The Phinney Neighborhood Association (PNA) is one of Seattle's best known community organizations and has become a model across the nation for building community. It was founded in 1980 by Phinney neighbors and now serves over 2,500 members as well as the general public in and around Seattle. The PNA provides and promotes programs, services and activities aimed at encouraging connections between neighbors and fostering civic involvement in a diverse community. Headquartered in a restored elementary school building, the PNA has developed an active community center that not only serves as a focus of Seattle's Phinney / Greenwood neighborhood, but offers a wide variety of programs and activities open to anyone in the Puget Sound region.