Why do we have a Neighborhood Plan?
Why do you begin your home remodeling projects by writing down your ideas? Why do you make a list of the things you want to do around your home? What does your interior designer ask when he or she is getting ready to help you design how your space will look? A neighborhood plan is used for exactly the same purposes... just on a much larger scale.
Whenever architects come into our community to plan a new structure they have the same question, "How do you want your space to look?" But unlike an interior designer working directly with you and/or your spouse, these architects can't ask every neighbor in the community that question. So they turn to the Neighborhood Plan.
But don't think the Neighborhood Plan is just for commercial builders. The City turns to our Neighborhood Plan as well. They use it to guide them through planning parks and streets and sidewalks and open spaces. They use it to decide whether or not an architect's plans are in unison with what the neighborhood says it wants.
The Department of Neighborhoods has asked us to complete this plan. And by responding to their request, we are telling them, "Thanks for asking. And since you asked we expect you to listen."
And so, the reason we have a Neighborhood Plan is to help guide and influence the way our neighborhood looks.
Can there be any better way for us to have the kind of community we want? Yes. You can get involved! Review the working documents on this page. Be informed about all of the issues that impact our neighborhood. Balance your needs with the needs of your neighbors and potential future neighbors. When you receive a survey asking what is important to you with regard to your neighborhood, respond to it. Provide your feedback to the Neighborhood Plan Update Team using the email form at the bottom of the page. Join one of our
Committees for some real hands-on impact.
Tomorrow's Roosevelt - Previous Planning Efforts
In 1991-1992 members of the community, many of them still our neighbors today, embarked on a project to produce a Neighborhood Plan.
In 1997-1998 the process was completed within the framework established by the passage of the City of Seattle's Comprehensive Plan.
The creation and approval of the neighborhood plan, called Tomorrow's Roosevelt, was the result of over 30 months of effort by local resident with the support of professional urban designers. The process included: monthly committee meetings, more than fourteen public events (presentations and workshops); the creation and distribution of outreach materials on a half-dozen occasions; monthly inclusion of progress report in the neighborhood newsletter and two community-wide surveys to further assess public opinion beyond the numerous occasions for public input.
The plan was adopted by unanimous vote of the City Council in 1999 and was one of the first plans to be completed and adopted in Seattle. The plan is published in Seattle's Comprehensive Neighborhood Plan. You can access Roosevelt Neighborhood's plan at the
City of Seattle Neighborhood plans site.
Neighborhood Plan Update Team (N-PUT) - Current Planning Efforts
The Roosevelt Neighborhood Association has embarked on a project to update the Neighborhood Plan.
Now that we know where the Light Rail Staition is going to be, we must have a plan that supports us... a plan that we can us to guide and influence decisions that are made in our community.
Whenever we have documents that we can share with the public, we will provide links to them in the list below.
If you would like to be informed when new documents have been published, or have any questions about the process or want to help us plan our community please send us an email using the form at the bottom of this page.