Overall Rating	Silver
Overall Score	60.56
Liaison	Mari Acob-Nash
Submission Date	Oct. 30, 2021

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North Seattle College
EN-10: Community Partnerships

Status	Score	Responsible Party
	3.00 / 3.00	Adam Maurer District Sustainability Coordinator Finance and Ops

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1st Partnership

Name of the institution’s formal community partnership to advance sustainability :

City of Seattle - Department of Neighborhood

Does the institution provide financial or material support for the partnership? :

Yes

Which of the following best describes the partnership timeframe?:

Multi-year or ongoing

Which of the following best describes the partnership?:

Sustainability-focused

Are underrepresented groups and/or vulnerable populations engaged as equal partners? :

Yes

A brief description of the institution’s formal community partnership to advance sustainability:

The P-Patch Community Gardening Program is managed by the City of Seattle Department of Neighborhoods to promote organic urban agriculture among individuals, groups and community. Since 2013, North Seattle College has been the proud sponsor and land provider for the Licton Springs P-Patch. Located in the South end of North Seattle College, the Licton Springs P-Patch started as a student-driven initiative. The Sustainability Committee helped retaining and administering 6 plots on behalf of the school. Student gardeners maintain the P-patch for the benefit of local food banks as well as for the learning of the importance of urban agriculture and sustainability within food systems.

City of Seattle P-Patch program:
http://www.seattle.gov/neighborhoods/programs-and-services/p-patch-community-gardening

Licton Springs P-Patch:
https://resources.northseattle.edu/sustainability-projects/licton-springs-p-patch

2nd Partnership

Name of the institution’s formal community partnership to advance sustainability (2nd partnership):

Long-Term Partnership with Adopt-a-Stream Foundation

Does the institution provide financial or material support for the partnership? (2nd partnership):

Yes

Which of the following best describes the partnership timeframe? (2nd partnership):

Multi-year or ongoing

Which of the following best describes the partnership’s sustainability focus? (2nd partnership):

Sustainability-focused

Are underrepresented groups and/or vulnerable populations engaged as equal partners? (2nd partnership):

Not Sure

A brief description of the institution’s formal community partnership to advance sustainability (2nd partnership):

Now in its fifth year, NSC has partnered with the non-profit Adopt-a-Stream Foundation (AASF) to remediate the invasive Japanese knotweed from North Seattle College's >1 acre wetland at the north end of campus. AASF secured a grant from the Department of Ecology to fund this effort, which will require a 10-year monitoring project to ensure it does not return. This is critical because this serves as the headwaters of the West Fork of Thornton Creek. NSC science classes have been integral in this project to date. Students have mapped the existence of Japanese knotweed in the Thornton Creek Watershed.

3rd Partnership

Name of the institution’s formal community partnership to advance sustainability (3rd partnership):

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Does the institution provide financial or material support for the partnership? (3rd partnership):

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Which of the following best describes the partnership timeframe? (3rd partnership):

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Which of the following best describes the partnership? (3rd partnership):

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Are underrepresented groups and/or vulnerable populations engaged as equal partners? (3rd partnership):

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A brief description of the institution’s formal community partnership to advance sustainability (3rd partnership):

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Optional Fields

A brief description of the institution’s other community partnerships to advance sustainability:

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Website URL where information about the institution’s community partnerships to advance sustainability is available:

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Additional documentation to support the submission:

LOA_NSC_ThorntonCrk_Amend_4_6_16.doc

Data source(s) and notes about the submission:

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