Seattle Urban Renewal Enterprise subject files, 1958-1966.

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Seattle Urban Renewal Enterprise subject files, 1958-1966.

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Records relating to the Seattle Urban Renewal Enterprise (SURE), a non-profit organization established in Nov. 1958 by 300 local firms and individuals to assisted the city in long-range neighborhood urban renewal planning.

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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...