Upcoming Partnership Committee Meetings:

 

North Corridor Task Force

May 8, 3 - 5 PM

City of Everett


East Corridor Task Force

May 16, 3 - 5 PM

Redmond Library

 

South Corridor Task Force

May 16, 3 - 5 PM
Location TBD

May 22, 1 - 3 PM
Puget Sound Regional Council

 

 

Innovations in America

 

Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government
recognized 25 programs in this year's Innovations in American Government Award competition, which included HUD's Sustainable Communities Initiative!  The Growing Transit Communities Partnership is one of the recipients of the Initiative's first round of funding. Read more here.

 


Staff Contacts:

 

Equity Network: contact Heidi Hall at Impact Capital.

 

Growing Transit Communities Strategy Released for Public Comment

 

The Growing Transit Communities Oversight Committee has released the Draft Growing Transit Communities Strategy for public comment!

 

The Draft Strategy lays out recommendations and an implementation framework to promote more thriving and equitable transit communities in the central Puget Sound region. It includes three components: a regional compact to express partners' commitment for continued collaboration and implementation - The Pledge, detailed recommended strategies and actions guided by a People + Place Implementation Typology - The Playbook, and individual work plans to identify actions partners can take to support thriving and equitable transit communities - The Plans.

 

The Strategy follows an 18-month collaborative process in the region's three long-range light rail corridors, with additional guidance from the Affordable Housing and Equity Network Steering Committees.

 

The public comment period is open until June 7. Please visit the program website for more information on the Strategy, including links to the full report and Executive Summary. Please contact Program Manager Ben Bakkenta for more information.  
  

Forum on The Growing Transit Community Strategy - May 13

 

Come learn about the Growing Transit Communities Strategy, and what it will mean for transit communities in the region! This free and open event is will be on Monday, May 13, from Noon-1:30pm at Seattle City Hall Council Chambers.

 

The Forum is co-hosted by Futurewise, AIA Seattle, APA Puget Sound Chapter, Cascade Bicycle Club, Community Cornerstones, Forterra, HomeSight, Housing Development Consortium, Impact Capital, Transportation Choices Coalition, and ULI Northwest, as well as Seattle City Council President Sally Clark and Councilmembers Richard Conlin and Mike O'Brien.

 

Please RSVP to Futurewise to attend the event! 

   

Final Round of Grant Program Emphasizes Community Engagement 

 

Seven community-based proposals, representing a range of projects in the Puget Sound region, will receive funding in the fourth (and final) round of the Growing Transit Communities Equity Grant Program. This represents an investment of $53,500, and a total investment of $421,374 thus far in community-based outreach and engagement, research, and organizing projects through the Growing Transit Communities Partnership.  The last funding round emphasized continuation grants to expand or deepen some of the grant work underway. Please visit the Partnership website for a summary of the Round 4 recipients or for more information on the current and past Equity Grant Program recipients.

 

The Equity Grant Program provides small grants of up to $15,000 to nonprofit organizations located or working within the three major transit corridors.  Grants to community-based organizations provide resources to organize and increase participation of historically underrepresented communities and give voice to community priorities.  For more information on the Equity Grant Program, please contact Heidi Hall or visit www.impactcapital.org/equity.html.