Open Space Seattle:2100

OSS 2100 Coverage

2007-06-12T09:32:00.000-07:00

Douglas Schulyer at the Public Sphere Project gives a nod to OSS 2100

A Great Story about Angela Danadjieva

2007-05-16T21:21:00.000-07:00

Angela who, you might ask? This slight Bulgarian-born artist, architect and provocateur has done more to reframe what Seattle-ites think of their infrastructure than any other person. She designed the landscape at West Point Treatment Facility and was the principle aesthetic force behind the masterwork that is Freeway Park.

The Stranger's Charles Mudede investigates: http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Content?oid=223684

Trees: Providing Lots of $$$ for Benefits

2007-04-19T23:21:00.000-07:00

Talk about a good investment. A recent study by New York City researchers has determined that:

"Factoring in the costs associated with planting and upkeep, New York City’s street trees provide an annual benefit of about $122 million, according to the Parks Department. The study concludes that New York receives $5.60 in benefits for every dollar spent on trees."

Extraordinary. Talk about public money well spent . . .

NRDC + EPA Sign Green Infrastructure Agreement

2007-04-19T21:50:00.000-07:00

Some exciting news came out of Pittsburgh today. The Natural Resources Defense Council and the Environmental Protection Agency. signed a "statement of intent" to pursue green infrastructure approaches in cities in order to "to reduce sewer overflows and stormwater pollution."

The statement was also co-signed by the National Association of Clean Water Agencies (NACWA), the Association of State and Interstate Water Pollution Control Administrators (ASIWPCA) and the Low Impact Development (LID) Center.

The article continues: "The impetus for this agreement began with NRDC's Rooftops to Rivers report, which recognizes forward-thinking communities across the US who are already using green infrastructure approaches to restore their waterways. This new partnership represents an important first step in providing much-need support for additional urban and suburban communities to implement green solutions."

We should also note that Darla Ingliss, Mike Cox and Steve Moddemeyer, all of Seattle Public Utilities, were peer reviewers for the report.

Nancy Takes Open Space Seattle 2100 to the Good People of Kansas

2007-04-02T09:09:00.000-07:00

Open Space Seattle 2100 co-director Nancy Rottle was quoted in the March 29 edition of the Wichita Eagle in an article titled "Seattle may be a model for parks." To read the article, visit.
http://www.kansas.com/212/story/31531.html

3 Great New DPD Websites

2007-03-30T19:21:00.000-07:00

With the passage of the Seattle Green Factor, the Department of Planning and Development has been facilitating a lot of great public education, particularly with its Green Factor Workshop Series which continues in City Hall's Bertha Landes Room, this Wednesday April 4th at noon. This week it is all about Rainwater Harvesting.

There is also a solid new website that talks about Green Roofs, and they have established a solid web resource on a new website.

Also, the Soils for Salmon site is a great tool to learn about what soils can do for stream health.

OSS 2100 @ PELL Meeting

2007-03-30T19:19:00.000-07:00

We'll be presenting to the City Council's PELL Committee next Wednesday, April 4 sometime between 2-4 pm. Come on by and check it out.

Draft Bicycle Master Plan To Be Released

2007-03-30T19:12:00.000-07:00

Looking forward to seeing what they came up with . . .

Mayor Gregg Nickels will announce the release of the draft Bicycle Master Plan on Wednesday, April 4th at 10 a.m. at Sturgus Park. The plan provides a blueprint for connecting routes throughout Seattle by integrating bicycling into the City*s transportation and trail systems while encouraging more cycling and safer cycling.

Seattle Bicycle Master Plan Draft Release
April 4th at 10 a.m.
Sturgus Park
904 Sturgus Avenue S

Directions:FROM I-5 Northbound: * Take the DEARBORN ST./JAMES ST./I-90 EAST/MADISON ST. exit towards SPOKANE, exit (#164A) * Take the DEARBORN ST. ramp * Turn LEFT onto S DEARBORN ST/ WA-167 * Turn RIGHT onto 8TH AVE S * Turn RIGHT onto S KING ST. * Turn RIGHT onto 12TH AVE * Turn LEFT onto S CHARLES ST. * S CHARLES ST becomes STURGUS AVE S.

From I-5 Southbound: * Take the exit- exit number 165A- toward JAMES ST. * Stay straight to go onto 6TH AVE. * Turn LEFT onto YESLER WAY. * Turn RIGHT onto BOREN AVE S. * Turn SLIGHT RIGHT onto 12TH AVE S. * Turn LEFT onto S CHARLES ST. * S CHARLES ST becomes STURGUS AVE S.

The Seattle Department of Transportation builds, maintains and operates Seattle's $8 billion transportation infrastructure. To further Mayor Nickels* goal to get Seattle moving, the department manages short- and long-term investments in streets, bridges, pavement and trees, that better connect the city with the region.

Grey Lady Goes Ga-Ga for Green Roofs

2007-03-22T22:01:00.000-07:00

Gap Headquarters' Rolling Green Roofs Photo by William McDonough + Partners

It is always a lovely thing to read about green roofs blooming across the country, from Seattle's own perched oases at City Hall and the new Justice Center to the Rouge River Ford Plant in Dearborn, MI and Chicago's City Hall, with its recreated midwest prairie ecosystem. But to read about it in the New York Times is, of course, even better.

The article focuses on the work of Rana Creek Habitat Restoration as they partner with Renzo Piano to design a big old meadow for the top of the refurbished California Academy of Sciences in San Francisco. (In a recent stop in town, Paul Kephart, founder of Rana Creek, recounted how Piano was initially opposed to the messy meadow about his slick modernish architecture. Uh, hello, Academy of Science? Ecology? Climate Change?)

Kephart was actually in town because he will be helping to work on the new green roofed parking garage at the new Gates Foundation headquarters at 5th Avenue, across from the Seattle Center. If his past work is any indication, the headquarters will be looking amazing in a few years . . . or atleast the parking garage will, and how many places can you say that about?

OSS 2100: Travelling the Country, Spreading the Gospel

2007-03-21T09:32:00.000-07:00

One of the things that has been so gratifying about the work that everyone has been doing with Open Space Seattle is how interested other communities across the US have been in what we are doing here in Seattle. To that end, Nancy and I have been invited by various groups to speak at a few upcoming conferences, so if you are in Witchita, KS, Amherst, MA or Philadelphia, PA in the next few weeks, you have the opportunity to hear one of us.

Nancy will be speaking in Witchita at the Lowe Auditorium at the WSU Metroplex, on
March 29. She assumes at 7 pm but that has not been confirmed.

Then she'll be heading over to Amherst, MA to the Fabos Symposium, which is being hosted by UMass-Amherst on March 31st. While the symposium is a day-long event, Nancy will be speaking at 10:45, in Room 162 on the Lincoln Campus Center.

Finally, Brice will be speaking to the National APA conference on April 16th from11:00 a.m.–12:15 p.m with Nate Cormier from Jones + Jones. Titled "Urban Green Infrastructure in the Pacific Northwest" the talk will be held at the Pennsylvania Convention Center.

Louv in Orion

2007-03-06T09:37:00.000-08:00

Giving the full rundown of what he has called "Nature Deficit Disorder" that has resulted from the current patterns of development in the US. As he states early on in the 4000+ word article: Developers exploiting our hunger for nature, I thought, just as they market their subdivisions by naming their streets after the trees and streams that they destroy.

He also lays out the development of new movements in several communities throughtout the country who have embarked on campaigns for to "Leave No Child Inside."

Other choice statistics:
"In a typical week, only 6 percent of children ages nine to thirteen play outside on their own."
". . . Bike riding is down 31 percent since 1995."
"there are also risks in raising children under virtual protective house arrest: threats to their independent judgment and value of place, to their ability to feel awe and wonder, to their sense of stewardship for the Earth—and, most immediately, threats to their psychological and physical health."

And while it is not explicitly "natural" these statistics do bring an additional level to the on-going discussions about the appropriateness of skate parks in various parts of Seattle. Maybe it isn't so bad to tear up an underused patch of greenery when the public health benefits could be great.

(d)Rain Drops keep flowing to our streams

2007-03-05T20:44:00.000-08:00

The PI's blog reports that the City Council has moved toward dis-incentivizing stormwater running off. Congrats to Councilmember Conlin for this ambitious proposal.

What this would mean is that large parking lots (think Northgate Mall or that lovely large lot by the Husky Stadium) or large lawns (parks? golf courses?) would have a fee imposed on them that is larger than the rest of us. Why lawns, you ask? Because the amount of water that runs off of a lawn (often just two inches of grass/soil over our nasty impermeable glacial till) has the same coefficient of runoff (as the civil engineers would say) as other land uses.

Good stuff.

Global Green Event

2007-02-27T09:47:00.000-08:00

The University of Washington College of Architecture and Urban
Planning & The Northwest Danish Foundation invite you to:

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Global Green: Sustainable Planning and Design in the Pacific
Northwest and Denmark
WINTER 2007: CIVIC and GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE

March 8, 7:00-8:30 pm, Kane Hall, Room 120
University of Washington, Seattle

SPEAKERS & PANEL DISCUSSION

Brian Hansen BICYCLE STRATEGIES AND SOLUTIONS IN COPENHAGEN
(Transport Planner, City of Copenhagen, Denmark)

Kevin Perry TURNING GRAY SPACE INTO GREENSPACE: INTEGRATING
STORMWATER WITH URBAN DESIGN (Nevue Ngan Associates, Portland, Oregon)

Nancy Rottle VISIONS FOR SEATTLE'S GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE
(Green Futures Research and Design Lab, CAUP/UW)

Charles Anderson LANDSCAPE DIMENSIONS OF SEATTLE'S OLYMPIC SCULPTURE
PARK (Charles Anderson Landscape Architecture, Seattle, WA and Napa, CA)

Welcome: Dr. Hilda Blanco, Chair, Urban Design & Planning, UW
Opening Remarks: Steve Moddemeyer, City of Seattle, Department of
Planning and Development
Update on SEATTLE GREEN FACTOR and IMPLEMENTATION OF OPEN SPACE
SEATTLE 2100

Moderator: Jerry V. Finrow, FAIA, Dean Emeritus and Professor of
Architecture, UW

Questions? Call 206.523.3263
For more information, please visitwww.northwestd

anishfoundation.org
and
http://www.caup.washington.edu/lectureseries/

Global Green organizers would like to thank our co-sponsors for this
event: The Northwest Danish Foundation; International Sustainable
Solutions and ScanDesign Foundation; Northwest Center for LIvable
Communities, UW College of Architecture and Urban Planning; Green
Futures Research and Design Lab, UW College of Architecture and Urban
Planning; and the UW Scandinavian Studies Department.

To request disability accommodations contact the UW Disability
Services Office at least 10 days in advance of the event.
Phone - 206.543.6450, Fax – 206.685.7264, TTY – 206.543.6452 or
Contact: dso@u.washington.edu

Feet First University

2007-02-25T14:00:00.000-08:00

Just wanted to let everyone know that I will be speaking at Feet First University on Tueday night at the Triad Urban Center at 3rd + Cherry. Here's their write up:

Brice Maryman is a landscape and urban designer with Charles Anderson Landscape Architecture and a lecturer at the University of Washington's Department of Landscape Architecture. Brice serves as a board member for the Friends of Seattle's Olmsted Parks, the Seattle Great City Initiative and The Cultural Landscape Foundation. He has published extensively, both regionally and nationally, writing about his passion for making urban infrastructure systems that are humane, ecologically-responsive, healthy and equitable. As a Lecturer at the University of Washington, he joined with professor Nancy Rottle to co-direct Open Space Seattle 2100, which is an on-going planning project to "design Seattle's green network for the next century."

Last February a charrette was held to develop a 100 year plan for Seattle's open spaces. Planners, designers, ecologists, and other professionals led over 300 residents plan healthy neighborhoods and watersheds for the next century.
When the two day charrette was over, the work did not stop. Leaders of the event have been busy informing others of the weekend's achievements. Brice will discuss where the ideas and ideals of Open Space Seattle 2100 are finding fertile ground in the civic, business and neighborhood climates of Seattle.

Sustainable Infrastructure Talk Coming to Town

2007-02-09T15:49:00.000-08:00

The Seattle Great City Initiative is sponsoring the kickoff of the City of Seattle's 2007 Urban Sustainability Forum.

Thursday, February 15, 2007

A New Paradigm: Sustainable Infrastructure STEVE ALLBEE, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, principal author of The Gap Analysis

5:30-7:00pm: Seattle Central Library

Introduction by Michael McGinn, Seattle Great City Initiative: linking the opportunities for sustainable infrastructure to support city initiatives, including: Open Space Seattle 2100, Climate Protection, Green Seattle and Sustainable Urban Forests, and Green Building.

Too often we take for granted the natural and built systems that keep our city alive and vibrant.
- Will our grandchildren share the same benefits of inexpensive and clean water, plentiful energy, and increasing mobility delivered by reliable systems?

- Are we managing our systems and price structures in ways that create intergenerational inequity by deferring maintenance and replacement costs and pushing those costs onto future generations?

- Can Seattle continue to provide national leadership by adopting this new and innovative approach, ultimately producing costs savings over time and protecting the value of our assets for future generations?

Steve will share his thoughts on how we must adopt sustainability principles so that future generations can meet their needs and enjoy the beauty and services of our cities. Including a discussion on five strategies that offer a pathway to sustainable infrastructure systems.

The City of Seattle is now in its third year of hosting this energizing forum. The Urban Sustainability Forum brings nationally recognized leaders to Seattle to discuss how we can transform into a 21st century city that is climate-neutral, pedestrian-friendly, transit-oriented, community-focused and sustainably designed.

http://www.seattle.gov/dpd/stellent/groups/pan/@pan/@sustainableblding/documents/web_informational/dpdp_019100.pdf

Become a Local Habitat Hero

2007-02-06T22:01:00.000-08:00

From the People for Puget Sound . . .

Want to get involved in the restoration community? This FREE three-class series will teach you how to be a local habitat hero. Class topics will include an introduction to ecology, native vs. invasive plant identification, weed control, and planting techniques. In return for 12 hours of training, we ask Sound Stewards to commit to 40 volunteer hours over the next year on a People For Puget Sound restoration site of their choice.

CLASS SCHEDULE (topics subject to change):
Participants must attend all three classes.

Thursday, February 22: 6pm to 9pm
Port of Seattle Headquarters, Pier 69: Room 2D East
2711 Alaskan Way - Directions
Class Topics: Sound Stewardship Program overview, Puget Sound Ecology 101, history of the Duwamish River, how to use plant guides, native vs invasive plant identification
*Food and refreshments will be provided

Saturday, February 24: 9am to 3pm
Duwamish River: Directions will be provided
Class Topics: Tour of our Duwamish River restoration sites and hands-on practicums for plant identification, planting, weeding, and monitoring techniques
*Dress for the weather, wear sturdy shoes and bring water and a sack lunch

Thursday, March 1: 6pm to 9pm
Port of Seattle Headquarters, Pier 69: Room 2D East
2711 Alaskan Way - Directions
Class Topics: Protocols for monitoring, leading volunteers, team-building exercises, additional plant identification skills
*Food and refreshments will be provided

To learn more about the Sound Stewardship Program, click here or call, (206) 382-7007, ext 220.

SIGN UP NOW! SPACE IS LIMITED!

Contact

Eliza Ghitis
stewardship@pugetsound.org
(206) 382-7007, ext. 220
http://pugetsound.org

King County Shoreline Rules Revisions

2007-01-26T13:58:00.000-08:00

From the email inbox:

Hello!
King County needs your help as we begin the review of our program for managing the shorelines of marine areas, lakes and streams in unincorporated areas. King County is in the first stages of updating its Shoreline Master Program, a set of policies and regulations that determines how major shorelines are managed.

You are receiving this message because of your past interest in King County's public processes. We'd like your feedback on existing shoreline conditions, the rules that protect them and future goals.

You will not receive another message about this public process, unless you choose to receive additional information. If you would like to subscribe to e-mail notices about the King County Shorelines Update, send an e-mail message to listserv@lists.metrokc.gov with the words "Subscribe KCShorelinesUpdate Your Name" in the body of the message (not the subject line).

Learn more:
- Visit the King County Shorelines Web site to see a draft inventory and analysis of existing shoreline conditions and additional information and submit your comments. (The Draft King County Shorelines Technical Appendix, a report describing existing shorelines conditions, will also be made available in public libraries.)
- Attend an upcoming Open House near you (dates below) to see a draft inventory and analysis of existing shoreline conditions, learn more about shoreline management and get answers to questions you may have.

Monday, February 5, 2007
5:30-8:30pm
Tolt Middle School
3740 Tolt Avenue
Carnation, WA 98014
425-844-4600

Wednesday, February 7, 2007
5:30-8:30pm
Enumclaw High School
226 Semanski Street South
Enumclaw, WA 98022
360-802-7669

Tuesday, February 13, 2007
5:30-8:30pm
Cedar River Middle School
22615 Sweeney Road SE
Maple Valley, WA 98038
425-413-5400

Thursday, February 15, 2007
5:30 - 8:30pm
McMurray Middle School
9329 SW Cemetery Road
Vashon Island, WA 98070
206-463-9168

How to submit comments:
Share comments by submitting them at an open house meeting or through one of the following four ways:
1. Online: Visit the New King County Shorelines Web site to submit comments, sign up to receive e-mail updates or look up information about a shoreline area: http://www.metrokc.gov/shorelines/
2. Call the King County Shoreline Comment Line: 206-205-8090 3. Email
comments: shorelines@metrokc.gov 4. Mail written comments:
Attn: Shoreline Team
King County Department of Natural Resources and Parks
201 S. Jackson St., Ste. 600
Seattle, WA 98104

What's next?
Your feedback will be used to develop a draft of an updated King County Shoreline Master Program for public review in the spring and summer of 2007. Key dates for the public process:
February 2007 - Public meetings to review shoreline conditions and goals.
February 28, 2007 - Public comments due on shoreline conditions and goals.
June 2007 - Public meetings on new Draft Program.
June 22, 2007 - Public comments due on new Draft Program Fall 2007 - Public meetings on revised Draft Program.
March 2008 - Executive sends Proposal to the King County Council

Additional Reading
King County Shoreline Master Program Web site http://www.metrokc.gov/shorelines/

"County updating its shoreline rules" (Seattle Post-Intelligencer, January 16, 2007) http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/299798_shorelines16.html

"Major changes not expected in update of shoreline rules" (Seattle Times, January 16, 2007) http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2003526597_shoreline16m.
html

Thank you.

Sincerely,
Jill Moe
King County Shoreline Master Program Update Team
206-263-6057 or shorelines@metrokc.gov

Portland's Community Gardens

2007-01-14T13:13:00.001-08:00

In a nice interview with Portland's p-patch garden manager, Leslie Pohl-Kosbau gives this gem about the program that she has been managing for 30+ years:

That's the beauty of the whole thing. Parks doesn't say, "You can only come into this park if you are low-income." Gardening belongs to everybody. There are amazing things we learn from each other. The food is part of that. Flowers are part of that. People of means do contribute back by doing a little extra, donating things and growing food to donate, although I think you will find that more people give who don't have than who actually have. It is a very interesting way to look at life. So it is helpful for people of means to see people who don't have means doing for themselves and for others.

Portland's Community Gardens

2007-01-14T13:13:00.000-08:00

Final Resolution Language

2007-01-14T12:12:00.000-08:00

A RESOLUTION endorsing the work of Open Space Seattle 2100 in developing concepts to integrate green infrastructure and urban sustainability efforts, requesting the Office of Sustainability and Environment to provide a framework for incorporating Open Space Seattle 2100’s goals into the City’s integrated Environmental Action Agenda and to present the framework to the City Council’s Environment, Emergency Management and Utilities Committee, and requesting that consultant resources be used to support analysis of green infrastructure opportunities.

Whereas, the Seattle City Council has embraced the Goals and Principles of Open Space Seattle 2100 by proclamation in May 2006; and

WHEREAS, a significant aspect of the work of Open Space Seattle 2100 was identifying concepts for the creation of “green infrastructure”—natural and engineered systems such as ditches, drainage, parking strips, boulevards, creeks, wetlands, parks, open space, trees, green roofs, gardens, trails, shorelines, aquifers and watersheds—that could serve as parts of the City’s drainage system or provide energy savings or other environmental benefits in the city, and that could be integrated into a citywide system; and

Whereas, the City recognizes the overwhelming commitment, investment, and excitement generated by the 350 plus participants in the Open Space Seattle 2100 process; and

Whereas, the City appreciates their collective desire to create a new vision for using Seattle’s public lands, parks, natural drainage systems, greenbelts, creeks, shorelines and other amenities as green infrastructure; and

Whereas, the City recognizes that citizens already provide input on the environmental future of Seattle through a number of existing advisory bodies, including the Urban Sustainability Advisory Panel, the Restore Our Waters Stakeholder Group, and the Green Ribbon Commissions; and

WHEREAS, the City recognizes that City departments are poised to begin implementation of a number of strategic plans that meet the goals of Open Space Seattle 2100 through urban sustainability programs that cross over City departments; and

Whereas, the City recognizes the need for efforts to change the way that City does business in order to better realize and sustain our long-term sustainability objectives; and

Whereas, the City recognizes that implementation of the City’s strategic plans will be stronger if treated under one comprehensive framework rather than as separate efforts competing for resources; and

WHEREAS, the City recognizes the need to coordinate the planning efforts, services, and functions of City departments, including the Departments of Parks and Recreation, Transportation, Neighborhoods, Planning and Development, Seattle Public Utilities, and Seattle Center, and the Office of Sustainability and Environment to efficiently and effectively promote green infrastructure and urban sustainability; NOW, THEREFORE,

BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SEATTLE, THE MAYOR CONCURRING, THAT:

Section 1. The City of Seattle applauds the work of Open Space Seattle 2100, and its 350 plus participants, in drawing attention to the need for an integrated approach to green infrastructure and urban sustainability, and the City encourages continued citizen input on a sustainable future for Seattle.

Section 2. The Office of Sustainability and Environment is requested to develop a framework to incorporate the goals and green infrastructure concepts of Open Space Seattle 2100 into the planning and implementation of the City’s environmental efforts. The Office of Sustainability and Environment is also requested to design a citizens’ advisory process for engaging residents and businesses in discussions of ways to better integrate City environmental efforts and to better coordinate these efforts across City departments in order to identify environmental priorities and create a more sustainable future for Seattle.

Section 3. The Office of Sustainability and Environment is requested to present to the City Council’s Environment, Emergency Management, and Utilities Committee the framework for coordinating environmental activities described in Section 2 and developing the citizens’ advisory process on better coordinating City environmental efforts and identifying environmental priorities, also described in Section 2, by May 1, 2007.

Section 4. The Department of Planning and Development is requested to use the City funds included in the 2007 Adopted Budget for analyzing sustainable infrastructure to advance the goals and concepts of Open Space Seattle 2100 as well as the City’s other sustainable development goals. Work activities may include: (1) using life cycle analysis to compare the benefits/costs of natural drainage systems versus traditional drainage infrastructure, (2) conducting a feasibility study of implementing government-wide green infrastructure policies to guide asset management programs and capital improvement projects, (3) identifying ways to maximize system-wide efficiencies for green infrastructure, (4) conducting community assessment of pathways and road blocks to integrating green infrastructure, and (5) identifying best practices in other communities.

Compare + Contrast

2007-01-11T12:24:00.000-08:00

Two news stories this week suggest that there might be a better way to handle our infrastructure issues in Seattle. Compare this line from this story.

"High Point's groundbreaking new natural drainage system has been functioning as planned during the rainiest November on record.

"Sidewalks on one side of the streets in the new High Point are porous to allow rainfall to drip through to the ground rather than collect in gutters and storm drains. The streets themselves were built with a slight tilt to direct storm water to curb cuts. The cuts send the water into planted parking strips, which have been excavated 15 feet deep with a drain pipe set at the bottom and refilled with compost.

Growing plants and compost comb out silt and grit in storm water before they reach the manmade retention pond located at Juneau Street and 30th Avenue Southwest. More silt settles in the pond before the rainfall flows on down the hill into Longfellow Creek."

with this headline from the PI: Windstorm dealt KO to wastewater system which includes these charming tidbits . . .

The main treatment plant at West Point in Seattle flooded and was knocked out of service for four hours, forcing the dumping of 59 million gallons of untreated diluted waste into Elliott Bay.

The pumping station near the Fauntleroy ferry landing in West Seattle also flooded and failed, and in the 30 hours it took to fix it an additional 5 million gallons of untreated waste poured into the Sound.

Design Review Needs You . . .

2006-11-28T18:35:00.000-08:00

This is one of the best ways to affect the local design decisions in your neighborhood . . . please apply.

Members Sought for Seattle's Design Review Boards

Seattle - Mayor Greg Nickels is looking for qualified candidates to fill upcoming openings on the city of Seattle ’s Design Review Board. The positions will be available in April 2007 when retiring board members’ terms expire.

The city is looking for professionals in the design and development fields, who have proven skills and established careers. It also needs community and business leaders with an interest in shaping new development in their neighborhoods, and a passion for keeping Seattle a great place to live, work and play.

Applications will be accepted for the following board positions. The deadline for applications is Dec. 13, 2006.

Northwest Design Review Board

-- design professional