Coming soon to a neighborhood near you: More parks

Bill Lucia Jul 10, 2025

Feb 6, 2018

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                <h1>Coming soon to a neighborhood near you: More parks</h1>
                <h2><p>Seattleites approved the Seattle Park District in August. What’s next? From 2016 to 2018, the new district will allocate about $10 million to transform 14 properties (if all goes well) into parks/green spaces of all kinds. Twelve of those were purchased by the city in 2008, but have</p></h2>
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            <p>Seattleites approved the Seattle Park District in August. What’s next? From 2016 to 2018, the new district will allocate about $10 million to transform 14 properties (if all goes well) into parks/green spaces of all kinds. Twelve of those were purchased by the city in 2008, but have been put on hold due to lack of funds. (Thank you, new Park District!)According to the <em><a href="http://seattletimes.com/html/localnews/2024494890_newparksxml.html?ref=dev.cascadepbs.org">Seattle Times</a></em>, the Parks Department used an “agency analysis” and input from residents to determine which 20 Seattle neighborhoods were the most in need of green space. So far, the Department has bought or is in the process of buying sites in 15 of those 'hoods. It'll take a few years, but for now, let's rejoice in the following list of things set to be replaced by green space: a rental-car lot in Denny Triangle, a strip mall in Greenwood and some medical offices in Lake City. — K.H.</p>
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Seattleites approved the Seattle Park District in August. What’s next? From 2016 to 2018, the new district will allocate about $10 million to transform 14 properties (if all goes well) into parks/green spaces of all kinds. Twelve of those were purchased by the city in 2008, but have been put on hold due to lack of funds. (Thank you, new Park District!)According to the Seattle Times, the Parks Department used an “agency analysis” and input from residents to determine which 20 Seattle neighborhoods were the most in need of green space. So far, the Department has bought or is in the process of buying sites in 15 of those 'hoods. It'll take a few years, but for now, let's rejoice in the following list of things set to be replaced by green space: a rental-car lot in Denny Triangle, a strip mall in Greenwood and some medical offices in Lake City. — K.H.

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By Bill Lucia

Bill Lucia writes about Seattle City Hall and politics for Crosscut. He can be reached at bill.lucia@crosscut.com and you can follow him on Twitter @bill_lucia.