Seattle Commons — The Case For

Why this is a win for Downtown Community Council

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The Win

The DCC is the organized voice of downtown residents — the people who live closest to 435,000 square feet of civic space that's dark 250 days a year. The DCC meets at City Hall; presenting the Commons proposal at a DCC meeting puts it directly in front of the constituency with the most direct standing to advocate for it with elected officials.

DCC is also fiscally sponsored by Seattle Parks Foundation — the same organization that sponsors Lid I-5. That's not a coincidence; it's a network already primed for this conversation. A DCC endorsement carries weight precisely because it's resident-led, not developer-led.

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I want to analyze this proposal from the perspective of Downtown Community Council. 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 Downtown Community Council: The DCC is the organized voice of downtown residents — the people who live closest to 435,000 square feet of civic space that's dark 250 days a year. The DCC meets at City Hall; presenting the Commons proposal at a DCC meeting puts it directly in front of the constituency with the most direct standing to advocate for it with elected officials. The full proposal: https://commons.conventioncityseattle.com What are the strongest arguments for and against, from Downtown Community Council's perspective?