The Highland Park Improvement Club, which burned in a massive fire in June of 2021 has been awarded a half million dollar award toward the rebuilding of their club house facility at 1115 SW Holden Street. The club was established in 1919.
They announced the award on social media saying:
"We’re thrilled to announce this incredible gift, one of the largest in HPIC history, which moves us significantly closer to rebuilding our beloved HPIC home.
A special thank you to Councilmember Rob Saka (@councilmembersaka), Councilmember Dan Strauss (@cmdanstrauss ), and the entire Seattle City Council for recognizing HPIC’s vital role in Highland Park. We are grateful for your steadfast advocacy on our behalf, which was instrumental in securing this funding.
To our amazing HPIC 
community: This award happened because YOU showed up! Your energy at #FirstFridays, and your voices, passion, and persistent outreach to City Council demonstrated that the HPIC Rebuild matters to you. Funders don’t just look at blueprints — they look at community energy, and you brought it!
This $500,000 is a direct result of our collective effort. Thank you for making our community a special place."
The new 6100 square foot space will offer musical performances, and events, with space for weddings, quinceaneras, birthdays and wakes, and local meetings, classes and gatherings. The space will act as an emergency HUB point for the Highland Park neighborhood and as a social focal point, builiding community connections and resilience.
The design by Wittman Estes Architects contains outdoor gardens, bar/cafe, kitchen, and performance spaces, which can expand to the outdoors by large sliding glass doors. At the core, the building can be subdivided into flexible zones that can serve as collaborative spaces for community gatherings, hosting an array of activities from art classes to educational programs. The result is a transformable space that can be adapted to meet the developing needs of the performing arts and the growing diverse population of the West Seattle area.
