Crossposted from Best Starts for Kids Blog  

Earlier this month, staff from King County’s Natural Resources and Parks were busy getting ready for the upcoming spring and summer season when Pacific Northwesterners experience our parks in full force. This time of year also marks hiring for important jobs to ensure our parks are ready for the season. This hiring event took place at the local community center in White Center. The event is part of a purposeful effort to address the growing disparities we see in our region between those that have opportunities to thrive economically, and those that don’t.

It’s part of the Communities of Opportunity (COO) initiative to ensure all residents thrive economically. To move the needle on that goal, COO has set out to increase the percent of people earning above 200% of the poverty level in our region. One approach to doing this is expanding the ways companies, businesses and organizations approach outreach and hiring to ensure equitable opportunities for employment.

Read more at Best Starts for Kids Blog