As Seattle prepares to move beyond ‘urban villages,’ EcoDistrict forum to share vision for a more ‘inclusive, connected, safe, and healthy Capitol Hill’

The Capitol Hill EcoDistrict, an effort formed by affordable housing developers Community Roots Housing to “advocate and partner in community development,” will hold its annual forum next week with plans for the meeting to be held outside in the plaza above Capitol Hill Station:

Capitol Hill EcoDistrict Community Forum
Thu, Sep 29, 2022 , 3:00pm-7:00pm
Capitol Hill Station Plaza – 918 E Barbara Bailey Way
Each year, the Capitol Hill EcoDistrict brings together community stakeholders to address a topic or an issue affecting the neighborhood. It is an opportunity to come together, celebrate the cultural richness of Capitol Hill, and to engage in thoughtful dialogue.

The organization says the forum will “showcase our vision and implementation plan for public life in Capitol Hill and Seattle’s center city.”

Through community engagement and baseline studies focused on the quality of public spaces and of systems of resilience, the EcoDistrict has answered the question: what does a more inclusive, safe, healthy, and connected Capitol Hill look and feel like?

The event will include EcoDistrict displays to “visually share findings from our research and outreach,” and will include elements of its ongoing REVIVAL market street pilot project. There will also be speakers including “stakeholders and decision-makers” to talk about the EcoDistrict’s work.

The forum comes as the city is circling in on forming a new comprehensive growth plan, the backbone of the city’s land use decisions, which is then implemented by zoning ordinance. CHS reported here on efforts from Community Roots Housing and the EcoDistrict to shape the process and guide the city away from its longtime “urban village” strategy in which development was concentrated in the city’s most densely populated areas.

As part of the forum, the EcoDistrict is collecting feedback in a survey asking “what an inclusive, connected, safe, and healthy Capitol Hill looks and feels like to you.”

Learn more at capitolhillecodistrict.org.

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