Urban Planning

Another chance to opine about neighborhood plan Wednesday

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Illustrations of potential North Beacon rezoning are surrounded by Beaconians comments at Sundays DPD open house. Photo by Wendi.
Illustrations of potential North Beacon rezoning are surrounded by Beaconians' comments on sticky notes at Sunday's DPD open house. Photo by Wendi.
The first DPD Neighborhood Plan Update Open House was on Sunday afternoon at the Asian Counseling and Referral Service building on MLK Way South. Neighbors had the chance to see the current draft proposals and comment on them. There is one more open house, this Wednesday evening from 6:00 to 8:00 pm, at the same site. If you’re interested in the future of North Beacon Hill (or North Rainier, or Othello, both of which will also have draft proposals featured at the open house), this is an important chance to give your opinion on the various proposals.

(Our unscientific, quick impression from looking at the posted comments at the open house on Sunday: North Rainier residents seem to strongly favor redevelopment and density around the pedestrian wasteland that is Mount Baker Station. Othello residents are unhappy about planned new density in their neighborhood. Beacon Hill residents seemed to be somewhere in the middle — wanting improvements but skittish about some of the possible changes, particularly the “tower” zoning option.)

The Asian Counseling and Referral Service is located at 3639 Martin Luther King Jr Way South.




(See a larger copy to read the comments here.)

2 thoughts on “Another chance to opine about neighborhood plan Wednesday”

  1. You mention North Rainier supporting increased density and development around the Mount Baker station. If that happens, it would benefit BH residents via upgrades to shops, services, jobs, etc. If you attend the Wednesday session, add your voice to those supporting more density around the Mount Baker station.

  2. Thanks for including these pictures, it really helps get a sense of what people want when you can read the comments first hand (and compare to the plans themselves)

    As always keep up the great reporting work!

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