Seattle Commons — The Case For

Why this is a win for Adjacent Counties (Snohomish, Pierce)

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The Win

Sound Transit connects your residents to Seattle's civic life. A commons operated by Seattle Center — with year-round programming, events, and public space — is a regional asset. Your residents pay no lodging tax toward it but would benefit directly from a civic destination two blocks from a Link station.

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I want to analyze this proposal from the perspective of Adjacent Counties (Snohomish, Pierce). There's a civic proposal to convert the WSCC Arch building at 7th & Pike into a year-round public commons operated by Seattle Center. The case being made to Adjacent Counties (Snohomish, Pierce): Sound Transit connects your residents to Seattle's civic life. A commons operated by Seattle Center — with year-round programming, events, and public space — is a regional asset. Your residents pay no lodging tax toward it but would benefit directly from a civic destination two blocks from a Link station. The full proposal: https://commons.conventioncityseattle.com What are the strongest arguments for and against, from Adjacent Counties (Snohomish, Pierce)'s perspective?
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