Bellevue’s multi-family neighborhoods have grown in recent years with development in the Downtown and BelRed. Multi-family residential environments are typically harder to reach through traditional city communication programs. The city is interested in research that will evaluate and assess best practices in outreach to those multi-family communities. Work includes development of new strategies, implementing pilot […]
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Bellevue Botanical Garden (BBG) is a place of recreation, restoration, and education that is widely used by Bellevue citizens. It is also an increasingly important destination for visitors to the city. Students in a UW landscape architecture planting design seminar will develop planting plans for an undeveloped, but prominently located, portion of BBG. Their planting […]
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Bellevue City Council recently approved a new Land Use Code section for the Downtown (Downtown Livability) with the overarching vision to encourage creation of a more livable environment for Downtown workers, visitors and residents. Other more urban areas of the city (Bel Red District, Wilburton District, Eastgate and Factoria) are beginning to see substantive changes […]
Auburn’s neighborhoods are quite distinct from each other. Residents may or may not associate themselves as from Auburn or as part of their neighborhood. This project will have students assess how communities see themselves, using mapping and a community survey to look across the whole city. This will allow for future connection to other LCY […]
Auburn has identified a need to maintain its existing housing stock as a means to maintaining affordability and reducing pressure on resources. This project will engage students in the development of approaches and tools to monitor and maintain Auburn’s existing housing stock. Read the final student report delivered to the local gov/community partner. Livable City […]
As housing costs rise and people crave more compact, sustainable ways of living, the City needs to consider how to update our approach and policies around housing. This change will require adding tools and new ways of thinking about housing alternatives and the nature of development. Some of the housing options to look into would […]
Applications such as Walk Score assess a community’s existing connectivity and mobility. An iterative, customized score for each neighborhood would enable the city’s neighborhood planning group to base a connectivity score on more fine-grained data. This would be gathered into a database and then uniquely applied to the city’s GIS application through this effort, so […]
With the Eastside Rail Corridor providing a regional, north-south, non-motorized connection through the city; the Mountains to Sound Greenway running east-west; the completion of the 520 Trail; and the I-90 Trail, along with other trail connections throughout the city, there is great opportunity to better define the role of adjacent development in activating these trails […]
With Bellevue’s growth, the city’s Light Industrial (LI) zoning category is a district in search of a purpose. There are startups out there that need a laboratory for physical tinkering, a playroom to make things from applied technology—but can’t afford BelRed lease rates. 3D printing firms are an example. They need to have a messy […]
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With new transit-oriented development beginning to occur around forthcoming East Link light rail stations (opening in 2023), the City is looking to conduct a Health Impact Assessment (HIA) of the BelRed Subarea Plan to determine how policies in the Plan could be updated to improve health outcomes in these emerging neighborhoods. Read the final student […]
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