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 SAVE THE DATE: Grand Opening of Gossett Place!
 LIHI is pleased to announce the Grand Opening of Gossett Place, a new 62-unit housing project for homeless individuals and couples, including veterans.
Wednesday, September 14th
3:00 PM at
4719 12th Avenue N.E.
In Seattle's University District
The building is named in honor of King County Council Chair and human rights champion Larry Gossett. Join King County Executive Dow Constantine, LIHI Board of Directors, LIHI Executive Director Sharon Lee, and many others for this exciting occasion!
We thank the many funders and partners for making this important project a reality: City of Seattle, Enterprise, Washington State Housing Trust Fund, Washington State Housing Finance Commission, King County, Seattle Housing Authority, US Bank, United Way, and HUD.
For more information and RSVP: info@LIHI.org or call 206.443.9935 ext. 149. |
Seattle Councilman Bruce Harrell Visits The Bart Harvey
On June 30th, Seattle City Councilman Bruce Harrell toured the fast-growing South Lake Union neighborhood. He made a visit to The Bart Harvey, LIHI's housing for seniors, and saw the green rooftop with gardens, a P-Patch and an amazing view of Lake Union.
In the photo: Bruce (center) is joined by Pearl Leung of the LIHI Board, LIHI staffer Zena Dodson and LaJeanne Jones, and Mike McQuaid.
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Music History Project at LIHI's Housing Site in the Central District
  
Here are more pictures of the Jackson Street Music History Project located at LIHI's future housing site at 20th and South Jackson.
The art project is featured in the Seattle Times: "Central District lot becomes work of art...An empty lot in Seattle's Central District has made a bit of a turnaround. Peer through the fence and you'll find the Jackson Street Music History Project, glamorous life-size photos and dreamlike portraits honoring the legendary local black music scene..."http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2015517950_jacksonplace06.html
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Summer Fun and Learning Too!
 Meadowbrook View Apartments' Summer Camp is in full swing with volunteers helping with arts and education projects and field trips throughout the city. Many of the volunteers are parents including nine volunteers donating over 50 hours per week. One volunteer from the neighborhood is helping children paint pots for planting a vegetable garden (see photo). The children planted seeds in the smaller pots and within a week the plants had sprouted and were ready to be planted in bigger pots outside. The volunteer talked to the children about using good soil and growing their own vegetables to eat. Well, they weren't too thrilled about eating the vegetables but they loved planting them and watching them grow!
Many thanks to the City of Seattle for providing free breakfast and lunches and to Amazon for books through the City's summer lunch program.
At Denice Hunt Townhomes, happy children are also participating in summer classes through Arts Corps. The children are furthering their education through performing theatre and improvisation and using various media to explore painting. Thank you to teaching artist Geoff Garza for sharing his many talents. Thank you, Arts Corps, for enriching the lives of our children and their families.
You may see the wonderful photos of these classes, taken by Susie Fitzhugh here . For more information on volunteering, please contact Ania at abeszterda@LIHI.org or call 206.957.8035.
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Vote to APPROVE Veterans and Human Services Levy on August 16th Ballot: Proposition 1
Did you know that since 2006, the Veterans and Human Services Levy
has improved the lives of over 82,000 veterans, their families, and others in need?
LIHI has four projects funded through the levy, icluding McDermott Place. King County voters will have an opportunity to renew their commitment to help veterans and others in need to access affordable housing, rental assistance, mental health treatment, and services for young mothers and their babies.
The levy's key goal is reducing homelessness in our county. The levy has been a critical component to many of the initiatives under the Ten-Year Plan to End Homelessness, and since 2005 invested nearly $40 million in strategies supporting the plan.
We hope you will join LIHI in our support for the levy. Vote Yes for Prop 1 on the August 16th ballot. For more information: www.vetsandhumanservices.org or see fact sheet.
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LIHI is 20! Come Celebrate With Us!
LIHI invites you to celebrate 20 years of serving our neighbors in need at our Gala and Auction on Friday, October 28th, at the Hyatt at Olive 8 in Seattle. Presented by KeyBank and numerous other sponsors, this event is our premier fundraising event of the year and we have extra special festivities planned for the evening. All proceeds will go to our housing and supportive services programs and the Urban Rest Stop.
Please join in as an event sponsor, help secure an auction item, and register early for the event. For more information, contact Shelly Tolo at 206.443.9935 ext. 140 or auction@LIHI.org. See you there!
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LIHI Executive Director Sharon Lee will be featured on "Seattle Voices" airing on Tuesday, July 19th at 7pm and again at 10pm on the Seattle Channel (cable channel 21 in Seattle). You can also see the episode on the Seattle Channel website starting the same week it is first aired: http://www.seattlechannel.org/SeattleVoices.
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LIHI Executive Director Sharon Lee was featured in Affordable Housing Finance Magazine discussing the importance of the tax credit financing for affordable housing. http://www.housingfinance.com/ahf/articles/2011/june/0611-specialfocus-Industry-Roundtable.htm
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