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Othello Park Alliance in partnership with

Seattle Neighborhood Group and

Seattle Parks & Recreation presents:

  

Mission Statement

The Othello Park Alliance works to assure that Othello Park’s beauty and open space is retained, enhanced, and integrated into a vibrant, multicultural, pedestrian-friendly Othello town center and residential community by coordinating community events and making capital improvements in the Park.

Challenge

The Othello Park Alliance wants to use the park as a tool to promote business prosperity, community involvement, and safety in a new pedestrian-oriented environment.  It’s members have initiated and helped produce summer concerts in Othello Park over the past four years (2006 - 2009) with assistance from Seattle Neighborhood Group, SouthEast Effective Development (SEED), Seattle Parks and Recreation, and several local sponsors.  The group now seeks to enhance and expand its efforts on behalf of their mission.

About Seattle’s Othello Park

Othello Park, located at 4351 S. Othello Street just off Martin Luther King Jr. Way South, is a thoughtfully designed seven and a half acres of open space near the diverse neighborhoods of Holly Park, Hillman City, Beacon Hill and Rainier Beach. It contains a play area for children, a unique “hill slide,” basketball courts, picnic tables, an open meadow, and nice walking paths.  The City of Seattle purchased Othello Park in 1976 and Seattle Parks and Recreation has made numerous improvements. The City continues to provide dedicated staff to oversee the ongoing maintenance and community programming, some of which resulted in the formation of the Othello Park Alliance.

The park is located one block from the Othello Light Rail Station that began operating in the summer of 2009.  The Othello Station is the only station where the train stops at the heart of an existing business district and lets passengers off within a few steps of pedestrian-oriented stores, restaurants and businesses. This business district has a unique multicultural flare and has recently been enhanced with significant works of public art. Potential developers have been attracted to the Othello Station area and are planning more than fourteen hundred new residential units above tens of thousands of square feet of commercial space.

2009 Achievements

In 2009 OPA:

      Produced the 2009 Othello Park International Festival with over 500 people in attendance, the most successful Othello Park Festival to date.

      Secured and is implementing a $10,000 habitat restoration contract in the park.

      Co-founded the Ribbon of Parks Alliance

  

 

 

 Othello Park International Arts & Music Festival 2010 

 

About the Othello Park International Festival 2010

For the past four years the Othello Park Concerts have provided local residents the opportunity to enjoy a dynamic social event in an increasingly vibrant  neighborhood park .  The concerts create  a positive, safe and celebratory use of this public space while providing opportunities for those attending to make new acquaintances, and strengthen existing friendships and relationships.

The Othello Park Alliance is again expanding the scope of these efforts in the Othello Park International Arts and Music Festival 2010.  Entertainment will feature live performances showcasing artists from the variety of styles and cultures local to Southeast Seattle.  Dance performances, spoken word & poetry, short skits & theatrical presentations will be highlighted.  An art pavilion with creative art activities for children, food and retail booths that highlight local businesses will be featured, as will public health services, and information about developments in the Othello Station area.  Area youth will be involved in producing the festival and youth activities and performances will be part of the festival. The multi-ethnic, multi-age audience is primarily from Southeast Seattle (from I-90 south along

Rainier Avenue S
and MLK), and neighboring cities, but draws from the greater Seattle area too.

The festival offers Corporate Sponsors and local businesses an opportunity to showcase their support of the local neighborhood, connect with a desirable target market and promote their brand in the community.

 

 

 

Othello Park Concert - Children entertain along with musicians.

 

 

 

 

Othello Park Concert - Filipina Dance Group.

2010 Goals:

v      Increase attendance at and community involvement in the 2010 Othello Park International Festival.

v      Increase community involvement and mentorship of youth participants in habitat restoration project.

v      Create Parks approved site plan for Othello Park.

v      Co-create Parks approved site plan for Ribbon of Parks along Othello.

v      Secure Parks Levy Opportunity Fund dollars to implement site plan improvements.

v      Use available private funds and designated Parks Levy dollars to implement site plan improvements.