WE ARE NO LONGER ACCEPTING GRANT APPLICATIONS FOR THIS PROGRAM

While the Make It Your Own Awards grants were awarded in May 2008, the projects live on. Read more about the Top 100 projects, or see what made the MIYO Awards novel. This site has been archived to serve as a resource for anyone wishing to create a similar project in their community.

Project Summary

In Seattle's International District, a collaboration that represents local businesses, residents, youth groups, non-profits and city entities, are organizing a neighborhood Night Market as a means for creatively building community, enhancing public safety, and encouraging economic development.

About me

The International District Housing Alliance (IDHA) began in 1975 as a grassroots community group that organized low-income residents of Seattle's International District (ID) neighborhood, focusing on housing and development issues such as home environment safety and public safety. Our community leadership program, Wilderness Inner-city Leadership Development focuses on environmental health and justice issues within our community. Established in 1997, youth and elders of the WILD program work together to address environmental health and justice issues in diverse, low-income communities by providing culturally and language appropriate education and organizing community building activities. Our various partners within the community for this project represent a broad spectrum of interests, including local businesses, city agencies, non-profit service providers and community development agencies, higher education and residents.