The Power of Community Engagement: Revitalizing a Neighborhood, Maintaining Its Character
Join Seattle Department of Neighborhoods staff and community leaders to visit the Columbia City Landmark District, where several capital projects in this neighborhood were conceptualized and completed by community members with the help of the city’s popular Neighborhood Matching Fund. The tour includes a stop by a community garden located in a low-income housing development. >>More Details 

Community Emergency Hubs: Supporting the Community in their Resiliency
This workshop will explore additional ways that community members can work together to respond after an emergency. The Community Emergency Hub Program supports engaged residents to take action in a new way. As a part of the workshop, participants will visit the city’s Emergency Operations Center and an identified Community Hub.  >>More Details

City of Seattle’s Zero Waste Strategy: Tour of Republic Services Recycling Facility
In 2007, Seattle passed a Zero Waste Strategy to increase recycling and reduce trash. Learn how the city is working with Republic Services to reach these goals. This workshop includes a tour of Republic Services' state-of-the-art recycling facility, located in the heart of Seattle's SoDo neighborhood. >>More Details

--Sponsored by Republic Services

Microsoft Campus Tour – Insight into Making Your City Safer Using the Power of Big Data
Visit the Microsoft campus in Redmond, Washington to see firsthand how the power of business intelligence and analytics can be leveraged to increase public safety.  Tour the Microsoft Global Security & Operations Center and see a demo of the intelligence and communications that cities are using today to improve security and sustain operations during emergencies. >>More Details

--Sponsored by Microsoft

Community Schools Collaboration
Community Schools Collaboration (CSC) was established as a public-private partnership in Tukwila, Washington in 1998. The objective was to provide a safe place afterschool for students in the Tukwila School District to receive academic support and enrichment. This mobile workshop will include an insider look at some of the neighborhoods served by CSC, a first-hand visit to an afterschool CSC activity at the elementary, middle or high school, and will end with opportunities for open dialogue and questions and answers. >>More Details

LED Street Lighting Conversion:  Saving Your Community Money, While Improving Public Safety
Join representatives from Seattle City Light and the director of the Municipal Solid State Street Lighting Consortium (MSSLC) as they highlight how converting streetlights to LEDs can save money and improve public safety in neighborhoods. Participants will visit Seattle’s Lighting Design Lab to look at lighting options. From there, attendees will travel to see firsthand how LED street lighting can transform a streetscape. >>More Details

Making Your Community Digitally Inclusive: Strategies for Bringing Technology to Neighborhoods
The National Broadband Plan contains strategies for greater broadband adoption in local communities.  Take a tour of Seattle’s neighborhoods, visiting community technology learning centers to explore how they are partnering with the City of Seattle to help disadvantaged residents effectively use the Internet for education, job training, and civic engagement. >>More Details

Microsoft Campus Tour – Modernize Your City with Connected Citizen Services
Tour the Microsoft campus in Redmond, Washington to get a glimpse of the future.  With 125 buildings spread over 500 acres, the Microsoft Headquarters has become a model for the “City of the Future”.   Tour energy efficient buildings, try services delivered to citizens on-the-go, and visit the leading edge operations center. >>More Details

--Sponsored by Microsoft

Pathways to Careers: Public-Private Partnerships to Fill Skills Gaps
See Seattle’s Pathways to Careers Initiative, an innovative partnership offering foundational classes to low-skilled students in key growth sectors. Tour a joint public-private training center at Vigor Marine, a ship repair company, and learn about how this initiative is providing industry recognized skills through a sequence of classes in maritime, composites and or other related fields of study. >>More Details

Going Metro:  Suburban Transformation in the 21st Century
The City of Bellevue, Washington has transformed from strawberry fields to bedroom community to major metropolitan center in the past 60 years.  Tour downtown Bellevue , the industrial area where Transit Oriented Development is being planned around new light rail stations, and visit Jubilee REACH to learn how Bellevue is partnering with the nonprofit and private sector to serve Bellevue’s kids and families.>>More Details

--Sponsored by the City of Bellevue

Transformation of South Lake Union Neighborhood
Now home to high-tech business and health research institutions, the South Lake Union neighborhood was until recently home to mostly light industrial businesses and was hampered by inadequate infrastructure to support redevelopment.  Join city and business leaders for a tour of the neighborhood and learn how public investment has led to private development in this up and coming Seattle community.>>More Details

The Living Building Challenge: What Your City Can Learn from the Greenest Commercial Building in the World
Tour the Bullitt Center, the “Greenest Commercial Building in the World,” and learn how your community can implement strategies to increase your city’s green building footprint and other sustainable development practices. We will discuss green building incentives, including priority green permitting, zoning, and the living building challenge.>>More Details

Reaching Maximum Velocity: How the City of Kenmore is Leveraging Local Businesses to Strengthen Economic Development Efforts
Kenmore is an economically healthy city in northern King County where innovative businesses soar without limits. Join city and business leaders as they highlight how Kenmore is leveraging local businesses to strengthen economic development efforts. The workshop will visit Kenmore’s LEED Gold City Hall and Bastyr University, the top natural medicine university and research institute in the U.S.>>More Details

--Sponsored by the City of Kenmore

Seattle Youth Violence Prevention Initiative
Meet with community service providers, city officials and youth participants to learn how they work together to reduce youth violence. The workshop will be held at the King County Boys and Girls Club at Rainier Vista, which serves as the Southeast Seattle hub for the Seattle Youth Violence Prevention Initiative (SYVPI). This LEED-certified, $17 million, 40,000 square foot facility is a state-of-the art club featuring a gym, art studio, technology center, dentist office, music studio and more. Southeast Seattle is an area of the city that has been affected by youth violence. The Boys and Girls Club serves an important role as a safe haven for all youth, and a broker of services to at-risk youth through its role in SYVPI. >>More Details