Although it’ll be another eight years until the first Sound Transit light rail train officially rolls into the Northgate Station, it’s never too early to start planning walking routes to, from and around the station.
Feet First, a local nonprofit dedicated to promoting walkable communities, is doing just that with “Walking in Northgate … Opportunities with Light Rail,” a walk around the neighborhood from 10 a.m. to noon Saturday, April 28:
Come take a walk with us around the neighborhood to learn how Northgate can become a great place to live and work, and to walk and bike.
Staff from Seattle Department of Planning and Development, Sound Transit, King County Metro, and Puget Sound Regional Council will be on hand to answer questions.
Interested? Meet at 10 a.m. at Thornton Creek Plaza, N.E. 319 Thornton Place (next to The Jewel Box Cafe).
The letter concerning development is brilliant as usual. There is only one point I may disagree. I have no problem with a parking garage and think it is a great idea as long as it does not increase the parking capacity there is now. A garage would free up valuable space for more TOD and has actually been the plan for as long as I can remember.
Sure, a pedestrian bridge would be great,too. But what better place for residential than adjacent to transit.
Read the Maple Leaf Community Council’s letter concerning development at Northgate before you take the walk:
http://www.mapleleafcommunity.org/files/Northgate/2012-02-07_MLCC_Northgate-Area-Comments.pdf
More information on Northgate here:
http://www.mapleleafcommunity.org/northgate.html
Read the Maple Leaf Community Council Executive Board’s appeal of a DPD decision that permits the loss of over 100 affordable housing units here:
http://web6.seattle.gov/Examiner/case/document/890