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Council hears update on Great Neighborhoods plans for Crossroads and Newport; public‑space focus, refined outreach reported
Summary
City staff reported six months of outreach for the Crossroads and Newport neighborhood area plans, emphasizing public‑space improvements, equitable outreach to multilingual communities, and a schedule that anticipates planning‑commission hearings in early summer and council adoption later in the year.
Bellevue planning staff told the City Council on April 22 that work to update neighborhood area plans for Crossroads and Newport has completed discovery and definition phases and is now in the “refine” phase, with staff planning planning‑commission public hearings in early summer and a council adoption process later in 2025.
The Great Neighborhoods program, launched in 2018, creates neighborhood‑level policy and an urban‑design framework tailored to each area. Kate Nesse, comprehensive planning manager, said these neighborhood plans are intended to translate the citywide comprehensive plan into locally focused policies that guide public‑space investment and future capital decisions.
Tun Duling, senior planner, told…
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