Come Talk to City Departments
On Tuesday, December 13th, from 6 to 8 PM there will be a Northeast Seattle Neighborhoods Open House about land use, transportation issues, parks and housing policies.
Category: Land Use
New Development on NE 55th Street
A development application for a three-story, assisted living building has been made for 4020 NE 55th Street, across from the Metropolitan Market.
Design Review Part Two: the Trailer Park to Townhouses Project
Part of the process of application to do a new commercial development is to submit plans to the City of Seattle’s Design Review Board. On Monday, November 21st, the latest update was given on a project to build a cluster of townhouses on the present site of University Trailer Park, 2101 NE 88th Street. Located at the western edge of Wedgwood at Lake City Way NE, there is a single entrance to the trailer park from NE 88th Street.
U District Livability Open House
City Councilmember Rob Johnson invites everyone to see info about projects and details of upcoming land use changes at an Open House on Saturday, November 19th, 10 AM to noon.
What is HALA?
For more than fifteen years now we have been hearing about urban villages and planning for more housing in Seattle, with Wedgwood never included in any “zoning maps” for greater density of buildings. Now the Mayor of Seattle and the City Council are proposing to bring the Housing Affordability and Livability plans into practice in the year 2017. This plan could include zoning regulations which would bring benefit to controlling what types of new buildings will come in along Wedgwood’s commercial district of 35th Ave NE.
Design Review on November 21st: Trailer Park to Townhouses Project
A developer is making plans to replace the trailer park at 2101 NE 88th Street with a townhouse complex. The next step is a Design Review Board meeting on Monday, November 21st, at which plans will be presented.
Demolition Day at 8038 35th Ave NE
Tuesday, September 27th was Demolition Day at 8038 35th Ave NE. The sixty-five-year-old building was in a group of similar structures built by Wedgwood’s original developer, Albert Balch, on that block.
Demolition Coming Soon at 8038 35th Ave NE
According to workmen on the site on Monday, September 26th, demolition of the vacant building at 8038 35th Ave NE will take place on Tuesday, September 27th.
Lake City into the Future
Lake City’s Future First project has brought a new zoning plan and there will be new developments built.
EnjoyLakeCity.org is Up and Running
Wedgwood’s neighbor to the north, Lake City, has an alliance of businesses and community groups and they have launched a new webpage this week.