Re: “Sodo housing plan rebuked by Port of Seattle moves forward” (Feb. 27, Native Information):
Seattle Metropolis Council can add 1,000 new housing models a couple of blocks away from my neighborhood of Pioneer Sq.. The proposal for a Stadium Makers’ District, which features a 50/50 break up of inexpensive and market-rate housing, together with workspace for small-business makers and artisans, is up for a vote on March 18. I encourage Metropolis Council and Seattleites in all places to assist it.
Seattle must construct extra housing — and definitely extra workforce housing. We merely don’t have sufficient inexpensive housing to permit for center incomes to dwell right here. The Stadium Makers’ District is the place. This is a chance to ensure affordability with out use of public funds — and it’s the correct factor to do for Seattle’s working class.
In Pioneer Sq., we constructed our neighborhood when there was little right here, and I would like that for the Stadium Makers’ District, too. This plan for mixed-income housing and accessible workspaces will construct an lively and vibrant neighborhood. Individuals who wish to dwell in Seattle would love a spot like this — with entry to transit, communities like Pioneer Sq. and the Chinatown Worldwide District, and a novel neighborhood of artistic makers.
Sure, in my yard.
Tija Petrovich, Seattle, neighborhood consultant for Pioneer Sq.