Washington
(This list does not include Recovery Action Program planning
grants.)
Project Sponsor: Bellingham
Project Name: Nine Park Sites
Federal Share: $138,995
Fiscal Year: 1980
Description: Carl Lobe Park - replaced playground
equipment, irrigation and landscaping improvements. Ridgemont
Park - constructed pathways, replaced playground equipment,
and landscaping improvements. Sunnyland Memorial Park - replaced
picnic furniture, repaired pathways, and landscaping improvements.
Battersby Field - restored track, repaired backstop, goal
posts, and irrigation and landscaping improvements. Blodel
Donovan Park Fieldhouse - renovated restrooms, dressing rooms,
craft and meeting rooms. Replaced playground equipment at
Elizabeth Park, Cornwall Park, Fairhaven Park. and Bloedel
Donovan Park.
Project Sponsor: Bellingham
Project Name: Bellingham Maritime Heritage
Center
Federal Share: $599,000
Fiscal Year: 1982
Description: An abandoned sewage treatment
plant on Whatcom Creek was converted into an environmental
education center and city park, focusing on maritime and city
history, salmon propagation, and sport fishing. The interpretive
facilities developed through this grant, which complement
and fully explain an on-site salmon rearing operation, provides
easy access and viewing for the visiting public and more than
7,500 school children who participate each year in environmental
education programs. In addition, the park district utilizes
the site as the focal point for its summer day camp program.
In addition, an alternative high school for adjudicated students
is located immediately adjacent to the Maritime Heritage Center.
These students are actively engaged in an educational program
to design and build boats and often launch their new watercraft
from the center's shoreline
Project Sponsor: Bellingham
Project Name: Seven Park Sites
Federal Share: $150,000
Fiscal Year: 1983
Description: Bloedel Donovan Park - renovated
lighting system, parking area, ballfields, and landscaping
improvements. Broadway Park - replaced playground equipment,
and renovated the wading and spray pools. Watcom Falls Park
- installed new playground equipment, and renovated the picnic
shelters. Roosevelt Park - installed new playground equipment.
Fairhaven Park - installed an automatic irrigation system,
resurfaced ball courts, renovated parking lot, and replaced
the lighting system. Elizabeth Park - renovated the wading
and spray pool. Cornwall Park - constructed picnic shelters.
Project Sponsor: Bremerton
Project Name: Glenn Jarstad Pool
Federal Share: $182,280
Fiscal Year: 2002
Description: Replace HVAC system in pool
building.
Project Sponsor: Everett
Project Name: Garfield Park, Riverdale Park,
and Wiggums Hollow
Federal Share: $183,865
Fiscal Year: 1980
Description: Garfield Park - repaved pathways,
renovated restrooms, and installed new playground equipment.
Riverdale Park - renovated park facility, installed a new
irrigation system, constructed unpaved walkways, and landscaping
improvements. Wiggums Hollow - constructed a sandbox, ball
courts, pathways, two drinking fountains, lighting system,
play structure, and landscaping improvements.
Project Sponsor: King County
Project Name: White Center Fieldhouse
Federal Share: $290,080
Fiscal Year: 1980
Description: Renovated community center facility
to meet fire and building codes. Install new HVAC system,
fire walls, electrical system, emergency lighting, and foundation
sealing. Handicap access in restrooms.
Project Sponsor: Pasco
Project Name: Memorial Pool
Federal Share: $164,500
Fiscal Year: 1979
Description: Renovated swimming pool facility.
Project Sponsor: Pasco
Project Name: Memorial Pool
Federal Share: $164,500
Fiscal Year: 1979
Description: Renovated swimming pool.
Project Sponsor: Pasco
Project Name: Kurtzman and Richardson Parks
Federal Share: $175,000
Fiscal Year: 1983
Description: Renovated swimming pool, irrigation
systems, game courts, ballfields, and playground equipment
at each sites.
Project Sponsor: Seattle
Project Name: Urban Recreation Access Improvements
Federal Share: $644,000
Fiscal Year: 1979
Description: Removed physical barriers and
other handicap access improvements at 33 recreation sites
-- Parks - Atlantic City, Camplong, Carkeek, Freeway, Gasworks,
Golden Gardens, Judkins, Madrona, Red Barn Ranch, Seward,
Tashkent, Volunteer, Waterfront, and Yesler Atlantic Pathway.
Theaters - Bathhouse, Poncho, and Pratt Fine Arts. Swimming
Pools - Ballard, Evans, Meadowbrook, Medgar Evers, Queen Anne,
and Southwest. Community Centers - Green Lake, Jefferson,
Langston Hughes, Loyal Heights, Miller, Queen Anne, Rainer
Beach, Rainer, and Van Asselt.
Project Sponsor: Seattle
Project Name: Lake Washington Recreation
Area
Federal Share: $616,700
Fiscal Year: 1983
Description: Renovated four park areas along
the Lake Washington shoreline. Madison Park - renovated bathhouse
and shoreline improvements. Mount Baker Park - constructed
a new bathhouse and life guard station, replaced swimming
raft, repaired fishing pier, resurfaced ball court, and installed
new playground equipment. Lake Washington Boulevard - beach
fill, erosion control, renovated observation platform, and
park furniture. Seward Park - renovated comfort station, picnic
shleter, foot race starter area, and replaced swimming raft.
Project Sponsor: Seattle
Project Name: Langston Hughes Cultural Arts
Center
Federal Share: $250,000
Fiscal Year: 1991
Description: Renovated center and handicap
access improvements.
Project Sponsor: Seattle
Project Name: Summer Teen Program and Consortium
Federal Share: $100,000
Fiscal Year: 1992
Description: Model recreation programs were
implemented at three community centers, and if programs were
successful, they would be implemented city-wide.
Project Sponsor: Seattle
Project Name: Pratt Park
Federal Share: $245,000
Fiscal Year: 2001
Description: New playground equipment, benches,
water spray area, and landscaping.
Project Sponsor: Seattle
Project Name: Jefferson Community Center
Federal Share: $154,000
Fiscal Year: 2002
Description: Install a new sprinkler system
inside the community center making the center meet existing
fire and safety codes so that important community programs
can continue such as before and after school programs, senior
exercise classes, preschool day-care programs, and other recreation
and cultural activities.
Project Sponsor: Tacoma
Project Name: Five Recreation Sites
Federal Share: $301,525
Fiscal Year: 1979
Description: Wright Park - replaced lighting
system. South End Pool - replaced roof, renovated pool deck,
shower room, replaced boiler, and plumbing line. Franklin
Elementary Playground - renovated playfields, installed sprinkler
system and security fencing. McCarver Elementary and Secondary
Playground - renovated playgrounds. Lister Elementary Playground
- renovated playground.
Project Sponsor: Tacoma
Project Name: Ten Recreation Sites
Federal Share: $549,393
Fiscal Year: 1980
Description: Renovation of the following
sites - Bryant Elementary Playground, Lister Elementary Playground,
Madison Elementary Playground, McCarver Elementary and Secondary
Playground, McKinley Elementary Playground, Oakland Park Fieldhouse,
South End Pool, Franklin Park, and Peoples Park.
Project Sponsor: Tacoma
Project Name: Manitou Park, Jane Clark Fieldhouse,
Titlow Pool, and Roosevelt Elementary Playfield.
Federal Share: $367,500
Fiscal Year: 1983
Description: Manitou Park - remove architectural
barriers in restrooms, renovate playground equipment and picnic
facilities, ballfields, and parking area. Jane Clark Fieldhouse
- remove architectural barriers, and renovated restrooms.
Titlow Pool - upgraded filter and piping system, and handicap
access improvements. Roosevelt Elementary Playfield - renovated
playfield, and installed new playground equipment.
Project Sponsor: Tacoma
Project Name: Salishan Park and Community
Center
Federal Share: $168,000
Fiscal Year: 1991
Description: Community Center - renovate
playground equipment, picnic tables, spray plaza, shelter,
restrooms, and lighting system. Lower Salishan - renovated
playground equipment picnic tables, soccer goals, paths, irrigation
system, trees, and lighting system. Upper Salishan - renovated
basketball court, playgrund equipment, picnic tables, soccer
goals, paths, irrigation system, trees and lighting.
Project Sponsor: Tacoma
Project Name: Natural High - Outdoor Adventure
Program
Federal Share: $100,000
Fiscal Year: 1992
Description: Natural High is a year-round,
outdoor adventure and sports program tailored to meet the
needs of inner-city, at-risk youth. Educational workshops
teach safety, new skills, environmental awareness and concern
for wildlife. Activities include camping, canoeing, hiking,
rafting, mountain biking and sailing. Natural High uses the
outdoors as a classroom to teach young people respect for
self and others. It teaches hands-on outdoor skills such as
setting up tents, safely lighting cook-stoves and lanterns,
and prevention of hypothermia. Other activities include cross-country
skiing, camping, packpacking, sea kayaking, rafting, canoeing.
Upon expiration of the UPARR grant, the program was funded
through a Washington State Criminal Justice Grant and has
received donated equipment and cash from local businesses.
The program is now part of the city's annual budget. The program
has received national recognition and was featured at a February
1995 colloquium at Fort Worth, Texas titled "Recreation for
At-Risk Youth: programs that Work."
Project Sponsor: Tacoma
Project Name: People's Community Center
Federal Share: $200,000
Fiscal Year: 1994
Description: Converted staff offices into
a multi-purpose room, upgraded utility systems, roof repainting,
renovated HVAC systems, renovated swimming pool, installed
two adjustable backboards, and expanded the recreation room.
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