Agency is working with the City of Seattle on their Regional Centers plans, which assemble roadmaps for neighborhoods that are poised for growth. These areas are set to expand dramatically over the next 20 years, necessitating additional public services, amenities, and housing. This anticipated growth demands a strategic infusion of public services, amenities, and housing. The plans will be tailored with place-specific policies, driven by the community’s aspirations and visions for a dynamic future. Currently, the focus is on three key Regional Centers: Downtown Seattle, First Hill/Capitol Hill, and Northgate.
Each Regional Center Plan will serve as a blueprint for the next 20 years, blending strategies to enhance health equity, ecological resilience, public service capacity, and transportation connectivity. These plans aim to foster thriving, sustainable economies and housing solutions that meet future demands while preventing displacement.
Central to this visionary effort is the City of Seattle’s Racial Equity Toolkit, ensuring that equitable outcomes are at the forefront of both the planning process and the final visions. These equity outcomes focus on ensuring the plan’s process and products reflect Seattleites’ lived experiences. For Downtown Seattle, Agency is partnering with artist LeLeita McKill to incorporate the perspectives of artists and creatives into engagement, recommendations, and policies.
Agency is collaborating with SEVA, BRV, and BAE on all three Regional Centers Plans, as well as working with The Urban League on engagement for the First Hill / Capitol Hill Plan. Agency is leading the vision for the Seattle Downtown Plan and the First Hill/Capitol Hill Plan, and conducting the environmental and climate change technical analysis for all three plans.
Check out the project’s website to learn more about the Urban Centers Planning and upcoming events, here!
Images by LeLeita McKill (stills from video compilation)
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