Thursday, January 26, 2017

Upcoming Event - January 28th: Reimagining the South Delridge "Triangle Bus Park" Workshop

Join us for an exciting workshop aimed at reclaiming a piece of public space in our neighborhood known as the "Triangle Bus Park."

Saturday, Jan 28th @ 10:00am at Highland Park Improvement Club (1116 SW Holden Street, 98106)

From the Westwood-Roxhill-Arbor Heights Community Council:

REIMAGINING THE SOUTH DELRIDGE “TRIANGLE BUS PARK” WORKSHOP:

HELP OUR COMMUNITY RECLAIM THIS PUBLIC SPACE


The Westwood-Highland Park Urban Village community members, in partnership with the SDOT Office of Community Development, will host an informal two hour community workshop to kick off the community led goal to improve the safety and public usability of the public right of way, currently known as the “Triangle Bus Park” located at 9200 Delridge at Barton Street SW.


Please join us on Saturday, January 28th learn about the best practices of urban design and contribute your thoughts about the untapped potential of this neglected and underutilized gathering place.


Reimagining The South Delridge “Triangle Bus Park” Workshop: Help Our Community Reclaim This Public Space


Date/Time: January 28th, from 10am-12noon, doors open 9:45am


Location: Highland Park Improvement Club


1116 - SW Holden Street, Seattle, WA 98106


  • Street parking is available nearby
  • Metro Routes 125 and 128 stop at 16th SW at Holden; walk east on Holden to 12thStreet
  • Light refreshments will be available
  • Volunteer Spanish translator will be available

Background Information:

Centrally located in the Westwood- Highland Park Urban Village, the “Triangle Bus Park”, was aptly named for lack of any true identity. For years it has been noted as a badly conceived space attracting illegal dumping and suspicious activity while repelling community members from proper use. We aim to change the trajectory of this space.


Through the City of Seattle’s Find It Fix It Walk for the Westwood/Roxhill neighborhood, the community has been awarded a small grant of $1500 to kick-start the process of reclaiming and redeveloping the Triangle Bus Park.


With SDOT, the workshop will explore and document community led findings centered the space’s history, safety needs, envisioned improvements and community identity of the area. Community members will be shown examples of best practices in urban design to spark and inspire innovative ideas.


The final community led findings will be collated along with a set of SDOT key recommendations to form a guidance document that will speak to the SDOT led redevelopment of the Delridge Corridor. Community leaders will be provided with the final form of the document to be used as a tool to inform future grant applications as well as engage all city departments about the space.


A copy of the original grant application that details the background, scope, desired outcomes and photos can be found here: http://bit.ly/2iGepAk


Agenda, January 28, 2017

9:45am- Doors open at HPIC
10am- Introductions and Outline of Workshop Goals
10:10am- Slideshow Presentation: Review of Triangle space, surroundings streets, location of bus routes, orientation maps.
10:20am – Community findings session – documenting known history of the space,community resources spent to date, general characteristics of the space and known challenges
10:45am- SDOT presentation: Examples of similar challenges in urban areas and solutions found. Best practices in urban space design. Overview of framing short term and long term solutions, understanding scalability of solutions.
11:00am – Group brainstorm sessions: listing challenges, needs, wants, aspirations for the space short term and long term.
11:30am – Presentation of group findings, gauge consensus of top priorities
11:50am – Create “Friends of” committee to move project forward to deliverable with SDOT, and steward next steps.
~12noon – Adjourn

Sunday, January 22, 2017

Upcoming Event - January 25th: State of Delridge Address with Seattle City Council Member Lisa Herbold

We are co-sponsoring this event featuring Seattle City Council Member Herbold. This is in conjunction with the Highland Park Action Committee,  Westwood-Roxhill-Arbor Heights Community Council, and the North Delridge Neighborhood Council.

Please join us for this important meeting.  Our alignment with these local groups will give us greater voice for a safer, more vibrant neighborhood!

Wednesday, Jan 25th @ 7:00pm at Highland Park Improvement Club (1116 SW Holden Street, 98106)

From the Highland Park Action Committee:

Agenda Overview

  • “State of Delridge” with Councilmember Herbold
  • HPAC Steering Committee Election Announcement
  • Update on new grant awarded to HPAC
  • Update on Myers Way Encampment
  • Launching Community Needs Survey Sub-Committee

HPAC is excited to have Councilmember Herbold provide us with a “State of Delridge” address to start off 2017. This meeting is co-sponsored with the newly formed South Delridge Community Group, Westwood-Roxhill-Arbor Heights Community Council and the North Delridge Neighborhood Council.

Councilmember Herbold’s “State of Delridge” address may include such topics as:

  • An overview of 2017 Budget that passed
  • Councilmember Herbold’s overall priorities for 2017
  • Updates/Outlook on issues of homelessness
  • Outlook on HALA / MHA for Delridge Area
  • Councilmember Herbold’s priorities/goals for Delridge area
  • What we can do as the neighborhoods in Delridge to increase resources & infrastructure, reduce crime, and build an inclusive, diverse, and welcoming community.

Doors open at 6:30 – Meeting from 7:00 – 8:30 pm