Seattle Commons — The Case For

Why this is a win for Joy Hollingsworth (D3 — Central District, Capitol Hill) — Council President

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The Win

As Council President, your engagement shapes whether this reaches a vote at all. District 3 — Capitol Hill, the Central District — is the eastern anchor of the Pike/Pine corridor that connects directly to the Arch. Your constituents are the people who would use a commons most: residents who walk the corridor, artists and organizers who need civic space, the cultural communities that have defined this neighborhood for generations.

Your stated focus is infrastructure and the Comprehensive Plan — the Commons is exactly that scale of infrastructure decision. A year-round civic anchor at the western end of the corridor your district anchors on the east is the kind of once-in-a-generation planning outcome the Comprehensive Plan is supposed to enable.

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I want to analyze this proposal from the perspective of Joy Hollingsworth (D3 — Central District, Capitol Hill) — Council President. 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 Joy Hollingsworth (D3 — Central District, Capitol Hill) — Council President: As Council President, your engagement shapes whether this reaches a vote at all. District 3 — Capitol Hill, the Central District — is the eastern anchor of the Pike/Pine corridor that connects directly to the Arch. Your constituents are the people who would use a commons most: residents who walk the corridor, artists and organizers who need civic space, the cultural communities that have defined this neighborhood for generations. The full proposal: https://commons.conventioncityseattle.com What are the strongest arguments for and against, from Joy Hollingsworth (D3 — Central District, Capitol Hill) — Council President's perspective?
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