It Happened on Yesler's Hill (part 2 of 2)

It Happened on Yesler's Hill (part 1 of 2)

Yesler 2014 is in 3rd Year!!

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Yesler Terrace is in the early stages of a historic redevelopment. The community is in the process of facing the most major changes since Yesler was built in 1939-1941. To prepare for these changes SHA and its community partners have committed to develop training, education, and career path opportunities for its youth and young adult residents.

The Yesler2014 Project is a hands-on youth planning engagement project connecting teens and young-adults to civics, urban planning, design, and pre-professional experiences using the current Yesler Terrace Redevelopment as a way to examine how personal, family, and community changes affect our lives and the City at-large.

The Yesler2014 Project provides stipend positions to 12 Yesler community youth aged 14-19 years old and uses “Pop Culture”, news headlines, social and economic issues, and social networking to spark ideas, commentary, and engagement around the redevelopment process.

The program focus is on direct teaching, hands-on activities, and discussions around issues concerning urban planning, urban design, public health, and city government and civics as they impact or affect Yesler Terrace and the surrounding community.

Yesler 2014 in its 3rd Year!

This year the program is focusing on the Environmental Impact Statement (EIS), a critical part of any planning process and important to development or building projects. This summer youth will be visiting City Departments and talking to specialists, getting to know the workings of the EIS process, touring parks, streets, open spaces, high-rise buildings, construction sites, and design studios.

Yesler2014 is in its 3rd year of operation and the project goals to provide youth employment as well as job development training, is continuing to focus on life-skills improvement, professional and vocational career exposure, and a face-to-face with leaders in civics and community-capacity building.

“See - Think - Engage - Plan -Talk - Act”

Everyone participating in Yesler2014; staff, interns, and contractors, prepare themselves for a future of engaged citizenship, productive employment and academic opportunities, increased personal integrity, and an environmental awareness to tackle the challenges that lay ahead as we help build an equitable, healthy neighborhood for the residents, the City of Seattle and beyond.