Crown Hill's Small Faces Child Development Center and the Phinney Neighborhood Center could receive tax relief if a bill passed by the Washington State Senate March 10 becomes law.

Senate Bill 6855 provides a property tax exemption to neighborhood community centers that are housed in a building that was determined to be no longer needed by school districts and is now owned by nonprofit organizations and used to deliver coordinated services for community members, according to a Senate Democrats press release.

The measure also applies the leasehold excise tax to the rental property within these community centers, making the measure revenue positive, according to the press release.

Sen. Jeanne Kohl-Welles from the 36th District is the bill's cosponsor. The bill will help organizations that provide vital services and relief to communities with only positive results on the state's budget, she said in the press release.

“Our focus this session has been on plugging our budget hole in a way that least harms our communities and our families," Kohl-Welles said in the press release.