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Kenmore launches neighborhood retail outreach, including student design contest and open houses
Summary
City staff described a neighborhood retail engagement plan that includes an online survey (about 40 responses so far), a design contest with local schools, kiosks at the hangar, business outreach with the Kenmore Business Alliance, and public open houses in May and June.
Kenmore — City staff presented a neighborhood retail engagement and outreach plan at the Planning Commissions April 7 meeting and outlined a series of outreach steps intended to shape draft code for neighborhood retail.
Britney, a community development staff presenter, said the project team has launched a survey on the city website and had received roughly 40 responses at the time of the meeting. She described community-facing tactics including a school design contest shared with local middle- and high-school students, a video for the city website, a kiosk at the hangar, and tabling at the April town hall and Earth Day events.
"The purpose of this plan is to inform residents and businesses about the neighborhood retail initiative and to gather community feedback to help shape policy direction," Britney said, noting that survey input will inform draft code and Planning Commission recommendations to city council.
Commissioners asked practical questions about outreach and data: staff said the survey is hosted on ZenCity and tentatively will close at the end of April if response rates are sufficient; staff also confirmed the city maintains a business registry and will explore targeted outreach to small businesses that are not KBA members. Commissioners praised the design-contest idea and requested continued efforts to reach business owners who do not typically engage with KBA.
Next steps: staff said in-person and virtual open houses are planned in May (an in-person open house at the hangar followed by a virtual Zoom session), additional outreach will occur at the farmers market in June, and staff plan to return to the Planning Commission with survey and open-house feedback prior to code drafting.
