Comments on: More Affordable Housing at Jackson Place

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By: Round Mirror

Round Mirror — Sun, 12 Dec 2010 18:03:49 +0000

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By: Bill B

Bill B — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 02:59:21 +0000

i think this place has sold only a handful of units

By: James Thomas

James Thomas — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 16:14:33 +0000

i kind of don’t like to live in condominums because they don’t offer large spaces for garden.;.’

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By: Chris Stefan

Chris Stefan — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 18:24:53 +0000

I have to agree with JP resident. I know the Squire Park community council has been VERY pro development. They’ve pushed hard for more mixed use development along 12th Ave for instance and for redevelopment of the NW corner of the Juvenile Justice Center site. However they’ve been opposed to irresponsible development that will harm the surrounding neighborhood rather than enhance it.

The concerns with the Dearborn project are legitimate. The project will have huge traffic impacts, provides few amenities, and provides few small retail spaces for local businesses. Furthermore it would appear the developer might be trying to defer the housing portion of the development to “never”.

By: JP resident

JP resident — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 12:17:34 +0000

Far from being “shrill” NIMBYs as Jon from North Beacon suggests, Jackson Place and Squire Park have welcomed a substantial amount of development in the last few years. In fact our “urban village” has already exceeded growth targets that went out to 2024. And we have encouraged the development of large affordable housing projects such as those described.

But what is forgotten is that the GMA calls for concurrent provision of open space and other infrastructure improvements to support that added density. What we seek from the Dearborn project are mitigations for traffic (additional 17,000 auto trips per day to the goodwill site) and other impacts to the neighborhood.

Perhaps Jon can lobby for some of those big box stores up on the hill so he won’t have to travel so far. I’m sure his neighbors would welcome the additional traffic and suburban formula retail character it would bring to the neighborhood – along with all those great low-wage retail jobs.

By: NBeacon Jon

NBeacon Jon — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 14:49:43 +0000

The shrill Jackson Place and Squire Park community councils oppose ANY development because they have an overdeveloped sense of NIMBYism. They feel entitled to hold up services for their neighbors, large tax benefits, and eradicating neighborhood blight with the tune of ’scale’ and ‘cultural erosion’. It’s sad when the people of Beacon Hill have to travel to W Seattle, N Seattle, Tukwila, or heaven forbid, Bellevue, to shop for those things that ‘big, ugly, successful, jobs providing’, stores provide.

According to the Jackson Place newsletter, “the project is currently being held up by the City because it is seeking written assurances that the housing will be completed as part of the project.

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