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Your Voice, Your Choice Ideas Due March 18th

Now’s your chance to share ideas for small-scale park and street improvements in your neighborhood during Your Voice, Your Choice 2020. Seattle Department of Neighborhoods is asking community members to democratically decide how to spend $2 million of the City’s budget on these improvements.

From February 18 to March 18, community members age 11 and up (13 and up to participate online) who live, work, go to school, receive services, or participate in activities in Seattle can submit their idea online or in-person at any Seattle Public Library branch. Projects could include park benches, trail improvements, marked crosswalks, and sidewalk repair, to name a few. The only criteria are the project ideas focus on physical improvements to Seattle’s parks or streets, benefit the public, and cost $150,000 or less.

Once ideas are submitted, volunteers are recruited to turn the ideas into 8 – 10 proposals per council district. Then this summer, everyone will have the opportunity to vote for the top projects within their district. Of the $2 million budget, approximately $185,00 is allocated to each council district. The remaining funds are allocated to projects in underrepresented communities or Equity and Environment Initiative (EEI) Focus Areas.

Share your ideas today! You can learn more about the YVYC process and how to get involved here. For questions, email [email protected] or call 206-256-5944.

Greenwood-Phinney Greenways will be hosting a community idea gathering event for YVYC @ their regular meeting on Tuesday March 10, 2020 at 7:30PM. This meeting will be held virtually via Zoom. Meeting ID: 695 749 283 https://zoom.us/j/695749283?pwd=c3IrdWZFbWpydTR3ZWVZN3lxY1JvQT09

We're excited to announce that construction of the Northgate Pedestrian and Bicycle Bridge is expected to begin in early 2020.

The City of Seattle is hosting 3 drop-in sessions in early January. At the sessions you can learn about how this project will connect communities on the east and west sides of I-5 in north Seattle, review information at your own speed. get one-on-on engagement from project experts, learn about the project schedule and what to expect during construction.

Tuesday, January 7: 12 - 1:30 PM
North Seattle College (The Grove)
9600 College Way N

Wednesday, January 8: 8 - 9:30 AM
Aljoya Thornton Place
450 NE 100th St

Thursday, January 9: 5 - 6:30 PM
Olympic View Elementary
504 NE 95th St

Additionally, the North Seattle Park and Ride (10001 1st Ave NE) will be closed starting January 9, 2020 until fall 2021 for construction of the Northgate Ped/Bike Bridge project. The lot will be used to stage equipment and materials for the duration of the closure. For more details, including alternative parking areas, view the full notice here.

To find out more, visit the website here or contact the project team at [email protected]

Vote Now for your favorite Your Voice, Your Choice park and street improvements!

Want to help Seattle decide how to spend $2 million of the city’s budget on park and street improvements? Voting is now open for Your Voice, Your Choice: Parks & Streets.

Voting is open to anyone age 11 and up (must be 13 and up to vote online) who lives, works, goes to school, worships, receives services, volunteers, or is part of a program in the City of Seattle.

Each voter may cast one ballot per City Council district, and may choose up to three (3) projects per district.

You can vote online here or by paper ballot at any Seattle Public Library branch.

You can find more information and voting instructions here. After ballots are tallied, the winning projects will be announced in October.

In District 5, check out these Licton Springs Projects:

• Project 19-223: Meridian Home Zone Speed Bumps proposes an installation of speed bumps to control speed and traffic volume on Corliss Ave N and Meridian Ave N between N 85th and N 92nd St.
• Project 19-200: Traffic Calming Improvements on N 107th St & Meridian Ave. N proposes speed bumps to reduce traffic speed on N 107th.

Your Voice, Your Choice Prioritization

Want to help Seattle prioritize how to spend $2 million of the city’s budget on park and street improvements? Community project prioritization is now open for Your Voice, Your Choice: Parks & Streets. Anyone can participate in Project Development if they live, work, go to school, receive services, volunteer, or have a connection to the City of Seattle.

If you would like to attend a prioritization meeting in person, there are two upcoming events for District 5.

Monday, May 6th, 5:30PM-7:30PM at Lake City Library
Thursday, May 30th, 5:30PM-7:30PM at Broadview Branch Library

Alternatively, you can vote for projects online until May 31st.

In District 5, check out these Licton Springs Projects:

• Meridian Home Zone: Speed Humps proposes an installation of speed humps to control speed and traffic volume on Corliss Ave N and Meridian Ave N between N 85th and N 92nd St.
• Pedestrian Improvements: 88th & Wallingford proposes adding a stop sign and 4-way crosswalk at 88th and Wallingford Ave N to help benefit residents of the area and children who attend the local schools.

After project prioritization, community voting on the selected projects will begin in September 2019.

Vote for Neighborhood Street Fund Projects

It's time to vote for the Neighborhood Street Fund projects your community needs most! Voting will be open now through May 5, 2019. Your vote will determine which projects in your district move forward for final selection by the move Seattle Levy Oversight Committee.

Please consider supporting improvements to help make Licton Springs more connected to Green Lake:

• Wallingford Ave N crosswalk (#2019-114). This project is listed as part of District 6 but would benefit both District 5 and District 6.

There are three ways to vote:

• Online
• At a local Seattle Public Library branch
• At a pop-up event (such as on Monday, April 22nd from 3:00-6:00 PM at Grocery Outlet, 13201 Aurora Ave N, Seattle, WA 98133)

Voting is open to anyone age 11 and up who lives, works, goes to school, worships, receives services, volunteers, or is part of a program in the City of Seattle. Each Voter may cast one ballot per City Council district and may choose up to five (5) projects per district. If you mark more than 5 projects, your vote will not be counted.