Public Involvement

Ballard Commons Public Plaza

More information on neighborhood planning accomplishments was published in the March-May 2009 issue of Neighborhood News. View the Neighborhood Plans Article: An update on what we've accomplished together. View the DPD Neighborhood Plan Updates Public Involvement website. To receive information about neighborhood planning updates and meetings, join our listserv at http://www.seattle.gov/lists/npac.htm

Neighborhood Plan Update

The Department of Neighborhoods is partnering with the Department of Planning and Development to talk with community groups about the City’s approach to Neighborhood Plan Status Reports and updating three Neighborhood Plans in Southeast Seattle.

As the City undertakes the plan updates, one of the guiding principles of the process will be inclusiveness. The planning process must engage a broad group of diverse stakeholders, including residents, business owners, employees, immigrants, all income levels, homeowners, renters, non-profits and civic organizations.

To view the information on the update in process:

• Overview
• MLK at Holly (Othello)
• North Rainier (Mount Baker)
• North Beacon Hill (Beacon Hill)
• Neighborhood Planning Outreach Liaison Themes

The Department of Neighborhoods is leading this outreach effort by identifying strategies for involving groups that may be hard-to-reach, or not typically involved in planning activities, to ensure that the plan update processes are broadly representative of the diverse members of Seattle’s neighborhoods.

Neighborhood Status Report

How is Your Neighborhood Doing?

Please join members of the Seattle Planning Commission and the Neighborhood Planning Advisory Committee in the first of a series of two important community meetings.

These two citizen groups want to hear your thoughts. Come and tell us how your neighborhood has changed since your neighborhood plan was adopted. Your comments and input at this meeting will help the City of Seattle complete a status report that will look at how well your neighborhood plan is achieving its goals and strategies.

Resources:

• For more information Click Here

A Neighborhood Plan Advisory Committee (NPAC) will play an active role in providing on-going guidance to the Executive and City Council on the development of the Neighborhood Plan Status Reports and Criteria for prioritization in the Neighborhood Plan Update Process.

For more on how to get involved email Sebhat Tenna at sebhat.tenna@seattle.gov or call (206) 733-9977.

Angel Morgan P-Patch (Photo by City of Seattle)