Agency Details:

South Park Area Redevelopment Committee

To maintain, ensure, and enhance the South Park neighborhood as a great place to live and work for residents, businesses, and industries.

To continue to foster an environment of outreach, education, and cooperation to create a growing community for positive personal experiences, viable businesses and commitment to environmental needs. This group recognizes the wealth of diversity and strives to celebrate the diversity of the community through individual commitments and group unity. SPARC is committed to the safety of each and every member of the community with each member having valued and equal voice.

Description:
• SPARC operates the South Park Neighborhood Center. Building users include: Providence Regina House food and clothing bank (over 300 families served per week); South Park Senior program (dinners Mondays and Fridays), Latino Senior Nutrition program (Tuesday lunches), Samoan American Senior Nutrition program (Wednesday and Friday lunches and Friday food bank), Environmental Coalition of South Seattle, South Park Neighborhood Association, Alcoholics Anonymous (in Spanish) and Narcotics Anonymous groups, and a South Park Book Club sponsored by the Seattle Library, among others. The three existing meal programs will serve more than 9,000 lunch and dinner meals in 2009.

• SPARC also acts as the fiscal agent for funding awards for those groups who need us - most recently for the South Park Senior meal program (Seattle/King County Department of Health and Human Services’ Aging and Disability Services), South Park Arts (Seattle Department of Neighborhoods), and South Park Action Agenda (Mayor’s Office, 2008).

History:
The South Park Area Redevelopment Committee 501(c)3 non-profit organization was established in 1972. The South Park Area Redevelopment Committee (SPARC) has held the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to operate the South Park Neighborhood Center building for the benefit of the South Park Neighborhood and the City since the early 1970s. The South Park Neighborhood Center (SPNC), aka the "old fire station," is owned by the City of Seattle. The Department of Fleets and Facilities oversees the MOU for SPNC, part of more than 2 million square feet of City property.

Contact people:

Dagmar Cronn, President, (phone), (email) Mark LaFalce, General Manager, (phone), (email) Bill Pease, (phone), (email)

Main office number: (206) 767-3650

Address:

8201 10th Ave. S. Seattle, WA 98108 (See a map)

Web Site: http://allaboutsouthpark.com

Directions:

Coming from north on I-5, exit Albro place, right onto Albro, which becomes Ellis. Left onto E. Marginal Way. Right onto South Park bridge, immediate right onto Dallas Ave. S. Left on Sullivan, building is on your. . . (more)

Miscellaneous Information

Liability
	Yes
Does your organization welcome court-ordered community service volunteers?
	No
Does your organization have volunteer positions for youth 12-18?
	No

Last updated on October 26, 2009