Beacon Hill Noise Project 2018 Rpt

Members/Beacon Hill residents: Ariana Casey, Bridget Ferriss, Deirdre Curle, Joe Albert, Lynda Wong, Monique Cherrier, Ray Nicoli, Roseanne Lorenzana Advisor: Dr. Edmund Seto, Univ of Wash Dept of Occupational & Environmental Science, School of Public Health Summer interns/UW Class of 2019: Eileen Tran, Phan Su Contact: Dr. Roseanne Lorenzana, contact@chacusa.org or rlorenza@uw.edu Acknowledgements The Beacon Hill Noise Team would like to thank Alicia Diefenbach and the Verity Credit Union microgrant program for providing funds to purchase the noise measurement equipment and the Beacon Hill Merchants Association for being the fiscal sponsor for the Verity CU funds. We would also like to thank Estela Ortega, El Centro de la Raza and U.S.EPA Region 10 for providing the funds to support our summer interns (USEPA Problem Solving Collaboration 01J27101 Community Empowerment Grant). And, a big thanks to all the Beacon Hill residents who volunteered to host a noise measurement device at their home. This project was possible because of the work of the Beacon Hill volunteer community. Introduction The overarching goal of the project was to conduct Citizen Science measurements with University of Washington undergraduate student summer interns paid by El Centro de la Raza to help residents collect noise measurements. The project aimed to empower residents to collect new noise measurement data, which may benefit future follow-up activities, including collecting additional measurements, improving community awareness of noise levels, and follow-up research by others to quantify relationships to potential noise sources and health impacts. This is the first project to collect quality…

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