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Neighborhoods and Communities 

Starbucks is a proud sponsor of The Seattle Foundation’s GiveBIG on May 15. Committed to helping make communities stronger wherever they do business, Starbucks supports the development of young people to become extraordinary leaders through Youth Leadership Grants, is committed to year-round community service, including their annual Global Month of Service in April and donates a portion of their innovative Community Stores’ profits back into the neighborhoods they serve. Learn more about Starbucks community programs and initiatives.

 
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Support organizations or programs that build relationships and trust within and across communities (geographic and non-geographic)
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CityClub »CityClub is a civic membership organization representing people from across the political spectrum and across sectors including business, non-profit, government, academic and grassroots community organizations.
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Transportation Choices Coalition »Auto dependent transportation policies have wreaked havoc on our environment and on our personal and social health. Transportation is now the largest contributor to global warming pollution in Washington.
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TVW »TVW is one of the oldest and most respected public affairs networks in the country. Based on the CSPAN model, TVW provides round-the-clock gavel-to-gavel proceedings, public affairs programs and other events of civic importance.
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Recent Foundation Activities
Yesler Terrace redevelopment
The Seattle Foundation recently convened JPMorgan Chase, Starbucks and the Medina Foundation to map out a collective action agenda for partnering with the Seattle Housing Authority in support of the Yesler Terrace redevelopment.
Success Story
SEED Grows Commercial Activity and Maintains Affordable Housing
SouthEast Effective Development (SEED) has improved community conditions in Rainier Valley by working to maintain affordable housing and growing commercial activity. SEED spearheaded housing developments for low- and moderate-income residents, seniors and disabled people through a combination of acquisition, rehabilitation and new construction projects. The projects, including the award-winning Rainier Court housing complex, also feature cultural and retail spaces.
King County residents ages 18 to 35 are least likely to feel connected to a group in their community.
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Transit Oriented Development that's Healthy, Green & Just
This Puget Sound Sage report provides evidence that gentrification is happening in the Valley, meaning new people with higher incomes have been moving into Rainier Valley and station-area land value and rents are on the rise.
Geography of Opportunity
This report explores how low-income groups and racial and ethnic populations are situated within King County’s geography of opportunity.
Shifting Population Changes the Face of King County
Even as Seattle's minority population barely held over the past decade, the percentage of people of color swelled in the suburbs of South King County, where newly arriving immigrants and former Seattle residents converged to form majority populations in SeaTac, Renton, Kent and Tukwila. (Seattle Times)
Seattle ranks third in nation on vitality index
Creative Cities International has released its Vitality Index rankings for the top U.S. cities. Seattle stands strong at number 3, preceded by New York and Chicago and followed by San Francisco and Boston.
Greater Seattle Civic Health Index
This first-annual study by Seattle CityClub uses census data to assess six civic health markers: volunteering, neighborliness, belonging to groups, philanthropy, political voice and voting in Greater Seattle.

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