Community Begins Here
At the Phinney Neighborhood Center, we’ve always been dedicated to helping community members connect in meaningful ways.
The many programs and services at the Center build community by enabling people to gather, learn, and make new friends. Yet, as our city continues its dramatic growth, places that have brought us together are quickly disappearing.
That’s why we’re committed to our Community Begins Here Capital Campaign. The Campaign provides for the purchase and preservation of a neighborhood landmark and ensures its ability to serve our extended community for generations to come.
In addition to securing ownership of the Phinney Neighborhood Center property, the Campaign addresses improved accessibility, enhanced gathering spaces, and updated systems for safety and security throughout the site. In keeping with our values of environmental stewardship, we’ve embraced a new initiative that challenges us to make all of these improvements at the highest level of sustainability possible.
With a goal of $12 million, our vision is to create a living, sustainable, enduring space that allows people of all ages and abilities to gather together and share their lives, ideas and experiences, creating a sense of belonging and a deeper commitment to our community.
We are connecting with people who share our vision and hope you'll become a partner in this effort to create a great future for the Phinney neighborhood Center and for our community.
John Smith, President and Campaign Chair
Neighborhood Spotlight
Dixie Rae has lived in the Phinney neighborhood all of her life, graduating from the John B. Allen School in 1942 and raising her family here. Her son, Richard, attended Allen as well and she and her husband Bill were among the first PNA members. Today you’ll find Dixie here volunteering regularly at the PNA’s Greenwood Senior Center.
Campaign News
Work has begun on reducing the Phinney Neighborhood Center's energy and water use through our commitment to the Living Building and Site challenge. The brick building roof is being cleaned and repaired. The roof is the original slate that dates from 1917. We will be rebuilding the roof but only replace the individual slates that are broken. We will re-use well over 90% of the existing slate, in effect “mining” Vermont slate in Seattle, and reinstall each tile with new copper nails.
WE DID IT!! The Phinney Neighborhood Association now owns the Phinney Neighborhood Center site.
Thank you to the City of Seattle and the State of Washington for providing the funding for the purchase.
Neighborhood Spotlight