White Center Community Development Association

Amount Appropriated?

$4.0M

FFID tracks stages 1–2 — stages 3–5 vary by agency, assistance type, and earmark structure.

Project Description

This project funds new construction of the 25,000 White Center Community HUB to provide a one-stop location for comprehensive family, youth, small business, and health services on a shared campus with approximately 80 new affordable homes. The proposed project will transform underutilized public land, adding shared parking and site amenities such as a central plaza, community garden, and basketball court in addition to the core human services facility and affordable apartment building.\n\nWhite Center is an urban area located in unincorporated King County. It is one of the most ethnically and income-diverse neighborhoods in the state. Home to a large immigrant and refugee population, it has historically been a place where working people with modest incomes could reside. Among residents, 59% have at least one foreign-born parent and over 40% of all households are bilingual.\n \nWhite Center is a community in high need of investment and supportive services. Being ineligible for City of Seattle resources and other targeted investments within city limits, White Center struggles with the same problems of income inequality, gentrification, and affordability as Seattle, but without the same resources.\n\nThis project directly addresses community-determined priorities and supports people struggling to meet basic needs, including low-income people; Black, Indigenous, and People of Color; and immigrants and refugees. The HUB will offer residents a variety of resources to fill service gaps in economic development, family building, youth participation, community engagement, and physical and mental health. White Center residents identified these gaps through rigorous outreach efforts over several years. Public meeting and community survey results informed development of the HUB and helped shape the planned programming, activities, and services to be provided.