient funds to complete the project. The fiscally abandoned Central Park, now wrapped in hurricane fencing, has been taken under the wing of Neighborhood House, which has joined with the landowner, SHA, and over 15 community and neighborhood groups to work to complete this project.

Ignition NW, a non-profit that was created to foster the Burning Man culture of radical self-expression, participatory art and sustainable community in the Pacific Northwest, will work with Neighborhood House to gather input, design and create public art for Central Park by engaging members of the Rainier Vista Community!

For more about the goings on in the Pacific Northwest: www.ignitionnw.org