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City briefed on Westlake Park hub plan; civic committee urges safety, cultural authenticity and multimodal design
Summary
City Office of Economic Development and a civic committee presented guiding principles for a two-block Westlake Park regional transportation hub to coordinate park renovations, monorail updates and Sound Transit station expansion; committee emphasized safety, culture, retail activation and protection of civic gathering uses.
The Office of Economic Development and a civic committee co-chaired by Marie Harida presented a vision framework to the council committee on Feb. 6 for a potential regional transportation hub adjacent to Westlake Park, urging non-prescriptive guiding principles to coordinate several overlapping projects.
"We convened a civic committee and tasked them with recommending a vision concept for that two-block area," said Alyssa T. L., interim director at OED. The two-block area includes Westlake Park and the block to its north;…
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