Open Space Vision Planning for an Industrialized Working-Class Neighborhood

Georgetown Open Space Vision Framework | Seattle, WA

Georgetown stands as one of Seattle’s last working-class neighborhoods. It hosts material fabrication, freight distribution, and local artists while also offering affordable housing and locally-owned retail and commercial businesses. But after 100 years of industrialization, the neighborhood is in dire need of healthy and accessible open space with safer connecting routes. To address this need, the Seattle Parks Foundation commissioned our team to facilitate a community-led Green Space Vision Framework. This report surveyed existing public spaces, examined their quality, identified service area gaps, explored opportunities for future parks and open spaces, and considered a comprehensive network of walking and bicycling routes to connect them. This effort involved meeting with residents, workers, business owners, and public agencies to better understand their hopes, needs, and concerns. Bringing these groups to the table nurtured important conversations about providing open space to benefit all members of the community. The resulting framework is a set of recommendations for partnership opportunities, funding sources, and priority sites for improvement.

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