Mayor Greg Nickels has awarded of $680,000 in matching funds to 22 summer Youth Initiative projects and 27 Small and Simple projects across the city.

The Youth Initiative projects will focus on programs for teens in the Central District and the Rainier Beach community. The Small and Simple projects are spread across the city, covering subjects as diverse as public art, race and social justice, youth-development, and climate protection.

The bike rack design and implementation effort of Sustainable Ballard was awarded $9,700 with a match of $15,280. The project is a Ballard-wide bike rack design contest to be held with five winners to have their designs built by metal-artists/fabricators in Ballard and then installed in visible locations throughout Ballard.