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The 2017 Your Voice, Your Choice (YVYC) improvement projects, chosen by nearly 8,000 Seattle residents during last year’s Vote, are starting to pop up all over the city! The project pictured above, at 20^th Ave NW & Leary Ave NW in Ballard, is already making a big impact on safety in the neighborhood. This project, accomplished in partnership with the Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT), added stop signs, curb bulbs and overhead flashing beacons to promote safer crossing at what was once considered a very confusing intersection.

“The design makes it very clear where to stop, has greatly slowed down traffic and has enhanced safety at the crosswalk that was installed when my mother was a resident of the Ballard Landmark Senior Living complex. The Your Voice, Your Choice Program made our neighborhood safer and increased communication within our mixed-use community.” – J.A.K., Ballard resident and 2017 YVYC Vote Champion

Get updates on all 2017 YVYC improvement projects at Seattle Department of Transportation’s YVYC Project Implementation website!

Want to have a say on similar improvements in YOUR neighborhood? Your chance to choose is coming up soon with the 2018 YVYC Vote scheduled for June 16 – July 16! You will be able to vote online or in-person at any Seattle Public Library branch. Check out the potential projects on the ballot and learn more about the voting process on our Vote page.

Interested in spreading the word about your favorite 2018 projects to your neighbors? Sign up to be a Vote Champion and we’ll make sure you get resources like postcards and ballots to share with your communities!

Let your voice be heard as we decide how to spend $3 million on park and street improvements across the city!

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New crosswalk at E Yesler Way and 17th Ave S.

Spring has sprung, and any Seattleite worth their raincoat knows that means one thing: it’s construction season! Our Your Voice, Your Choice: Parks and Streets (YVYC) partners at the Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) and Seattle Parks and Recreation (SPR) have been working hard to turn the 33 projects selected by community members in 2017 into reality. SDOT recently launched a new website with design and construction details for YVYC projects and will be providing updates and information on this website as each project progresses. Folks in neighborhoods near project sites may also receive postcards by mail with project details.

Some projects have already been constructed, like a new crosswalk on E Yesler Way at 17^th Ave S near the Langston Hughes Performing Arts Institute. Summer program students at Langston Hughes were active voters in YVYC 2017 and will now enjoy a safer crossing in their neighborhood: community decision-making in action!

If you have questions regarding project implementation, you can contact the SDOT and SPR teams at 206.316.2549 or YVYC_Projects@seattle.gov.

2018 Your Voice, Your Choice

Here at Seattle Department of Neighborhoods, we’ve just wrapped up the Project Development phase of the current Your Voice, Your Choice cycle. We had well over 500 community members attend 32 meetings across the city to discuss and evaluate the 1,000+ project ideas received this year. Thanks so much to everyone who came out to meet their neighbors and share their voice – especially the over 60% of participants who had never participated before in YVYC or other City of Seattle programs!

We are tabulating all the project scores to determine which project ideas will move forward to the evaluation, design and scoping phase with SDOT and SPR. Look for an update later this month on these projects, as well as ways to get involved in the Vote phase, which will run from June 16-July 16.

If you have any questions, please email Kraig Cook at kraig.cook@seattle.gov.

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