Urban Design and Planning – Â鶹ĘÓƵ Wed, 21 Jan 2026 21:56:22 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 /wp-content/uploads/2019/04/cropped-favicon_logo-32x32.jpg Urban Design and Planning – Â鶹ĘÓƵ 32 32 Bellevue Design Review Image Catalogue /projects/bellevue-design-review-image-catalogue-2/ /projects/bellevue-design-review-image-catalogue-2/#respond Wed, 01 Nov 2023 03:38:02 +0000 https://portal.epicn.org/case-stories/bellevue-design-review-image-catalogue/ Read More... from Bellevue Design Review Image Catalogue

]]> There is opportunity to design innovative, scalable solutions to some of the challenges facing the city in sustainable, meaningful performance outcomes — in particular, the BelRed district, which is facing significant change with the construction of light rail. Focusing on the BelRed District, but with potential application toward other neighborhoods as well, review and develop recommendations for promoting future sustainable development. Evaluate neighborhood sustainability approaches such as Eco-districts and LEED for Neighborhood Development, develop concepts, best practices, and implementation strategies which could support implementation of the environmental goals of the BelRed plan through public-private partnerships.

]]> The goal of criminal prosecution is to seek justice, but that goal is undermined if decisions regarding charging, plea offers, and sentencing are impacted by implicit bias against a defendant’s race, ethnicity, nationality, gender, sexual orientation or other demographic markers. This project will gather data from the City Attorney’s Office and its criminal justice partners (e.g., Bellevue Police Department, King County District Court) to identify potential implicit bias in the prosecution of criminal cases in Bellevue; formulate recommendations for addressing currently identified evidence of implicit bias and for avoiding further implicit bias in the future including but not limited to guidelines and training for prosecution attorneys and staff; and as a regional leader, share findings and solutions with other criminal justice agencies in the area to increase the impact of our efforts to combat implicit bias in criminal prosecution.

Livable City Year Contact Info
Teri Thomson Randall
Program Manager
terir@uw.edu
206.221.9240

University Faculty Contact
Richard Conlin

Local Government / Community Contact
Mike McCormick-Huentelman
Neighborhood Services | Community Development

]]> /projects/community-engagement-strategy-for-residents-of-multi-family-housing-2/feed/ 0 Civic Center Vision Development /projects/civic-center-vision-development-4/ /projects/civic-center-vision-development-4/#respond Wed, 01 Nov 2023 03:37:13 +0000 https://portal.epicn.org/case-stories/civic-center-vision-development-2/ Read More... from Civic Center Vision Development

]]> The Bellevue Comprehensive Plan identifies a Civic Center District surrounding Bellevue City Hall. This Civic Center vision would integrate City Hall, the “Metro property” adjacent to City Hall, Meydenbauer Convention Center (and its expansion), the existing Transit Center, and the future light rail station. It would interface with the Grand Connection (Meydenbauer Bay to Eastside Rail Corridor). Develop the vision and early master plan development, including research, outreach, community and stakeholder engagement, options, and extents.

]]> Bellevue Botanical Garden (BBG) is a place of recreation, restoration, and education that is widely used by Bellevue citizens. It is also an increasingly important destination for visitors to the city. Students in a UW landscape architecture planting design seminar will develop planting plans for an undeveloped, but prominently located, portion of BBG. Their planting designs will explore ecologically appropriate restoration techniques for a highly degraded wetland area and will enhance BBG by serving as an experientially pleasing and educationally valuable garden exhibit.

]]> With Bellevue’s growth, the city’s Light Industrial (LI) zoning category is a district in search of a purpose. There are startups out there that need a laboratory for physical tinkering, a playroom to make things from applied technology—but can’t afford BelRed lease rates. 3D printing firms are an example. They need to have a messy place, something not offered with the city’s current menu of shared work concepts. This project would flesh out a tinkerer’s lab space for venture startup groups that need to get messy, that need open work space in the LI previously known for indoor manufacturing. It would organize startups that can’t be in neat BelRed, identify a purpose for template LI buildings, and bring together these groups into a unique workplace niche. The project would organize these anarchic firms and individuals into a shared collective space, and the city could leverage their work and community towards its own growing needs (3D printing, for example).

]]> Livable City Year

Website |

Livable City Year (LCY) links University of Washington students and faculty with a Washington city, county, tribe, or special district, engaging faculty and students across the university to address the community partner’s sustainability and livability goals. The program helps its community partners accomplish critical projects in an affordable way while providing opportunities for students to learn through real-life problem solving. LCY works with communities of all sizes and budgets, and our partnerships can have a broad range of timelines and scopes based on partner needs.

The program’s inaugural partnership with the City of Auburn during the 2016-2017 school year engaged more than 160 students working on 17 projects in the fields of urban design and planning, public health, sociology, environmental studies, and business.

The initial year was a success thanks to the collaboration, guidance and feedback of Auburn city staff and decision-makers who helped shape the learning experience for UW undergraduate and graduate students. The partnership provided Auburn with research, analysis and recommendations, the result of more than 19,000 hours of student work. The relationship will continue as UW and Auburn assess the program’s lasting impact and benefits to the community.

In 2017-2018 the LCY program partnered with the City of Tacoma, building upon the city’s existing relationships with UW Tacoma. The program then partnered with the City of Bellevue in 2018-2019, and with the City of Sultan and King County in 2019-2020. During the pandemic year of 2020-2021, the program continued its partnership with the City of Sultan and initiated a new partnership with the City of Lynnwood.

Fun Facts about LCY

“The dedication that UW students put toward the partnership with Auburn is beyond compare,” Auburn Mayor Nancy Backus said. “Each project they took on addressed a unique facet of Auburn, and gave us both results and starting points to address needs and improvements in our community. The partnership through the LCY program is one that has built a bridge between Auburn and the University of Washington which will continue long beyond this single year.”

Year Program Established | 2016
Country | US
Federal Region of Program | 10

Public or Private Institution | Public
Number of students at institution | 31,041 undergrad, 16,530 grad

Highlight Articles/Videos


City Partners

2016-2017 | Auburn • Population: 77,472
2017-2018 | Tacoma • Population: 211,277
2018-2019 | Bellevue • Population: 144,403
2019-2020 | Sultan • Population: 5,166
2019-2020 | King County • Population: 2.253 million
2020-2021 | Sultan • Population: 5,166
2020-2021 | Lynnwood • Population: 38,143
2021-2022 | • Population: 24,254
2021-2022 | • Population: 97,701
2023-2024 | • Population: 10,243
2023-2024 |
2023-2024 | City of West Port • Population: 27,470
2024-2025 | City of Mukilteo • Population: 21,011
2024-2025 | City of Granite Falls • Population: 4,829

Contact Info

Teri Thomson Randall
Program Manager
(206) 221-9240
terir@uw.edu

]]>