Highline Forum 200722 South King Co Fund 2020 one pager

The South King County Community Fund was created in November of 2018 to provide $10 Million in resources to near-airport communities for projects that address airport noise, environmental health and sustainability. In June of 2019, Commission approved eight guiding principles to further shape the fund. In April of 2020, “Economic Development” was added as an approved use of the fund both in response to community input asking for economic investments, and in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic and the current economic crisis. PROGRAM STRUCTURE For the last several months staff has been working in a collaborative and interdisciplinary team, lead by External Relations and OEDI and including representatives from Legal, CPO, AV Environmental, Budget and Finance, and Commission Staff, as well as outside consultants hired for their expertise in multicultural engagement and developing equity-based grant making processes. The result of these countless hours of planning, vetting and program development is a South King County Community Fund set to go live in June of 2020 which is responsive to the needs of the most vulnerable communities in South King County, establishes new practices and norms within the Port for equity-based decision making, operates within the Port’s statutory authority, and is poised to launch in the top eight spoken languages in the county. The fund will award $1.5 million to be divided into the following three programs for 2020: • $1M for a new Economic Recovery and Workforce Development Grants program to launch June 15. Projects must service one of the…

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Call to order – Roll Call – Quorum Established – Land Acknowledgement We would like to acknowledge that our Agency operates in four present-day counties, which are the traditional lands of the Coast Salish people, past and present. This acknowledgement does not take the place of authentic relationships with indigenous communities in our jurisdiction and [...]