A quick guide to Seattle City government

1. You Paid For It—You Might as Well Use It: a quick guide to the City of Seattle by Sol Villarreal http://seattle.gov/ignite

2. Info Guide/Staff Directoryhttp://www.seattle.gov/customerservice/docs/infoguide2010ver2.pdfhttp://www.seattle.gov/directory/

3. City of Seattle news releaseshttp://seattle.gov/news/

4. Citywide Events Calendarhttp://seattle.gov/calendar/

5. My Neighborhood Maphttp://web1.seattle.gov/mnm

6. http://data.seattle.gov

7. Municipal archiveshttp://clerk.ci.seattle.wa.us/~public/docs1.htm, http://clerk.ci.seattle.wa.us/~public/phot1.htm

8. Seattle Channelhttp://www.seattlechannel.org/

9. City Councilhttp://www.cityofseattle.net/council/guide.htm

10. Mayor’s Officehttp://seattle.gov/mayor/

11. Neighborhood Service Centershttp://www.seattle.gov/neighborhoods/nsc/locations.htm

12. Office of Film & Music Blog: http://seattlefilmandmusic.wordpress.com/ Music & Film festivals/directories: http://www.seattle.gov/music/festivals.htm, http://www.seattle.gov/filmoffice/festivals.htm http://www.seattle.gov/music/directory.htm http://www.seattle.gov/filmoffice/filmdirectory.htm

13. Parks & Recreationhttp://class.seattle.gov/parkshttp://www.seattle.gov/parks/calendar/volunteer.htmhttp://www.seattle.gov/parks/facilities/rentals/

14. Seattle Public Utilitieshttp://www.seattle.gov/util/Services/Recycling/LookupTool/index.htmhttp://www.seattle.gov/util/Services/Garbage/KeepSeattleClean/Adopt-A-Street/index.asphttp://www.seattle.gov/util/Services/Drainage_&_Sewer/Keep_Water_Safe_&_Clean/AdoptADrain/index.htm

15. Human Serviceshttp://www.seattle.gov/humanservices/

16. Non-English Language Resourceshttp://www.seattle.gov/html/citizen/language.htm

17. Seattle Public Library Online homework help: http://www.spl.org/default.asp?pageID=audience_teens_homework Meeting/stud y rooms: http://www.spl.org/default.asp?pageID=info_visit_meetingrooms

18. Department of Transportation Bike maps/code: http://www.cityofseattle.net/transportation/bikemaps.htm, http://www.seattle.gov/transportation/bikecode.htm Planned construction map: http://web1.seattle.gov/sdot/constructionmap/ccmonline.htm

19. Grants & funding opportunitieshttp://seattle.gov/html/citizen/grants.htm

20. Miscellaneous Sister Cities: http://www.seattle.gov/oir/sistercities/cities.htm SPD Blotter: http://spdblotter.seattle.gov/