Final week to vote on street and park improvement ideas

Meghan Walker Ballard

Voting for this year’s City’s street and park improvement project ideas is only open for one more week, until Sept. 30th.

 Your Voice, Your Choice: Parks & Streets is a program that allows community members to democratically decide how to spend a portion of the City’s budget on small park and street improvements.

Roughly $186,000 is available for each city council district — residents are encouraged to vote on their top three choices in the district in which they live, work, go to school, receive services, or volunteer. Projects that receive the most votes will be funded by the city and implemented in 2020.

Here are proposed projects for District 6:

Voting is open for community members ages 11 and up, and can be done online or at any Seattle Public Library. After ballots are tallied, the winning projects will be announced in October.

Photo: 6th Ave NW, where the greenway project is proposed for the blocks between NW 50th and 43rd Streets (6E. Project 19-312).

10 thoughts to “Final week to vote on street and park improvement ideas”

  1. How about improving parks by not allowing heroin sales or allow drug addicts to inject themselves? Start there. That costs nothing.

    2. This is about Seattle Department of Neighborhoods and them dispersing funding small improvements throughout our City. They do not have the authority to enforce laws.

      You’re thinking of Seattle Police Department, but this article does not pertain to them.

      If you have concerns, I’d recommend reaching out to them. 206-625-5011.

      1. “If you have an issue with crime, call 911..” Hahahahaha. Oh damn. That was a great memory.
        Thanks for letting me relive that joke.

        Don’t step in human poo or heroin needles guys.

        1. So no, you haven’t tried contacting the authorities through the proper channels, only complaining on a neighborhood blog under a delusional sockpuppet handle.

          Gotcha! You’re doing god’s work.

          1. Sure I have. Like the time a heroin addict broke into my garage and the 911 operator wanted to know if he was actually doing anything harmful because they didn’t have enough officers to prioritize the call. Minutes later when he stole items, busted a lawnmower and assaulted my neighbor they sent SPD…. 2 hours later. Eventually caught the guy after trying to jump through someone’s window. He was back at the Commons in 3 days.

            So there’s no point in the proper channels.

            Let’s install better signage for crosswalks and while we’re at it, clean up the needles from the Commons and Salmon Bay park. Get the “service resistant” (aka insane heroin\meth addicts) out of the parks. That’s improvement.

          2. SPD not responding to an active break in? Then not showing up until 2 hours after it escalated to an active assault? Forgive me for not believing you.

            But, they eventually showed up, so they gave you a police report number. Care to share that number? It’s very easy for anyone to then go online and confirm your experience.

            Get the “service resistant” (aka insane heroin\meth addicts) out of the parks.

            I’ll bite. What’s your plan?

            …other than complaining constantly on a neighborhood blog under multiple sockpuppet handles.

          3. I’ll have to dig up the police report your honor. Haha!

            Only one handle here so nice try. Those are other people in the neighbor commenting however they want.

            Simple solution is to to do what Boston (former #1 homeless), Houston, (former #3) Atlanta, and many other cities do. Apply the law, give homeless avenues to for shelter with wrap around services, service resistant drug addicts are given a choice of mandatory rehab\counseling or community service, enforce clean parks and sidewalks.
            Seattle will arrest a maniac that jumped all over cars downtown and let him go the next day with no rehab, no accountability, no direction, nothing. And he does it again. And again.

            Who does that help?
            The drug addict to remains a drug addict. Human waste on the streets and businesses having to pay for this burden. Society at larger loses. In other words, no one wins.

            Except the Social Justice tribe that claims victory while the destitute and complete addicted and helpless to the addiction addict furthers his downward spiral into mental insanity.

  2. How about a voting process that includes an option for NO, to allow expression of dissent from an officially presented project!

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