North Aurora
About This Project
The Aurora Ave N corridor runs through several neighborhoods, including Greenwood, Green Lake, Licton Springs, Bitter Lake, and Haller Lake. These neighborhoods are home to culturally diverse communities with commercial areas that serve both residents locally and regionally.
Communities along the corridor have been advocating for a holistic vision that improves livability and helps shape growth and investment in their neighborhoods. This planning study aims to take a comprehensive look at the current and future community needs to identify a wide range of strategies and investments to support growth and livability. The area has many assets, and this study will look at how we can build upon those assets to meet the needs of existing residents and businesses and plan for future growth. This study will be coordinated with Seattle Department of Transportation's Aurora Ave N Project.
This community planning process includes areas in the Aurora Licton Springs Urban Village, Bitter Lake Urban Village, and neighborhoods north of NW 80th St along Aurora Ave N where people gather, shop, seek services, and recreate, that are important to communities living in the planning area. An exact project scope and planning area is being determined through the initial engagement process.
Project Updates
We are in the initial phase of the project, focusing on connecting with community organizations and City departments who will collaborate on this project. We are learning about what work communities and other stakeholders are already doing, and how we can further this work through community planning.
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Ongoing Engagement
Please visit the Seattle Department of Transportation's Aurora Ave N Project website to learn more.
What's Happening Now?
We are in the initial phase of the project, focusing on connecting with community organizations and City departments who will collaborate on this project. We are learning about what work communities and other stakeholders are already doing, and how we can further this work through community planning.
We are working with SDOT to engage the community around developing a new design vision for the Aurora Ave N roadway as part of the Aurora Ave N Project. This vision will be key to thinking holistically about the neighborhoods along Aurora Ave N.
If you’d like to get in touch about getting your community organization involved, please email Katy Haima.
Our planning work for this project falls into four broad phases.
Connect, Share, Vision: Summer/Fall 2023
- Connect with community stakeholders
- Explore data, stories, trends,
- Identify opportunities and challenges
- Identify planning goals
Explore Ideas and Strategies: Starting Fall/Winter 2023
- Develop planning concepts and evaluate alternatives
- Explore strategies and tools with community and agency partners
Finalize Plan (To be determined)
- Vet and refine key strategies and implementation with community and agency partners
- Review draft plan
- Prioritize strategies and actions
Implement (To be determined)
- Conduct regulatory processes for land use proposals
- Community plan to serve as basis for action