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March 2003 brought together two new partners- IDHA's WILD project and Sustainable Seattle, in part from funding from Seattle's Department of Information Technology.  WILD's Community Perspective's Project has several components that meet the objectives of the Neighborhoods Initiative- it is community focused, promotes the use of technology and data to understand community priorities and brings together diverse groups to increase civic engagement.  

Established in 1997, WILD is a youth leadership development program that operates under the framework of environmental health and justice.  Many of the youth in the WILD program are not native English speakers, but speak a number of languages and dialects.  With common language and culture, WILD youth are well suited to assist the elders on issues concerning environmental justice, and at the same time gain a better sense of identity, community, and civic responsibility.

Sustainable Seattle played an integral part in WILD's Community Perspectives Project.  In July 2004, Sustainable Seattle conducted its two-day Sustainability Workshop to teach youth about sustainable communities and why this is important to their futures.  In addition, Sustainable Seattle lent its handheld computers for the effort and provided $500 through its mini-grant program to help fund the photovoice project.  The photovoice project allowed the youth to creatively capture their view of the deficits and assets of Chinatown-International District.  This project is on-going.  For more information, please contact Joyce Pisnanont, at joyce@apialliance.org.  

Youth Interns

Street-Level Surveys

July 29th, 2004: Initial Survey

2005 Follow Ups: Comparison of 2004 data to 2005 conditions

July 2005: Second Survey

February 2006 Survey: Third Survey

Trend Analysis: Changes from 2004 to 2006

February/March 2007: Fourth Survey

More information about the International District - Chinatown

• Interview based neighborhood surveys
• Asset Map created by DOIT Youth Intern
  
• Pedestrian Counts
  
• Interactive Neighborhood Statistical Maps
• International District Housing Alliance (IDHA) Website
  
• WILD's "Community Perspective's" Presentation- view the video, Hosted by Council Member Jim Compton on February 23, 2005 (approximately 1 hour long).
• WILD's Community Perspective Project- view the video of the story behind the data collection activities (approximately 11 minutes long).