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Calling all Seattle community-based organizations and small businesses: We hope to work with you to develop the Seattle transportation plan and Seattle Comprehensive Plan.

November 9, 2021

Read about and apply for the paid opportunity to help us address our most pressing challenges. Updates Good news! Through the 2022 budget, more funding has been allocated to support community engagement for the Comprehensive Plan. As a result, OPCD will be able to resource additional partnerships with community organizations… [ Keep reading ]

Filed Under: Neighborhood PlanningTagged With: comprehensive plan, Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT), Transit Oriented Development, transportation

Seattle’s Plan to Build Back Better During COVID-19 Recovery

September 10, 2020

Updates to the Comprehensive Plan will promote transit access, job creation, walkable neighborhoods, and address impacts of systemic racism. Seattle’s Office of Planning and Community Development (OPCD) recently outlined priorities for potential future changes to the City’s foundational city plan, the Seattle 2035 Comprehensive Plan, that will be studied in… [ Keep reading ]

Filed Under: Department News, Neighborhood PlanningTagged With: comprehensive plan

Half of Seattle’s new homes built within steps of Downtown jobs, transit

January 19, 2018

Seattle added homes at rapid pace in 2017, with more than 88 percent of the city’s 8,753 net new homes built in Seattle’s urban centers and urban villages within walking distance of jobs, transit services, neighborhood businesses, and other amenities. Downtown is seeing the fastest housing growth, with half of… [ Keep reading ]

Filed Under: Equitable Development Initiative, Neighborhood PlanningTagged With: comprehensive plan, Housing

VIDEO: October 17 Comprehensive Plan Amendments / ADU EIS Scoping Open House

October 24, 2017

In case you missed our Comprehensive Plan Amendments/ADU EIS Scoping open house last week, watch our presentation on the Seattle Channel: http://www.seattlechannel.org/publicAffairs/?videoid=x84190 Topics discussed: Comprehensive Plan Amendments – The City of Seattle is working to ensure that the language in existing Neighborhood Plans is consistent with the 2016 Comprehensive Plan… [ Keep reading ]

Filed Under: City Comprehensive Plan, Neighborhood PlanningTagged With: Backyard Cottages, comprehensive plan, Detached Accessory Dwelling Units (DADU), video

Help Guide Our 2018 Comprehensive Plan Amendments

October 10, 2017

We are making amendments to our Comprehensive Plan and we need your help! In October 2016, the Seattle City Council approved a major update to this plan which highlighted our vision for greater diversity of housing choices in urban villages and centers (our areas of growth). These changes are helping… [ Keep reading ]

Filed Under: Neighborhood PlanningTagged With: comprehensive plan

Seattle’s recent housing construction focused in urban villages

August 3, 2017

Over the last 18 months, Seattle has added more than 10,000 new homes, with 85 percent of all housing construction occurring inside the city’s urban centers and urban villages, according to recent permitting and construction data published in the Urban Center / Village Growth Report. Seattle’s urban villages are identified… [ Keep reading ]

Filed Under: Equitable Development Initiative, Housing Initiatives, Neighborhood PlanningTagged With: comprehensive plan, Equitable Development Initiative (EDI), Housing Affordability and Livability Agenda (HALA)

Mayor Murray to Sign the Seattle 2035 Comprehensive Plan

October 27, 2016

Tomorrow, Mayor Ed Murray will sign Seattle 2035, the comprehensive plan to guide City development, investments, and policies over the next 20 years. The plan focuses on equitable growth and aims to enhance the quality of life for all residents as Seattle adds hundreds of thousands of jobs and residents… [ Keep reading ]