Welcome to the High Point Neighborhood Website! Located in West Seattle, High Point is the largest master-planned community developed by the Seattle Housing Authority and was designed to be the most progressive environmentally friendly community in the country. It is situated on 120 acres in the middle of West Seattle, and is one of Seattle’s most diverse neighborhoods. When completed in 2010, it will be home to over 4,000 people residing in approximately 1,600 homes. About half of all homes will be owned by individual homeowners; with the other half rental homes. While the majority of rental homes are designated for people with low incomes, some will be rented at market rates.

This website is hosted by the High Point Neighborhood Association to help further it's mission of fostering the development of a vibrant and caring community committed to service, inclusiveness, lifelong learning, and well-being. Neighbors are invited to contribute to the website by e-mailing any of the Neighborhood Association members or the webmaster!

Latest High Point News

The farm stand is open every Wednesday from 4:00pm to 7:00pm until September 29, 2010.  Gardeners living in the High Point neighborhood grow, harvest and market their fresh produce. It does not get any more local or fresher!

The HighPoint farm stand is located at 32^nd SW and SW Juneau Street in West Seattle (3 blocks north of the new High Point Neighborhood Center).  Find it on the map here: http://tinyurl.com/HiPtFarmStand.

Seattle Market Gardens is a program developed with the community by the City of Seattle P-Patch Community Gardening Program in collaboration with the Seattle Housing Authority and P-Patch Trust.  For more information, check out http://seattlemarketgardens.org or contact Bunly Yun at (206) 240-2093 or Julie Bryan at (206) 257-8257.

Seattle Market Gardens also has a CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) program. Participants receive subscriptions of vegetables that they pick up weekly at one of the gardens or at a designated location in North Seattle. Subscription plans range from $15.00 to $25.00 per week. For more information, please contact Michelle K. Jones at (206) 372-6593 or michellej58@hotmail.com.

This summer, participate in the second annual Garden-based Food and Nutrition Fair held at the Lutheran Church of the Good Shepherd at 2116 E. Union in central Seattle. The date and time are to be announced. This event focuses on health, nutrition and wellness.  One highlight is the sharing of different recipes which incorporate vegetables from the New Holly and HighPoint gardens. It is an opportunity for veggie lovers from assorted neighborhoods to come together to engage in activities, learn, eat and have fun! For more information regarding the Garden-based Food and Nutrition Fair, contact Michelle K. Jones at (206) 372-6593.

Family Center is hosting our Third Annual Back to School Fair — August 18 from 11-3pm for Resources and ideas for a successful school year — i.e. help with homework, reading tips, organized binders and back packs, etc.  Information about community tutoring programs, after school programs including sports, enrichment art and games, and other program information relevant to supporting families during the school year.

You are all invited to participate and share your expertise! Please join us in any way that works for you!

We will be providing limited back to school supply kits, if you have any donations, supplies to share or suggestions for community connections to help us get more resources, it would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you all for your support and assistance,

Dena Nelson

High Point Family Center

206.588.4900 ext 606

The High Point Youth Leadership Team at the Samoan Church is hosting a “Plate Sale” on Saturday, August 14th, from 10 am to 6 pm, an all day event.

The event is to assist the youth in raising funds for Camp. The Camp is in Auburn, WA., the cost is $90 per person for the three day camp. Their goal is to raise $4,000 to $5,000. They will have other events in the future to raise more money as needed.

Each lunch plate for this event is only $10.

The menu is macaroni salad, hot dogs, lumpia (filled roll), chicken, rice, turkey and a beverage.

Chloe Malae, one of the church youth leaders, will be at Neighborhood House/High Point Center next week on Tues., Wed., and Thursday from 10 am to 2 pm to take your order.

Community, Connections and Concerns

A Q&A forum for High Point residents

Come welcome Terry Hirata

Seattle Housing Authority

Property Manager at High Point

(who’s replacing Bill Drummond)

Bring your housing related questions that you always wanted to ask

6-8pm, Tuesday August 10th, 2010

Neighborhood House High Point Center

6400 Sylvan Way SW

Questions? SHA 206-932-2736

Please use the side entrance door near Amphitheater

Come out on Friday, July 9th from 6pm to 8pm to vote for your High Point Neighborhood Association Trustee!  This is your chance to elect the respresentatives from your voting group.   Delicious dinner with be provided, as well as music and entertainment.

Voting Group A:

Voting Group B:

Voting Group C

Voting Group D

Are you interested in becoming a High Point Neighborhood Association Trustee? Or want more information about what it means to be a Trustee? The High Point Neighborhood Association was created to provide an opportunity for all High Point residents to come together to celebrate the community, plan neighborhood events and address common concerns. We are electing seven (7) new trustees this year. If you’ve been looking for a great way to get involved, this is it!

Key dates:
June 4th – Nomination forms due at Neighborhood Night at the High Point Center. You can nominate yourself or nominate someone else.
July 9th – Community Concert in Commons Park and Elections. Come celebrate the summer and cast your vote for new Trustee. We’ll have music, dance, food and entertainment from 6pm to 9pm.

We need volunteers to help with planning the election process that will start in May and end with elections and a community concert on Friday, July 9th. The next planning meeting with be Thursday, June 10th 6pm at the High Point Neighborhood Center.

For more information, contact Genevieve Aguilar at gaguilar@seattlehousing.org or Jennifer Cobb at jennifer.cobb@highpointneighborhood.org and 206.369.3177.

Neighborhood House, Seattle Housing Authority and High Point Neighborhood Association join together to bring Neighborhood Night for the High Point Community the first Friday of every even-numbered month. Join us in June to celebrate the beginning of summer and kick up your boots for square dancing.

High Point Neighborhood Association is sponsoring a Community Safety Forum as a follow-up to the 4/29 community meeting that was held in response to the stabbing incident in the neighborhood. This meeting will focus on your ideas that we can work on as a community to move us forward and make us stronger and safer.
Location: High Point Center
6pm – 8pm

Come discuss the stabbing that occured last week, learn about general apporaches to safety within High Point and have your questions answered.  The Seattle Housing Authority, the Seattle Police Department and SecureTrans have been invited to attend. 

Sponsored by the High Point Neighborhood Association 

Download the Community Meeting Flyer

Friday afternoon at approximately 3:30 p.m., a tenant of High Point was assaulted and stabbed repeatedly with a small pocket knife near the corner of Lanham Place SW and SW Graham Street while walking with her 9-year-old daughter.

A witness to the incident stopped to help the victim. The suspect, another resident of High Point, fled the scene on foot to his residence in the 6300 block of 29th Avenue SW. The witness then called 911 and police responded soon after. The suspect was later booked into the King County Jail for Investigation of Assault and is currently being held on $1 million bail.

The victim was transported to Harborview Medical Center by medics following the incident, but is now home and recovering from her injuries after being discharged from the hospital on Saturday. Preliminary investigation conducted by police indicated that the victim and suspect did not know one another. The police investigation is active and on-going.

Seattle Housing Authority does a criminal background check on every resident before they are admitted to housing. This resident had no criminal record at the time of his admission. The Housing Authority is not always aware of subsequent arrests unless they are made on the site, as this one was.

The seriousness of this crime constitutes grounds for eviction. Seattle Housing Authority has terminated the lease of the suspect’s household.

High Point Neighborhood Association will be hosting a community meeting on Thursday to discuss this incident and general approaches to safety within the High Point community. Seattle Housing Authority and SecureTrans, the community’s private security, will be in attendance. Seattle Police Department has also been invited to attend. The meeting is scheduled from 6-8 p.m. Thursday night at the Neighborhood House High Point Center, 6400 Sylvan Way SW.

Contact Bill Drummond at (206) 932-2736 or Homeowners Association Community Manager Jeanette Fournier at 206-913-0080 if you have questions or concerns.

 Bill Drummond, Senior Property Manager, April 26, 2010

Download SHA Statement on incident at High Point on April 23, 2010