Nov

13

Help Out With Mayor Elect Mike McGinn’s Transition

Filed Under Election, Politics, Seattle | Leave a Comment

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Hello Great City friends,

Members of the Great City board and other civic leaders were invited by Mayor-Elect, and former Great City Executive Director, Mike McGinn to provide some transition advice. We were asked to serve as ambassadors by reaching out to our networks and seeking advice for the incoming administration. Mike himself explains the intent here.

As some of the best thinkers on urbanism, land use and sustainability in the city, we wanted to invite all of Great City’s friends to participate. Click on this link and fill in the form. The transition team has asked that we have comments to them by Monday, November 23. In order to meet that goal, we ask that you have comments to us by Sunday, November 22 at 6pm. We’ll then synthesize and compile those comments and provide them to the transition team.

This is your first opportunity to help shape the incoming administration. We look forward to sharing what you have to say with the transition team. Let’s push them to build the Great City we all know is possible.

Oct

23

Action Alert: Ensure Council Designates Funding for Bike/Ped Projects

Filed Under Bicycling, planning, Policy, Politics, Seattle, Streets For People, Sustainability, Transportation, walking | Leave a Comment

This next Monday, October 26, Seattle City Council will be considering whether or not to repeal the Employee Hours Tax (aka, the “Head Tax”). Regardless of how you feel about the repeal of the tax, the potential loss of a funding mechanism for Bridging the Gap sends a dangerous signal about Seattle’s transportation priorities. The Mayor has stated he wants to make Seattle into the most pedestrian- and bicycle-friendly city in the United States. This is the time for us to walk our talk! The improvements identified by both plans make it safer for our children to walk to school and in their neighborhood. They help our seniors to continue to be mobile. They help us reduce our reliance on the automobile and reduce our carbon footprint. They also ensure the health of our business districts and other community places.

Please email city council members today and urge them to allocate funding sources for bike and pedestrian infrastructure. And if you are free, please consider attending the city council hearing on Monday at 5:30 pm at the Council Chambers in City Hall.

Oct

21

Great City Releases Land Use White Paper

Filed Under Great City, Land Use, planning, Seattle | 1 Comment

Yesterday, Great City released a Land Use White Paper to the campaigns, city council, planning commission, and city leadership. The impetus for the paper was the belief that Seattle is being presented the urgent opportunity to be bold and visionary with its land use policy. Freshly elected officials, a new administration, and an economic recession that has temporarily slowed new development will provide the city a chance to reevaluate its current approach to planning and development.

It is Great City’s goal to widen the dialogue on land use, both during what remains of the campaign season and into a new administration. The white paper issues a broad challenge to Seattle’s leadership and citizenry while also providing some recommended strategies to create a more livable, economically vibrant, and socially just city. We look forward to working in partnership with new and existing leadership, the city, the non-profit community, and our citizens to do just this.

great_city_land-use-white-paper.pdf (Small PDF)

Seattle Sunrise photo via artslink.com

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