Green Lake Small Craft Center Redevelopment
Updated: August 20, 2024
Summer 2024
The Green Lake Small Craft Center is substantially complete! Thank you to everyone who joined us for the ribbon-cutting celebration on April 13. It was a great event with over 200 people in attendance to celebrate the new facility. The contractor is working on a few final items and the Green Lake Boathouse staff are moving into their office and getting the boats and equipment area in working order. The portables will be moved off-site after completion.
The new 10,800 SF boathouse will increase capacity for programs through a combination of expanded and more efficient boat storage and additional instructional space. It will be fully accessible, which makes possible the launch of Seattle’s first public adaptive rowing program and the expansion of a paracanoing program. Specialized programs of Seattle Parks and Recreation will also be able to expand their work with individuals of differing physical and cognitive abilities.
Additionally, the new facility will provide restrooms, locker facilities, and areas for off-water instruction. The new boathouse will better engage with Green Lake Park and the heavily used adjacent walking trail. The project includes excavation, site re-grading and utility work to support the new building. The adjacent Massart Shellhouse building and restrooms will be minimally renovated as well and utilities for both buildings will be repaired/replaced.
View larger versions of the Site Plan and three views of future building renderings in this PDF
Location
Green Lake Small Craft Center, 5900 West Green Lake Way N, 98103
Budget
This project estimate is $12,500,000 and is being funded in part by private donations and grants from the Land & Water Conservation Fund, Washington Wildlife and Recreation Program, King County, Seattle Department of Neighborhoods and Seattle Parks and Recreation’s Major Projects Challenge Fund.
Schedule
Design: 2018 - 2021
Construction: September 2022 - Early 2024
Completion: March/ April 2024
Project Description
There have long been conversations among the rowing and sailing community that the Small Craft Center (SCC) needs improvement and/or expansion to better serve existing and potential future users. Damage to the SCC from the Nisqually earthquake in 2001 was repaired but no improvements were made to the facility. In 2017, with funding from the Major Projects Challenge Fund and in partnership with the Rowing Advisory Council, Seattle Parks and Recreation (SPR) hired Schacht Aslani Architects to undertake a pre-design feasibility study to look at options for improving the SCC. Download the final version of the feasibility study here.
In 2017, with funding from the Major Projects Challenge Fund and in partnership with the Rowing Advisory Council, Seattle Parks and Recreation hired Schacht Aslani Architects to undertake a pre-design feasibility study to look at options for improving the Small Craft Center.
The study is complete and the project is currently funded through the first phase of design. The Rowing Advisory Council is actively seeking additional funding for the subsequent design phases and construction from the Seattle Park District Major Projects Challenge Fund, State grants and private fundraising.
Community Participation
Public Meeting 6/26/2018
- Meeting Poster 6/26/2018
- Meeting Boards 6/26/2018
- Meeting Presentation 6/26/2018
- Meeting Notes 6/26/2018
Public Meeting 10/3/2018