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City staff report findings from summer neighborhood walks; Eastgate residents urge local-focused outreach
Summary
City staff reported on three neighborhood walks this summer in the Bel-Red/Belgrade Arts District, Eastgate and Cougar Mountain/Lakemont, and urged improvements to outreach and route accessibility.
City staff on Tuesday summarized the 2025 neighborhood-walk series, reporting that staff and department leadership visited three neighborhood areasthe Bel-Red/Belgrade Arts District, Eastgate and Cougar Mountain/Lakemontand that about 50 residents participated across the three walks.
City Manager Dana Carlson and staff presenters said the walks offer a "unique way to engage" with residents where they live, and staff highlighted common themes from the summer outreach including gratitude for city leadership presence, localized concerns about parks and trees, requests for better route accessibility and multi-language outreachstaff noted one walk offered Mandarin interpretation even though no residents used it that evening.
Eastgate public comment and neighborhood-area planning…
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