Please visit our website and join us in opposing the upzone. We need JOBS not APTS! http://goesseattle2015.wordpress.com/
We
object to the 12 story building upzone at Lowe’s. A 125 foot
rezone at Rainier and McClellan is drastically out of scale with the
neighborhood and will only fuel existing problems in the area, especially if a
large housing project is built with limited or no parking. Traffic on
Rainier Avenue South has worsened dramatically since completion of the Light
Rail project on Martin Luther King. Studies have shown that the proposed
bow tie traffic redesign (where Rainier is a one way street and Martin Luther
King is a one way street around the light rail station) suggested to remedy
traffic will instead increase congestion. Traffic
redirection/restrictions will also drive out industry that has been in the
Valley and has supported the neighborhood for decades. Property at Lowe’s
is already zoned for 65 foot building heights, as are many of the surrounding
lots. 65 feet is tall enough to meet the Growth Management Act targets
set for the North Rainier Urban Center. We have the Claremont on Rainier
at Walden at 65 feet and the Artspace Mt. Baker Lofts currently being built to
65 feet. We do not need a building twice that high just down the
street. We urge you to vote against the proposed 125 foot rezone
for Rainier and McClellan. 65 feet is tall enough.
Updates
March 17, 2014
We just hit 250 signatures and the city council cannot ignore this level of neighborhood outrage any longer. They want to shove these 12-story eyesores down our throats but we are proving that Rainier Valley will fight back against this destructive upzone.
Reached 250 supporters
March 16, 2014
March 15, 2014
The city planners are pretending we do not exist because our numbers are not high enough yet. Get your neighbors to sign this right now so we can stop this 12 story eyesore before they finalize the rezone.
Reached 100 supporters
March 7, 2014
March 4, 2014
The city planners are betting we will quit before we reach one hundred people. Prove them wrong and blast this link everywhere so they see exactly how many of us reject this massive eyesore.
118 Comments
I am not seeing private capital investing in the boarded up and decaying buildings now, making it even less likely that private capital will pony up for 13 acres and then be able to afford to build at 12 stories. A beautiful vision to urban planners everywhere; so unlikely in the real world of Southeast Seattle.
We do not need something that huge in Rainier Valley. Lowe's is practically the only store in the valley where you can buy home improvement supplies. It has been there since Sick's Stadium left and turned into Eagles Hardware. I am against the rezoning.
I welcome mixed use, and diversity. I am strongly against massive projects; I would much rather feel like I'm walking through Paris, at 5-6 stories tall, than through Manhattan. I enjoy Manhattan, but I don't want to live there. I thought the goal was to make Seattle welcoming and walkable, a livable place.
The traffic in that area is already a nightmare! It took me 30 min. to get from Dearborn St. to Coumbian Way recently. Please don't make it any worse by adding to the population in that neighborhood. Also, it would make the area UGLY.
We can't afford to have this ajaicent to our single family neighborhoods. What we need are jobs and opportunities that will create jobs. Because of the upzone we have lost Pepsi to the Valley that had union wage jobs to Tumwater and if it goes through we will loose Lowes.
The Valley area needs more businesses but also neighborhoods that can support the businesses not more low income apartments that unfortunately bring more crime and need for more police and security. You cannot beautify an area with more high rise buildings. please save the neighborhoods and say NO to high rises of any kind.
Tall building in a valley get a view of wahat? The VALLEY.
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Please visit our website and join us in opposing the upzone. We need JOBS not APTS! http://goesseattle2015.wordpress.com/
We
object to the 12 story building upzone at Lowe’s. A 125 foot
rezone at Rainier and McClellan is drastically out of scale with the
neighborhood and will only fuel existing problems in the area, especially if a
large housing project is built with limited or no parking. Traffic on
Rainier Avenue South has worsened dramatically since completion of the Light
Rail project on Martin Luther King. Studies have shown that the proposed
bow tie traffic redesign (where Rainier is a one way street and Martin Luther
King is a one way street around the light rail station) suggested to remedy
traffic will instead increase congestion. Traffic
redirection/restrictions will also drive out industry that has been in the
Valley and has supported the neighborhood for decades. Property at Lowe’s
is already zoned for 65 foot building heights, as are many of the surrounding
lots. 65 feet is tall enough to meet the Growth Management Act targets
set for the North Rainier Urban Center. We have the Claremont on Rainier
at Walden at 65 feet and the Artspace Mt. Baker Lofts currently being built to
65 feet. We do not need a building twice that high just down the
street. We urge you to vote against the proposed 125 foot rezone
for Rainier and McClellan. 65 feet is tall enough.
Updates
March 17, 2014
We just hit 250 signatures and the city council cannot ignore this level of neighborhood outrage any longer. They want to shove these 12-story eyesores down our throats but we are proving that Rainier Valley will fight back against this destructive upzone.
Reached 250 supporters
March 16, 2014
March 15, 2014
The city planners are pretending we do not exist because our numbers are not high enough yet. Get your neighbors to sign this right now so we can stop this 12 story eyesore before they finalize the rezone.
Reached 100 supporters
March 7, 2014
March 4, 2014
The city planners are betting we will quit before we reach one hundred people. Prove them wrong and blast this link everywhere so they see exactly how many of us reject this massive eyesore.
118 Comments
for 10 miles of Rainier Avenue there isn't a structure over 6 stories. Our neighborhood is not downtown - please keep tenement housing away from Rainier Valley - we have over our share of housing and need businesses, not more apartments.
I am not seeing private capital investing in the boarded up and decaying buildings now, making it even less likely that private capital will pony up for 13 acres and then be able to afford to build at 12 stories. A beautiful vision to urban planners everywhere; so unlikely in the real world of Southeast Seattle.
We do not need something that huge in Rainier Valley. Lowe's is practically the only store in the valley where you can buy home improvement supplies. It has been there since Sick's Stadium left and turned into Eagles Hardware. I am against the rezoning.
I welcome mixed use, and diversity. I am strongly against massive projects; I would much rather feel like I'm walking through Paris, at 5-6 stories tall, than through Manhattan. I enjoy Manhattan, but I don't want to live there. I thought the goal was to make Seattle welcoming and walkable, a livable place.
The traffic in that area is already a nightmare! It took me 30 min. to get from Dearborn St. to Coumbian Way recently. Please don't make it any worse by adding to the population in that neighborhood. Also, it would make the area UGLY.
We can't afford to have this ajaicent to our single family neighborhoods. What we need are jobs and opportunities that will create jobs. Because of the upzone we have lost Pepsi to the Valley that had union wage jobs to Tumwater and if it goes through we will loose Lowes.
The Valley area needs more businesses but also neighborhoods that can support the businesses not more low income apartments that unfortunately bring more crime and need for more police and security. You cannot beautify an area with more high rise buildings. please save the neighborhoods and say NO to high rises of any kind.
Tall building in a valley get a view of wahat? The VALLEY.
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for 10 miles of Rainier Avenue there isn't a structure over 6 stories. Our neighborhood is not downtown - please keep tenement housing away from Rainier Valley - we have over our share of housing and need businesses, not more apartments.