St Marks Greenbelt Pro Parks Project Information
North Capitol Hill
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Bill Blair, Open Space Planner
Seattle Parks and Recreation
800 Maynard Ave S, 3rd Fl
Seattle, WA 98134
(206) 684-7786
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March 2007
Seattle Parks has purchased three properties through this Levy project.
The properties are adjacent to the Blaine Street public stairway at Lakeview
Boulevard, near the new I-5 Colonnade Park. The acquisitions will preserve
the green space that extends the St. Marks Greenbelt habitat corridor.
The acquisitions include two properties in 2006, including one that was
purchased in cooperation with the Trust for Public Land, and a March 2007
acquisition immediately north of the public stairway.
Funding for the acquisitions includes the Pro Parks Levy and a matching
grant from the King County Conservation Futures Tax Levy.
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North Capitol Hill
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Open Space Seattle 2100 participants tour the Blaine Street stairway
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The St. Mark's Greenbelt buffers Capitol Hill from I-5 and provides precious
wildlife habitat, dense vegetation and trails. It is adjacent to St. Mark's
Cathedral on 10th Ave E, and a steep trail through the southern part of
the greenbelt is accessible from trailheads in the south and southwest portions
of the St. Mark's Cathedral parking lot.
The Pro Parks Levy's $10 million Green Spaces category funds acquisitions
to preserve Seattle’s green spaces. In 2002, the Oversight Committee included
St. Mark's Greenbelt among 13 of the City’s adopted Green Spaces to be considered
for acquisition.
In 1993, the City adopted the Greenspace Policy to encourage the preservation
of green spaces in Seattle. The policy included maps for more than 30 greenspaces.
The policy aimed to preserve natural landscape and habitat; provide natural
buffers between land uses; mitigate noise and air pollution; reduce need
for constructed storm water systems; and preserve natural drainage.
In the 1990s, Seattle Parks and Recreation preserved six acres in this greenbelt.
Also in the 1990s, the Streissguth family donated property to the City for
permanent preservation as a garden. The property is immediately south of
the Blaine Street public stairway, between Broadway and 10th Ave E. See
the link below for more information about the Streissguth Gardens, and for
opportunities to volunteer at the garden.
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On November 12, 2002, the Pro Parks Levy Oversight Committee
included St. Mark's Greenbelt among the green spaces to be further considered
for acquisition through the Pro Park Levy Green Spaces category.
The community has been very involved in volunteering to restore native
plants and create trails in this greenbelt.
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