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hi bigcrew, it was never our intention to kill off...

2008-11-20T14:38:33.657-08:00

hi bigcrew, it was never our intention to kill off this development - just to do our best to make sure that fit into Wedgwood and that infrastructural investments to support its impact were being made. I think the agreement we signed with the developer showed that good intent.

As far as delaying this project to a point where the economy made it unfeasible - 1) the permits to build were free and clear on Jan 2, 2008 and 2) if the city had a process for negotiating an agreement much earlier in the process - that could have sped things up too.

Its to bad the world fell apart after all of this...

2008-11-20T10:53:47.257-08:00

Its to bad the world fell apart after all of this hard work. Now the project is suspended and we have to look at that horrible abandoned building. I do hope they decide to go ahead and build it once the economy turns around. My neighbor who is in her 70's had wanted to sell her house and move in to it...she really wants to stay in Wedgwood. She can no longer take care of the place she lives in now, a large colonial on 90th street,(so we have to do it for her). She felt as if her neighbors were trying to defeat the project, to get people like her out of the area. It really made me think, god, is that what we were doing?

Might want to keep the cats indoors those days tha...

2008-01-24T22:57:46.002-08:00

Might want to keep the cats indoors those days that the building is 'ratted out'.

When they exterminate the rodents, what's to keep ...

2008-01-24T19:00:09.126-08:00

When they exterminate the rodents, what's to keep dying critters from being caught and eaten by the neighborhood cats? Have they thought about that? If they're polluting my block with 1000% increased traffic congestion and a concurrent diminishment of quality of life, I certainly hope they plan to take responsibility for poisons they will be actively spreading around.

Okay, one more question, since I've now read a sig...

2008-01-08T08:04:19.814-08:00

Okay, one more question, since I've now read a significant portion of this blog, and I don't think my specific wonders are answered anywhere.

How did you go about doing this? Did the action committee form as a result of this event, or was it around beforehand? What kind of city representation was necessary (were any formal titles needed)? How much were the legal expenses, and what was their primary purpose?

I would love to be able to bring this other communities -- this is absolutely the kind of action that will make our future livable.

This sounds amazing. I'd love to understand how th...

2008-01-08T07:09:15.442-08:00

This sounds amazing. I'd love to understand how this process worked -- if the rest of Seattle could jump on this wagon, this could be a pretty outstanding way to get out from under the likes of Martin-Selig.

Just out of curiosity, why no sun tanning shops?

Wow - sounds like things worked out pretty well!

2008-01-03T15:07:40.118-08:00

Wow - sounds like things worked out pretty well!

This seems like the best possible result given the...

2008-01-02T14:23:28.950-08:00

This seems like the best possible result given the current zoning/ city design process. Great work navigating the system and getting positive changes into the design. The neighborhood owes you a beer!

This is good news. Hats off to the fine work of th...

2008-01-01T17:52:10.718-08:00

This is good news. Hats off to the fine work of the WAG and committed Wedgwood residents everywhere.

Cheers,
Geoff Briggs