Crescent Collaborative

2023-24 Award - Systems & Policy Change - $200,000

Crescent Collaborative - Africatown Community Land Trust, Byrd Barr Place, Community Roots Housing, First Hill Improvement Association, Friends of Little Saigon and Seattle Chinatown International District PDA

This multi-pronged, community-driven anti-displacement strategy unites and elevates cross-community voices  around shared issues in affordable housing; economic opportunity (small businesses); healthful, safe communities; and community capacity with an eye towards equitable community development. Over the next 2 years, the collaborative looks to extend its push for equity in policies and systems that govern how communities' function, who gets to live or work in them, and how they can be made safe, healthy and welcoming. The coalition intends to focus on pushing systems beyond unit count as the primary goal to leverage housing production toward a broader vision of healthy communities, with community ownership and capacity, serving these neighborhoods’ historic populations.