DPD will host a public open house on Tuesday, Nov. 29, to present draft goals and policies for an updated South Lake Union Neighborhood Plan.

The open house will present draft goals and policies that will guide South Lake Union’s (SLU) growth as a vital, eclectic and sustainable neighborhood where people both live and work. City staff developed these draft goals and policies in collaboration with the SLU community.

In 2004, the City’s 10-year Comprehensive Plan update designated SLU an “urban center”—an area with the potential for high job and housing growth. The existing SLU neighborhood plan must be revised to address specific topics as required under King County’s Countywide Planning Policies. DPD is working with the SLU community to update the neighborhood plan to address those issues, and to reflect significantly changed expectations about the amount of growth that the area is anticipated to experience in the coming years.

The updated SLU neighborhood plan will build on the existing plan; requirements for Urban Center plans under the Countywide Planning Policies; plans for large scale redevelopment of the neighborhood; major public investments planned for the neighborhood; and ongoing City work.

Comments that we receive on the goals and policies at this open house will help shape amendments to the Seattle Comprehensive Plan, and will provide a framework under which specific implementation strategies will be developed this winter.