If you have not yet signed the petition that requests the Seattle City Council to remove the Roosevelt Development Group's request to change the Seattle Comprehensive Plan and the Future Land Use Map from consideration this year, you are invited to stop by 6321 17th Ave NE between 6:00 and 8:00 PM on Wednesday June 23rd. The petition will be available on the porch. We currently have about 50 signatures and would like to have hundreds. We don't feel that rezoning the area around NE 65th and 15th Ave NE and Roosevelt High School, to Neighborhood Commercial 3 and heights...
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Results tagged “RDG” from Ravenna Park - North
Here is a link to an application submitted to Seattle Department of Planing and Zoning on Wednesday 5/26/2010. http://web1.seattle.gov/DPD/permitstatus/Project.aspx?id=3010100 This wording tells me I've grossly underestimated their plans for this site:Design review, early design guidance meeting to allow a mixed use development with 1,000 residential and senior housing units up to 16 stories tall and 160,000 sq. ft. of retail at grade. Parking for 1,000 vehicles will be located below grade. All existing structures to be demolished. (96,000 sq.ft.). Proposal will require a contract rezone and an environmental impact statement. The site on the application is 6501 15th Ave NE....
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There will be an important Roosevelt Land Use Committee meeting this Monday, May 17th at 7:00 PM at Calvary Christian Assembly. This will be a joint meeting with the Roosevelt Sustainability Group. Both committees are constantly exploring how to permit growth in the area, but also how to sustain the vitality of the neighborhood, how to improve the quality of the atmosphere, and how to preserve the quality of life as our neighborhood grows. The coming of the new light rail station has turned the eyes of the city and the state in our direction. Demonstrating community action and our...
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Back in 2007 the Seattle P.I. announced that a developer had leased many of the Hugh Sisley properties in the area around NE 65th St. and 15th Ave NE. At first it was hailed as an opportunity to clean up this crumbling mess. I'm sure when out of town guests turn off the I-5 Interstate they have to question the why's of this slum they're driving through. RDG has told us the landowner is in control and they are addressing the landowner's needs in the preliminary rezone request, i.e., the group is asking for buildings as high as 160 feet. They...
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