[Sea To Tree]

Check out www.viewourfuture.org (http://www.viewourfuture.org)


The "Livable South Downtown" coalition has been formed to aid in the creation of a more friendly South Downtown Community for Seattle residents and visitors. Noticed a bunch of kids in Green T-Shirts on Monday's Mariners Game passing out "Livable South Downtown" post cards outside the ball park. Also a few banners up along 1st avenue and Royal Brougham. I was told this website will continue to grow...sounds like the coalition has members representing all sorts of interests in the SODO Area.

Thoughts on creating a "Livable South Downtown"? I think this is sweet...our Sodo District lacks so much when compared to say San Francisco's Stadium District or San Diego's...we need more parks, bars, housing, shopping etc. around our Stadiums! :cheers:

[mhays]

The biggest key is the project planned for the north half of the north stadium lot. What S. Downtown needs is a critical mass of middle-income people, and that one project would go a long way.

Also, I've heard the idea of covering the train tracks for a few blocks around Qwest. That would be a huge help because it would reconnect neighborhoods while also deleting something that's ugly and noisy (and beneficial, yes).

[Black Box]

I'm very excited about South Downtown's future. King Street Station is undergoing a major renovation, Uwajimaya is looking to build a new complex and of course the stadium lot project that was mentioned. Thanks for the information, I think I'm going to join up. This area is where I'd like to relocate to. I love the rest of downtown, but I really love the neighborhoods of the city's southend and would like to be that much closer to it.