The Department of Planning and Development will publish the Livable South Downtown Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) in early November. The South Downtown planning area encompasses Pioneer Square, Chinatown/I.D. and the stadium area vicinity extending south to 1st Avenue S. and S. Holgate Street. The DEIS examines the impacts of alternative zoning proposals and future growth scenarios through 2030. Impacts on housing, historic resources, transportation, neighborhood businesses, and the size and shape of future buildings are among the topics assessed. Written comments will be accepted during a 45-day comment period running through mid-December, and a meeting to accept verbal comments will also be held (date and location to be determined), with comments included in a Final EIS published in the first quarter of 2008. Send written comments to the mailing address at right.

Visit our website, www.seattle.gov/DPD/Planning/SouthDowntown, for more information about the Livable South Downtown project. Meeting announcements and comment periods, along with the EIS, will be posted as they become available.