Our Mission

The Rainier Beach Community Empowerment Coalition builds community capacity to successfully address critical issues and enhance quality of life.

Neighborhood Plan Update-Communitywide Meeting, March 19

Make Your Voice Heard!

Click on image to download letter-sized (8.5" x 11") flyer

The Rainier Beach Neighborhood Plan is 12 years old – and it’s time for an update. The plan identifies actions that the community and the City should take to make your neighborhood a better place. You are the experts [...]

Rainier Beach Town Hall Meeting rescheduled to March 19, 2011; combined with Neighborhood Plan Update Process

This year’s Town Hall meeting is being combined with a Rainier Beach Neighborhood Wide Meeting to encourage broader participation in the Neighborhood Plan Update process now underway. So please note these changes from previous years: Event: Rainier Beach Neighborhood-wide Meeting (combined with the RB Town Hall meeting) Date: Saturday, March 19, 2011 Time: To [...]

Top Coalition Priorities for 2010

Here are the top priorities as identified by participants at the Rainier Beach Coalition Town Hall Meeting, January 28, 2010. Additional details and progress reports will be released through email newsletters and on this Web site.

Economic Development Support workforce housing in Rainier Beach and local contractor hiring

Family Life  (formally Youth/Family/Young Adults) Arts oriented [...]

First Round of RB Town Hall Meeting photos

In case you weren’t able to attend, here is just a sampling of what happened at last week’s RBCEC Town Hall Meeting. Full notes and better quality photos are on the way–so stay tuned. Note the great turnout and mix of generations.

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“Guide to Rainier Beach, vol 1″ to be released at RB Town Hall Mtg tonight!

Pick up yours at the RB Town Hall Meeting at South Lake High School, starting at 6 p.m.

And then stay and work with neighbors and colleagues celebrate the accomplishments of last year and set priorities for 2010.

See you tonight!

Rainier Beach Coalition Recognizes Unsung Heroes

The RB Award Winners announced at the Back2School Bash will receive formal acknowledgment on January 28th, 6:00 p.m., at the beginning of the Town Hall Meeting at South Lake High School.

2009 Winners are Secret Charles, Pam Berry, South Seattle Crime Prevention Council, Communities Uniting Rainier Beach.

Join us in acknowledging these these unsung [...]

Donate Books at the RB Coalition Town Hall Meeting

The RB Coalition is including a BOOK DRIVE to benefit Rainier Beach community students and families at the 2010 Rainier Beach Back2School Bash.

Help us kick-off the drive by bringing a new or gently used book to the Town Hall meeting on January 28. – Thank you!

Add to the list of 2009 accomplishments!

Here are the  RB Town Hall Meeting 2009 Priorities Activities that we’ve been able to identify so far. This working draft was distributed at the last Action Team meeting and will help us plan for 2010.

Take a look and let us know what’s missing.

Initiatives for specific areas have been added to our [...]

Volunteers needed for this week’s RB Town Hall Meeting

Thanks to all who have already offered to help out. Still could use a few more. If you can help promote the meeting and/or assist with some of the onsite logistics on the day of the event, please review the Rainier Beach Town Hall Volunteer List, indicate what you can do, and email the [...]

Your Are Invited to the 8th Annual RBCEC Town Hall Meeting, Jan 28

Getting connected through a common vision is a step our neighborhood must take in the coming year. Dozens of initiatives have come, dozens more are coming. I am sure all of your previous experiences have reveled the power of people connecting around a common vision. Getting connected is what we need to do. Do [...]