Category Archives: Neighborhood Planning

Neighborhood Planning Update Has Produced Some Ideas

The neighborhood plan update that has been going on for the past year has reached the stage where there are concrete ideas on what the updated plan should contain.  At an open house on Nov. 5 display boards presented some of those ideas.  Below is a brief description with links to the display boards online. …

Neighborhood Plan Update- Community Open House

BroadviewBitterLakeHallerLake Neighborhood Plan Update Community Open House Where are the sidewalks? Where is the center of our community–the place where we shop and see neighbors? These are just some of the questions our community discussed during the first two Broadview – Bitter Lake – Haller Lake Neighborhood Plan Update workshops this year. We said that…

Neighborhood Building, Part 1: Lessons from Ballard’s “Micro-’hoods”

Neighborhood builders and activists joined together Monday night at an event sponsored by Sustainable Ballard to discuss ways to build a sense of community and help foster happiness in our urban neighborhoods. What is a ‘Micro-hood?,’ you ask?  It’s simply a cluster of residents, a block or multi-block area who know each other, socialize and…

Residents Weigh In On Neighborhood Plan Update

Last evening several dozen residents attended the second public meeting about the Broadview – Bitter Lake – Haller Lake Neighborhood Plan Update.  The meeting was at the Bitter Lake Community Center.  Most of the time was spent in small group meetings reviewing some of the issues that have been raised in the planning process so…

MAYOR’S TOWN HALL NEEDED MORE PARTICIPANTS IN THE AUDIENCE TO MATCH THE CITY’S WORK IN STAGING THE EVENT…

Seattle residents in three zip codes (98133, 98117, and 98177) out here in the Northwest Seattle section of the City were invited to this Mayor’s Town Hall meeting last night. Given the amount of time and attention invested in staging these events, the turnout was a bit disappointing. I’d estimate attendance at around 70 to…

COME TO THE TABLE – YOUR BROADVIEW COMMUNITY COUNCIL TABLE…

 Two events in the next few weeks will involve your Community Council in setting up tables, talking to potential new members, greeting current members, and talking about what we are doing for our community. We invite any member to join us at the table and interested blog readers to come and talk to us about…

We’ve Got Your Back! Broadview Emergency Planning

Broadview Emergency Planning teams meet, focus on Aug 2, National Night Out Block Parties

Broadview/Bitter Lake/Haller Lake Neighborhood Plan Moves Along…

The Broadview/Bitter Lake/Haller Lake Neighborhood Plan Update project is moving forward with another meeting Wednesday evening, April 13. Meetings have been going on for about six months now held primarily at the Bitter Lake Community Center. The projected time span for completing the document will require about another 12 months of work on the part…

North 143rd Sidewalk Project Update

Just wanted to update you on the progress for the N 143rd Street sidewalk project. SDOT is proceeding with designing a concrete sidewalk on the northside of N 143rd Street from 1st Ave NW to the existing asphalt walkway just west of Linden Ave N.

Neighborhood Plan Update- Community Workshop 3-12-11

Broadview – Bitter Lake – Haller Lake Neighborhood Plan Update Meeting 1 — Saturday, March 12th, 2011, 9 a.m. to Noon. Broadview-Thomspon K-8 School (Cafeteria) 13052 Greenwood Ave. N., Seattle Join us following the meeting for an open house (with food) from Noon to 1:00 p.m. We want to hear from you. What makes Broadview-Bitter…