HISTORIC PRESERVATION
Working with Historic Seattle and Vanishing Seattle to save the historic Showbox Theater
Working with Vanishing Seattle to keep the iconic Elephant Car Wash sign in place along Denny Way
Working to preserve the Wayne Apartments as an anchor historic building for Belltown’s “main street”
Updating the City’s inventory of Belltown’s historic, iconic and character buildings
Developing a Belltown Historic Preservation Plan and Nominating Priority Buildings and Sites as City Landmarks
Nominating a portion of Belltown as a City Landmark to help tell the continuing story of the Duwamish Tribe and other indigenous people
COMMUNITY AND
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
We are working with the city, landowners, businesses and the community to
Increase the supply of workforce housing to keep Belltown the home of the downtown workforce
Inventory and map Belltown’s community assets and public and private realms
Update the 1998 Belltown Neighborhood Plan , the 1999 Belltown Neighborhood Plan Matrix and the 2004 Belltown Design Guidelines
Maintain portions of 2nd Ave between Wall and Lenora as the heart of the Belltown and designate as an Arts and Culture district
Establish an Economic Development Management System that encourages development of great places to live, learn, work and play
Create the Belltown Underground — where new developments build underground spaces for people, not parking. “BARS NOT CARS!”
Create a pedestrian alleyway (a “woonerf“) with sitting and bar/restaurant/business access in the alley that runs from Mama’s to the Crocodile
- Initiate a formal, comprehensive neighborhood planning effort with the City of Seattle that allows Belltown residents, business owners, land owners to work together to shape a future Belltown that will still be Belltown…only better!