U District Advocates Grants

U District Advocates

The U-District Advocates group will initiate a community led conceptual to 10% design plan of two blocks NE 42nd St as walkable core of the neighborhood, and to implement strategies on the designated `Green Street` This project is a partnership and takes place in the University District in the 1400 NE 42nd St area. The project is free and open to the public, and will be completed in the Spring of 2023.

U District Advocates

The U District Advocates will coordinate a series of community meetings that will include key stakeholders from the community, city, university, and transportation agencies over the next 6-8 months as partners to design a Mobility Vision Plan that will include a comprehensive, equitable, and efficient approach to mobility in the U District community.

U District Advocates

During this summer (June-October), we will build out our proposed Green Street as a prototype to test public responses to the improvement strategies from the completed conceptual plan to make NE 42nd Street safer and more pedestrian-friendly. This 'tactical urbanism' project will set the stage with outdoor seating, temporary trees in planters, traffic calming, play structures, and pavement painting, phased in over a series of weeks.

U District Advocates

The U District Advocates project Together on the Ave will have community engagement activities, coordination, planning, and implementation of a temporary initiative to create safe gathering spaces on the Ave to support community and local businesses in the U-District throughout the summer and early fall.