Columbia City Neighbors
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A burgeoning group of people that want to see Columbia City Seattle flourish as a community!
Creating places for people is good for businesses!!!
Patrick Spauster@patrickspauster.com · 2y agoFrom new @nycplanning.bsky.social report on storefront vacancy: Vacancies down to 11% across the city, declining four quarters in a row. It’s even lower on open streets and in business improvement districts www.nyc.gov/assets/plann...
Columbia City neighbors and friends, unfortunately the future of the Ferdinand Patio is at risk!!!! Please send a letter to SDOT so they know that we, the community, want to see it built without further delay! actionnetwork.org/letters/save...
Save the Ferdinand Patio
Neighbors, like me, I'm sure many of you remember what a lifesaver The Patio was during the pandemic. This 3rd place gave many of us hope in a time when we had none. The successor of The Patio was int...
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Saka defends the idea by saying the projects will be "small scale" ones -- the type of projects that residents across the city all want in the areas where they live. The size of the projects isn't really the issue, it's who gets to decide what they are.
This spring I wrote about a plan to create a permanent street patio in Columbia City as a neighborhood town square. The project now faces two separate appeals, which have forced it down to one-third of its original footprint. Working on getting the full story. www.theurbanist.org/2024/05/02/c...
