ARC Architects in charge of building the new community center, solicited input from the Filipino community during UGNAYAN meeting.  Suggestions raised were: facility for basketball, swimming, and other cultural activites like dance and fitness classes.

Rainier Beach Community Center and Pool Project Information

Location:8825 Rainier Ave S, Seattle WA 98118

Project Status

July 2009
Parks held the first community meeting on June 9, 2009. Sixty-eight (68) members of the public attended the meeting to offer their hopes and dreams for the new community center and pool. Please see notes below. Currently the Project Advisory Team is being assembled and additional outreach meetings with neighborhood groups are being held. ARC Architects is beginning work on the schematic design options based on the public input.

This project involves schematic design for a new community center with pool on the existing Rainier Beach Community Center site. The project was advertised in the Daily Journal of Commerce and Parks received twenty-seven (27) responses to the Request For Proposal. These responses were reviewed by a panel of Parks staff including representatives from recreation, shops and aquatics. Based on this review, the top five (5) firms were subject to in-person interviews. ARC Architects was selected to lead the schematic design process based on their submittal, team of sub-consultants and performance at the interview.

Project Description

This project provides for planning, preliminary design and redevelopment of a new facility to replace the existing Rainier Beach Community Center and swimming pool. This project was developed by Parks in response to the Seattle School District's decisions about the future of South Shore Middle School, since the school shares a building with the existing community center and pool. A new facility will provide the public with improved and updated recreational opportunities and will complement the two new schools constructed on the site.