Smarter Neighbors

Following up on yesterday’s post about the demise of the planned development for the Goodwill property on Dearborn Street, here’s a copy of the letter sent out by SAGE announcing the cancellation (SAGE is the group that negotiated a deal with TRF development).
(And if you’re bored and want to read a little bit more about [...]

[Read more →]

It looks like the Times’ Jerry Large is still going to have to keep driving elsewhere to buy his socks after work, because the Dearborn Street project at the Goodwill site next to Little Saigon appears to have been cancelled by TRF.
I received the following update this evening from the Dearborn Street Coalition for [...]

[Read more →]

The Dearborn Street Coalition came to terms with the developers who will be bringing some new retail and residential development to Rainier Ave S and South Dearborn Street. A Seattle Times’ article touches on how some other neighborhood groups weren’t as thrilled with the negotiation.
Below is a statement of support for the Dearborn Project’s agreement.

Community [...]

[Read more →]

Of course it was approved, however, now it’s the opponents’ time to appeal the decision if they choose.
The thing about the Dearborn Street Coalition’s position on this project is that they’re not against developing this site (and I’ve been to one of their meetings - and heard them clearly explain their position on this), what they [...]

[Read more →]

It’s been 18 long months since the Dearborn Street Coalition formed to help make sure that the proposed Goodwill development in Little Saigon and they’re still going strong. The coalition has just put out a couple of announcements asking support from the Seattle community to help them out with their efforts to,
We seek a balanced mix of [...]

[Read more →]

I was down at the South Lake Union Discovery Center today checking out all the displays about the upcoming South Lake Union redevelopment and had a thought, “what if the city spent as much time thinking about neighborhood development in other neighborhoods throughout Seattle as it is doing in South Lake Union?”
I have a feeling that if [...]

[Read more →]

Last night I attended a Dearborn St. Coalition for a Livable Neighborhood meeting and was really surprised at how quickly this massive redevelopment project is making its way through the DPD’s Design Review Process.
The process is basically moving along as quickly as if the project was a 4-story condo building instead of a proposed 600,000 [...]

[Read more →]

Perhaps the most significant residential land use issue in Seattle right now is with the Goodwill Development Project in Little Saigon. It’s a very complicated issue because there are so many interested parties, but it is clear that the neighborhood is very concerned about this development being out-of-sync with their current neighborhood.
It’s a significant project [...]

[Read more →]