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Sidewalks, Crosswalks, Traffic Signals, Traffic Calming

Recent feedback from neighbors in regard to the Pinehurst Neighborhood Street Fund Applications has brought attention to the level of community interest in working for sidewalks, crosswalks, traffic signal improvements and traffic calming in some key areas in Pinehurst. I have started asking the City how to draw attention to neighborhood priorities and how to […]

3/31 Pinehurst Planning and Development Group Meeting

Monday, March 31st7-9 PM

St. Matthew’s Gym Conference Room(the smaller meeting space in the gym building)1240 NE 127th StSeattle, WA 98125

Housing Development Consortium – Anna Markee, Outreach Director for Housing Development Consortium will discuss the work that Housing Development Consortium does for affordable housing especially workforce housing. [Workforce housing is a term used to […]

4/17 Northgate Stakeholders Meeting

Thursday, April 175 to 7 p.m.Room ED2843ANorth Seattle Community College

The proposed agenda includes:* Update on the South lot construction,* Update on Northgate Urban Center Park,* Discussion about annual progress on CTIP (Coordinated Transportation Investment Plan), and* Status of the draft EIS for the proposed Northgate Urban Center legislative rezone.

In addition, North Seattle Community […]

Pinehurst Neighborhood Street Fund Applications

(updated 3/26/08)There were four project proposals submitted from Pinehurst this year for the Neighborhood Street Fund.North District Council will meet on March 29th to choose projects from all North District neighborhoods to submit for pricing and feasibility. Total budget for all of North District is $95,000. North District includes: Maple Leaf, Pinehurst, Victory Heights, Jackson […]

Sustainable Street Design for 115th with Sidewalk and Swales

Many people in Pinehurst have expressed an interest in seeing a sidewalk built on 115th between Roosevelt and 5th Ave NE. We recently learned that a design has been developed that integrates a sidewalk and natural drainage on 115th between Roosevelt and 5th Ave NE. Shauna Walgren from the Neighborhood Street Fund will be presenting […]

Neighborhood Street Fund – 2/22 Deadline to Apply

(This is from the Department of Neighborhoods website)

The Department of Neighborhoods is asking community leaders to work with their neighbors to identify and prioritize projects that will inform the City’s Cumulative Reserve Fund (CRF) and Neighborhood Street Fund (NSF) project decisions. This partnership, between the city and its neighborhoods, has been extremely valuable to […]

Bridging the Gap – Final Projects

Unfortunately the sidewalks on 115th or 125th between Roosevelt and 5th NE are not yet in the cards. The Neighborhood Street Fund – Large Project Review Team decisions were announced today. Only one project is able to be funded in the North District: a sidewalk to Sacajawea Elementary School on 20th Ave NE from 98th […]

Mayor Nickels’ Sidewalks Proposal

Mayor Nickels has announced proposed changes to land use rules regarding sidewalks:Sidewalks ProposalIt is the City’s goal to ensure a safe, contiguous, and geographically appropriate pedestrian network throughout the city. The sidewalk proposal is intended to further that goal by ensuring that new development contributesappropriate pedestrian infrastructure commensurate with the increase inpedestrians associated with new […]

Sidewalks on 115th and 125th

Pinehurst residents applied for funding from the Neighborhood Street Fund Large Project Fund (funded by the Bridging the Gap transportation levy) to build sidewalks on 115th (between 15th and 5th NE) and 125th (between Roosevelt and 5th NE).

These sidewalks were rated a high priority in the Northgate Coordinated Transportation Investment Plan (see ES-7 and […]