The current Southwest Seattle Weed & Seed site was awarded official recognition status in July 2003. “Weeding” and “seeding” updates and the coordination of other Weed & Seed activities takes place at monthly meetings of the White Center-South Delridge Community Safety Coalition. One of the primary goals of Southwest Weed & Seed is to reduce violent crime and nuisance activity at “hotspot” areas jointly identified by the community and police. Since the Southwest W&S target area overlays jurisdictional boundaries between City of Seattle and unincorporated King County, a joint jurisdictional task force has been created as a vehicle for Seattle Police and King County Sheriff’s officers to work together on enforcement efforts, community policing and, together with the community, on problem solving. Southwest Weed and Seed prevention, intervention and treatment strategies have been greatly enhanced by partnership with the Drug Free Communities (DFC) program in 2004.

For more information please contact:

Kathy Kaminski
Weed & Seed Program Coordinator
1810 E. Yesler Way
Seattle, WA 98122
(206) 323-9671 ph
(206) 323-2151 fax
Email SNG