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East Central Fifth Avenue subarea plan emphasizes community co‑design, tactical actions and WSDOT land questions

3787219 · June 12, 2025
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Summary

Mara Murphy and project partners updated the Plan Commission on June 11 about East Central’s Fifth Avenue subarea plan, describing a co‑design process, topic papers, summer engagement plans and questions about timing and reuse of WSDOT‑owned land near the freeway.

Mara Murphy, a project lead for the East Central Fifth Avenue subarea plan, told the Plan Commission on June 11 that the effort is using a co‑design approach with local organizations and Franklin Elementary to accelerate community priorities and deliver near‑term actions within the planning timeline funded by ARPA.

Murphy said the study area runs south of I‑90 to the bluff and east toward Havana and includes Francis Scott Elementary School. The project has a working group of eight community members and organizations (Fifth Avenue Forward, Carl Maxey Center, Pick Up the Cause, Francis…

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