Urban renewal subject files, 1958-1971.

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Urban renewal subject files, 1958-1971.

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Correspondence, reports, budgets, minutes, and maps relating generally to urban renewal. Includes administrative materials. Topics include Seattle Urban Renewal Enterprise (SURE), Puget Sound Regional Transportation Study, R.H. Thomson Freeway, Governor's Housing Task Force, Urban Renewal Advisory Board, Forward Thrust, property acquisition, schools, rapid transit, labor and labor relations, central business district, Citizens Housing Board, Urban Renewal Program, minimum housing code, and the Urban League.

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Seattle Municipal Archives

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Seattle (Wash.). Dept. of Community Development.

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The Department of Community Development (DCD) administered Seattle's comprehensive plan and provided direction and support for Seattle's physical and economic development through community planning. DCD was the lead agency for implementing various types of grant-funded projects, such as the Neighorhood Development Program. DCD was abolished in 1992. From the description of Neighborhood Development Program project applications, 1965-1974. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 530104873 ...

Seattle Urban Renewal Enterprise (Seattle, Wash.)

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The Washington State Legislature adopted what was known as the Urban Renewal Law in 1957. Shortly afterwards, Seattle City Council adopted ordinance declaring that "blighted areas" existed in the City of Seattle, as defined by the State law. In 1958 the Mayor announced the appointment of Talbot Wegg as Urban Renewal Coordinator for the City of Seattle. The first Citizens' Advisory Committee on Urban Renewal met in 1958. By August the group was known as the Seattle Urban Renewal Ente...

Forward Thrust (Seattle, Wash.)

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Civic organization, Seattle, Washington; established 1966, dissolved 1974. From the description of Forward Thrust, Seattle, Washington, records, 1966-1970. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 28376114 ...

Seattle (Wash.). Urban Renewal Advisory Board

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Puget Sound Regional Transportation Study

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Seattle (Wash.). Citizens Housing Board

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Washington (State). Governor's Housing Task Force

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Urban League (Seattle, Wash.)

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Seattle (Wash.). Urban Renewal Program

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Established in 1959 with federal funds to eradicate urban "blighted areas" in the city; administered by the executive department until it was transferred to the Department of Community Development in 1969. From the description of J.P. Willison papers, 1960-1971. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70924989 ...