11.04.12
Radio Interview with Hyeok Kim and Rachel Duthler
Listen to the November 4, 2012 radio interview of Executive Director Hyeok Kim and Garden Manager Rachel Duthler by Gary Shipe as heard on the Public Affairs shows of Sandusky Seattle Radio. http://sanduskyseattle.com/
07.28.12
Radio Interview with John Chen and Sharyne Shiu Thornton
Listen to this podcast of Garden Manager John Chen and Deputy Director Sharyne Shiu Thornton talking about the Danny Woo Garden.
11.17.11
InterIm CDA and the International District Housing Alliance Will Merge
InterIm Community Development Association (InterIm CDA) merges with the International District Housing Alliance (IDHA) on January 2, 2012. The merged agency’s name will be InterIm CDA.
Why have the two decided to merge?
Community needs and priorities have changed over the past 40-plus years since InterIm CDA first started. Models of community development and capacity-building, established in the 1970’s and 1980’s, are ready for change to reflect where the community has changed, demographically and geographically. Additionally, in the past several years, safety nets have been decimated as government funding for housing-related and other human services has been drastically reduced. During this same time, the trend in philanthropy has been to redirect giving toward larger, and more established, charities instead of building capacity in smaller organizations.
In other words, while the needs have changed and increased, the funding to help has declined.
By merging, InterIm CDA and IDHA plan to leverage resources, maintain service to the same populations, and invest scarce resources strategically in building the infrastructure needed to develop new sources of contributed support. In time, we hope to expand our programming and explore where we can collaborate with others in going to greater scale to meet the growing needs of Asian and Pacific Islander (API) and immigrant and refugee populations.
While developing low- and moderate-income affordable housing has been a mainstay of InterIm CDA’s work, the combined organization will creatively improve its community development model. We will be innovative by better integrating physical housing with greater community outreach and more direct housing services for the people who live in the homes we build. Together, we will build a new way of better aligning the comprehensive housing and community development needs of not only API, but also a diverse array of immigrant and refugee groups.
As a merged organization, what is our impact?
• Each year, over 730 individuals have a safe, healthy home because of our housing projects.
• This year, IDHA’s housing case management staff conduct 6,000 visits with 1,350 clients who face eviction, a financial or personal crisis, or a job loss to find housing options that will keep them stable.
• This year, IDHA’s Solace Program, an innovative transitional housing program, works with 26 families, most of them immigrant and refugee, to escape from homelessness and despair into the bright light of housing stability and hope.
• Each year, nearly 140 low-income individuals directly benefit from the Danny Woo Community Garden, including 70 elderly gardeners (whose average age is 76 years young) and 70 children and youth who live in the neighborhood and who participate in the summer programming at the Danny Woo Children’s Garden. About 350 volunteers help maintain the garden, and hundreds more visitors benefit from this unique, community-run green space in the heart of downtown Seattle.
• And each year, over 750 small businesses in the Chinatown/ID and Pioneer Square area benefit from the affordable parking spaces we manage, to help promote a healthy and vibrant business district.
Cultural competency is important for InterIm CDA not only in terms of service delivery, but in organizational values. One reflection of this is the fact that the vast majority of our Board and staff are of and from the API community. Finally, InterIm CDA owns most of the housing complexes it has developed over the years, and as a nonprofit, is able to leverage federal, state, and local dollars to build them, thereby funneling millions of dollars in investment back into the community.
Thanks to our Supporters
InterIm CDA’s merger is supported by:
JPMorgan Chase
The Seattle Foundation
Davis Wright Tremaine LLP
08.05.11
King Couny Brownsfield Program 7th & Jackson Street Site Fact Sheet #1
Summary report of an environmental study of property at 7th & Jackson St. conducted through the King County Brownfields Program because the property was flagged as having potential hazardous materials based on its historical use for an auto repair business. Interim is exploring the development potential along with the possible costs for clean-up of the site.
Draft Fact Sheet for 7th and Jackson Phase I (Facebook Link)
11.22.10
InterIm CDA completes the International District’s 1st Green Street
On November 19th, 2010, InterIm CDA hosted an Open House for the International Districts 1st Green Street located on Maynard Ave. between Jackson St. and Main St. The Maynard Green Street has expanded sidewalks, public art and is watered from the self-sustaining hydrology system that captures rain water from Nihonmachi Terrace next door and pumped using the imported Japanese hand pump at the top of the street.
04.19.10
Call for design team/artists: Public art installation for the I-5 King Street Column Project
In conjunction with the Chinatown/Japantown/Little Saigon – International District Streetscape Committee, InterIm Community Development Association (InterIm CDA) is seeking professional design teams and/or artists to submit their qualification for an opportunity to develop a design and/or conceptual art plan for the King Street columns underneath the I-5 freeway.
03.04.10
Samaki Commons featured in Seattle Daily Journal of Commerce
Samaki Commons was featured in the March 3, 2010 issue of the Seattle Daily Journal of Commerce. The article highlighted how Arellano Christofides Architects made good use of repetition in design, while also avoiding monotony, such that extra amenities uncommon in low-income housing could be added with the cost savings.
01.07.10
Ken Katahira from InterIm CDA speaking in Smart Growth Conference workshop
InterIm CDA’s Real Estate Development Director, Ken Katahira, will be speaking at the 9th Annual New Partners for Smart Growth Conference in a workshop on Equitable Development in Asian Communities.
12.01.09
2009 Annual Report
View our 2009 Annual Report in the linked PDF below.
11.21.09
Danny Woo Community Garden celebrates Lowe’s Grant funded renovations
On Saturday, Nov. 21, 2009, members of the community celebrated the completion of renovations in the Danny Woo Community Garden, thanks to generous funding from the Lowe’s Charitable and Educational Foundation.
11.04.09
InterIm CDA’s ED named Co-Chair of King County Executive transition team
InterIm CDA Executive Director Hyeok Kim will co-chair King County Executive-elect Dow Constantine’s transition team. She joins State Senator Fred Jarrett from Mercer Island in chairing the transition committee.
11.04.09
Seattle Approves Affordable Housing Levy
Seattle voters easily approved Proposition No. 1: Low-income housing levy! As of 8:22 PM November 4, 64% voted in favor of the proposition.
10.16.09
Greening Cities, Growing Communities: Learning from Seattle’s Urban Community Gardens
The Danny Woo Community Garden is one of six community gardens featured in a new book about Seattle’s urban gardens pblished by the University of Washington Press!
09.19.09
InterIm CDA Celebrates Its 40th Anniversary Gala
On Saturday, Sept. 19, 2009, InterIm Community Development Association was joined by over 330 friends and supporters to celebrate our 40th anniversary! This was a night to reflect on four decades of serving the Chinatown/International District and the Asian Pacific Islander community, and we couldn’t have made this evening a success without you.
08.12.09
New housing project in Southeast Seattle goes green
The name for a new affordable-housing project in Seattle’s Rainier Valley seems to be a perfect fit since it’s located next door, at 3925 South Bozeman Street, to the Lao Highland Community Center. “Samaki” is a Lao word that means “people” or “individuals coming together.”
07.01.09
Paving A Right Of Way: Maynard Avenue Green Street
Read the article on the Nihonmachi Maynard Avenue Green Street project in the current issue of the International Examiner.
05.06.09
The $300M Dearborn Project is No More
The multi-million dollar project has flat-lined. Quang Nguyen, the executive director of the Washington Vietnamese American Chamber of Commerce and co-chair of the Downtown Street Coalition for a Livable Neighborhood, a group representing more than 40 organizations, confirms that developers will not pursue the project.
04.06.09
Recession stalls building boom along South Seattle light-rail tracks
This article in the April 6, 2009, issue of the Seattle Times focuses on development projects along light-rail in South Seattle given the current economic challenges. The article also mentions a bright spot among nonprofit housing developers, including InterIm CDA and the soon-to-be completed Samaki Commons housing project.
03.31.09
Grand Mall Seizure: A Final Strategy to Stop a Mall in Rainier Valley
Published in the March 31, 2009, issue of The Stranger, this article puts a spotlight on a newly-formed coalition, the Community Alliance for Responsible Development (CARD). InterIm CDA helped establish CARD to represent the interests of community members who continue to have significant concerns about the long-term impacts of the Dearborn Street Project, in particular on the Little Saigon Business District.
02.02.09
InterIm: Roots Grow Deep in the International District
In its January/February 2009 issue, edibleSEATTLE magazine featured the Danny Woo Community Garden and InterIm CDA as a “local hero.”
01.20.09
Neighborhood Matching Fund Grant for the Children’s Garden
We thank the City of Seattle Department of Neighborhoods for awarding a $15,000 grant for planning and constructing an interactive Children’s Garden to be located in the Danny Woo Community Garden in the International District. Qualifying for these matching funds was made possible by the numerous donors who contributed to the Children’s Garden at our 2008 gala. Many thanks!
7th & Jackson St.
Summary report of an environmental study of property at 7th & Jackson St. conducted through the King County Brownfields Program because the property was flagged as having potential hazardous materials based on its historical use for an auto repair business. Interim is exploring the development potential along with the possible costs for clean-up of the site.
2013 ReFresh Gala Thank You
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2012 Annual Pig Roast
Firday, August 10th 6pm through Saturday, August 11th 2 pm
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2012 Chicken Drive
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