Neighborhood Blog
It Only Happens Once a Year
Today is the day! GiveBIG to DNDA and Youngstown. It’s a one day opportunity to support your community! GiveBIG is The Seattle Foundation’s 24-hour giving spectacular. This year the theme is “Day of Champions” and we’re forging a creative path for the champions in our community, the youth – the ones who keep our creative…
Get Ready for Thrive
It’s back! Youngstown’s annual birthday party, the Thrive, returns this March for an evening of family-friendly arts activities, games, and entertainment at the Youngstown Cultural Arts Center in West Seattle. This year, the celebrated, dynamic arts hub is ringing in its 9th year of fostering arts and cultural activities for West Seattle and the city at large. Thrive 9…
Thanks to Nucor Steel
There are few firework displays that are more dramatic than the explosions created from melting down scrap metal. Last week, Nucor Steel welcomed DNDA into the world of steelmaking – their mill down the street from Youngstown Cultural Arts Center has been firing up steel for more than 100 years. As there slogan suggests, they’re…
It’s time to #AwakenDelridge
Two years ago, I embraced the role of Director at the Youngstown Cultural Arts Center because, for one, I saw the incredible opportunity for collaboration. Nowhere else in Seattle will you find, under one roof, affordable artist housing, nonprofit offices, an alternative high school, and rentable activity, performance, and meeting spaces for the community. Youngstown…
Gathering of Neighbors!
“What makes West Seattle livable and healthy?” That was the question proposed during Gathering of Neighbors, held at Youngstown this weekend. Members from the West Seattle community gathered to share stories, identify community assets, and develop ideas and tools to help Delridge and other West Seattle neighborhoods develop programs and services that address community concerns. I had…
The 2013 Annual Report is Here!
In 2013, the Delridge Neighborhoods Development Association celebrated a year of evolution and growth. We’ve been working hard to bring improved housing services to the Delridge corridor, increase local civic engagement, and expand community arts programming at the Youngstown Cultural Arts Center. But our organization is nothing without the involvement of our community, which is…