The Greenwood Town Center and Fred Meyer saga continues tonight….. The Seattle DPD is recommending that the area currently zoned commercially with a 40 foot height limit be changed to neighborhood commercial with a 65 foot height limit. First Ave would also get a pedestrian overlay. Both changes discourage auto-oriented development and encourage pedestrian-oriented development. [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Phinney Ridge'
Greenwood Density Rising @ Fred Meyer
November 2nd, 2010 · No Comments · Fred Meyer, Fred Meyer Design, Fred Meyer Greenwood, Phinney Ridge
Tags: fred meyer seattle·greenwood seattle·greenwood town center
Could Aurora Transit Changes Push Traffic into Greenwood-Phinney Neighborhood Streets?
September 14th, 2010 · 9 Comments · Greenwood, Phinney Ridge, Public Transit
Seattle’s Department of Transportation and King County Metro are proposing a $40 million project to improve sidewalks and add commuter bus lanes on Aurora Ave N., including the stretch that runs through Phinney-Greenwood. BAT lanes — bus lanes like the ones that already exist on southbound Aurora — would be extended to both directions of [...]
Dine Out to Fight Hunger in Phinney – Greenwood
August 28th, 2010 · No Comments · Community Benefits, Phinney Ridge
The annual “Pig Out” to fight hunger will happen across North Seattle on October 14th, 2010 including some of the top restaurants in Phinney Ridge and Greenwood. A portion of sales from designated restaurants listed below will be donated to soup kitchens that serve almost 200 meals per week to low income, disabled, and elderly [...]
Tags: charity·Greenwood·help the hungry·Phinney Ridge·phinneywood·pig out
Phinney Garage Sale on Saturday
May 19th, 2010 · No Comments · Garage Sales, Greenwood, Phinney Ridge, Shopping
The Phinney-Greenwood Super-Super Garage Sale day is Saturday, May 22nd 2010, from 9am to 3pm. Come out for amazing deals and secret finds at the Seventeenth annual Greenwood Garage Sale Day! It’s a great opportunity to meet your neighbors and find new deals for your home. In addition to garage sales and rummage sales all [...]
Tags: garage sale·Greenwood·Phinney Ridge·Seattle·seattle garage sales
Help Phinney plan for the next disaster.
May 10th, 2010 · No Comments · Greenwood, Phinney Ridge
You might have water stockpiled in the basement and your hand-crank flashlight poised for action. But when the earth moves or some other disaster strikes Seattle, have you thought about how the Phinney-Greenwood community will fare? None of us can really go it alone, so neighbors across the city are developing community-level plans for disaster [...]
Townhouses Expanding Over Phinney Ridge? New Impacts of the Urban Village designation…
April 8th, 2010 · No Comments · Development Projects, Phinney Ridge
As the Seattle City Council considers changing design requirements for low-rise multifamily housing, the Phinney Ridge Community Council is considering how the changes would affect the Greenwood-Phinney urban village. Public meetings and an environmental review hearing about the new zoning ordinance will take place in May, ahead of a City Council vote in June. At [...]
Phinney Council Needs You
March 5th, 2010 · No Comments · Phinney Ridge
We are seeking 3 new board members for PRCC, and our meetings are the first Tuesday of the month at 7:30 p.m., open to all, and we invite everyone to come to discuss neighborhood projects, events, needs, politics, give us an educational talk, share ideas and get to know more neighbors. The PRCC boundaries are [...]
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Fred Meyer Greenwood Expansion – March Public Review Scheduled
March 5th, 2010 · No Comments · Fred Meyer Greenwood, Phinney Ridge
Seattle’s Department of Planning and Development (DPD) is holding a public meeting to gather comments on the Fred Meyer project in the Town Center. This meeting is focused on information relating to soils and hydrology issues and to receive comment on other environmental issues. A geotechnical report has been submitted by the developer which identifies [...]
Upzoning in Greenwood: How it can impact your home’s value.
February 24th, 2010 · No Comments · Fred Meyer, Fred Meyer Design, Fred Meyer Greenwood, Greenwood, Phinney Ridge
Around 35 Greenwood neighbors showed up to the Greenwood Library on Tuesday night to discuss a new zoning proposal for the neighborhood’s urban core. Although the Greenwood Community Council has no power to change zoning on its own, it serves as liaison between Greenwood residents and the City Council. GCC president (and, currently, sole board [...]
Tags: fred meyer greenwood·Greenwood·greenwood seattle·greenwood zoning
Seattle’s Taproot Theatre Roars back to Life.
February 7th, 2010 · No Comments · Greenwood Fire, Phinney Ridge, Theater
Fall in Seattle was a sad season, with the unbelievable realization that an arsonist had destroyed one of the Greenwood / Phinney Ridge most beloved cultural institutions. The arson devestation to neighborhood businesses and the Taproot theatre was both shocking and sobering. Winter is a new season, and like a sparkling cover of fresh snow, [...]
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