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SPRING Course & Summer Camp & Outdoor Pool Registration is Now Open

Browse or register for weekly and one-time classes and activities including yoga, martial arts, dance, art, environmental education, swimming lessons, cooking, summer camp, sports leagues and more.

Thursday, May 17th at Noon: Summer Courses @ Amy Yee Tennis Center
Tuesday, May 22nd at Noon: Summer Courses @ Community Centers, Pools, Langston Hughes Performing Arts Center and Environmental Learning Centers


	Parks Preservation Work Group Initiated Mayor Mike McGinn and City Councilmember Sally Bagshaw have formed the Parks Preservation Work Group, charged with advising the Mayor, City Council and Parks and Recreation on a range of options for generating more revenue and finding efficiencies that could reduce costs in the 2013 operating budget and beyond. » Learn more Seattle Parks and Recreation announces new e-Newsletter Check out Parks Acting Superintendent Christopher Williams’ new e-Newsletter, Explore More!, here on the web. It’s full of news about Parks and Recreation. » Read Explore More! \| Sign up to receive Explore More! Youth Violence Prevention Initiative first progress report Click here to see the first progress of the Youth Violence Prevention Initiative, a cooperative strategy involving several City agencies and many community partners, for focusing on our youth most at risk of perpetuating or being victims of violence. The Initiative focuses on the three neighborhoods where youth violence is highest--Southeast, Southwest and Central Seattle--and incorporates strategies that take our local cultures into account and use home-grown, community-created programs. » Read progress report Community Center Operations: Background, results and 2012 budget decisions Following the internal work on community center operations, the City Council has made its budget decisions. They adopted the Community Center Advisory Team’s recommendations with two changes: They added $100,000 for additional hours at community centers; Parks will decide how to distribute these hours, based on the original nine criteria used in the review process and circumstances unique to communities where community centers are located. And the added funding for “people counters” at community centers to enhance Parks’ data gathering efforts. » More information \| 2012 Community Centers Hours Seattle Conservation Corps work program for homeless adults The Seattle Conservation Corps (SCC) is part of Seattle Parks and Recreation. SCC's mission is to utilize private and publicly funded work projects to employ homeless persons in a supportive work environment, offering work experience leading to long term employment, housing, and personal stability. » www.seattle.gov/parks/scc \| Read latest newsletter Frequently Asked Questions about SR 520 environmental evaluation To see the Frequently Asked Questions about the Section 6(f) environmental evaluation of the SR 520 I-5 to Medina, see link. » More information Find out about upcoming special events in parks near you Parks is now posting information each Friday about upcoming special events in Seattle parks. You can find the information here. Be sure to check both lists. » Big events in parks \| REALLY BIG events in parks Parks and Recreation information translated in 7 languages Parks and Recreation offers many opportunities for you and your family. » Chinese \| English \| Korean \| Spanish \| Somali \| Vietnamese \| Tagalog Sherwood History Files Seattle Parks and Recreation's Sherwood History Files are now available online. » More information Looking for More News? » Check out News & Publications