City representatives are canvassing and doorbelling in Crown Hill Urban Village to leave information about HALA and answer questions about the upzone. As your neighbor-driven community group, we encourage you to communicate directly back to the city with your feedback on the draft maps. Not sure how you feel? We
UPzoning Update for Crown Hill Urban Village

In late 2016, over 200 neighbors attended a series of neighborhood events hosted to gather input on the new draft upzone maps for Crown Hill Urban Village. Community members asked questions, raised concerns and discussed opportunities about the draft upzone maps and changes proposed for our neighborhood. Community Feedback and City
Neighborhood Greenway and Pedestrian Safety

The City is proposing building a new Greenway and modifying the Holman Rd. pedestrian overpass through Crown Hill Urban Village. The Committee for Smart Growth is advocating for pedestrian safety enhancements due to traffic through this business area, poor visibility, and lack of safe separated space for pedestrians to avoid traffic
City Council to Host Design Workshop for Crown Hill Urban Village

UPDATE: The RSVP deadline for this event was November 10th. Thank you. Community participation is needed at a Community Design Workshop that the City Council is hosting to gather feedback on the newly released draft rezoning maps for the upzone and expansion of Crown Hill Urban Village. Renters, home owners, businesses and
Location/Time Change for Saturday’s Neighbor Meeting on Upzone Maps

The Crown Hill Urban Village Neighbor-to-Neighbor meeting place and time have changed due to an emergency closure of our previous location. We will now meet at the Greenlake library from 11:15am – 1:00pm this Saturday, November 5th. Please join your neighbors from Crown Hill Urban Village Committee for Smart Growth at the Greenlake
RESCHEDULED: Find It Fix It Walk an Opportunity for Community to Raise Concerns and Suggestions

UPDATED October 22: The Find It Fix It walk has been rescheduled for November 19th from 10:30 to 12:30. The Mayor and key City Department Directors and Officials will be in Crown Hill and Whittier Heights on Saturday, November 19 from 10:30 to 12:30 for a city-sponsored Find it Fix it Walk. During these walks,
The City is handing out free ice cream …

… and taking public comments on potential impacts of upzoning and adding density and growth to our community. Free Ice Cream: Staff from the City will take comments on the potential impacts of adding density and growth in Crown Hill Urban Village this Saturday, August 27th during Seattle Summer Parkways
Survey Results Shared with City Council Representative Mike O’Brien

On the heels of releasing the full Crown Hill Urban Village Community Survey Report last week, the Committee for Smart Growth met with our City Councilmember Mike O’Brien to discuss the results of the survey and determine next steps to address some of the issues the survey raised. The survey included
The Community Has Spoken on Growth in the Crown Hill Urban Village

As the Seattle City Council gets ready to meet this afternoon to decide whether to approve zoning changes recommended by the Mayor’s HALA Committee; a survey fielded by Crown Hill Urban Village Committee for Smart Growth shows overwhelming community interest in planning before rezoning a large swath of single-family homes
City Council Takes Big Step Towards Rezoning Urban Villages

On Tuesday this week, the City Council’s Planning, Land Use, and Zoning (PLUZ) committee approved the Mandatory Housing Affordability-Residential framework legislation (MHA-R – aka the “Grand Bargain”) with some amendments. This framework legislation sets out the general rules for how residential development will contribute to affordable housing — but it