Building Community through Holistic Strategy: A Story from a Seattle Immigrant Suburb


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Seattle's White Center is home to an "incredibly diverse" population of 16,000, with more than half of its residents of color and more than 3,000 immigrants from Vietnam, Cambodia, Somalia, and other countries around the world, reports National Public Radio.

It also has a poverty rate more than six percentage points higher than Seattle's16.4% of families live below the poverty line, compared to 16.4% in Seattleand a new housing development set to break ground soon will be a place to learn, share, and "quality homes for working families," per a press release from the White Center Community Development Association.

The four-story HUB"a place of learning, sharing, and quality homes for working families"will include 86 family-oriented affordable housing units, as well as a space for health clinics, young adult education, and youth engagement, per the press release.

The development is part of a state housing trust fund that's raised $4.9 million for the project, which will also include a former public health center that will be turned into a community center and housing for low-income families.

The press release notes that White Center is also home to many successful community-based businesses, including the 28-year-old Salvadorean Bakery and Restaurant

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