The Capitol Hill Station plaza continues take shape as the neighborhood’s newest community gathering space. It will be put to use in a whole new way this week as an annual fundraiser to support an organization developing affordable housing across Capitol Hill and Seattle that has grown into a showcase of great Seattle food and drink will take place in the plaza.

Community Roots Housing is holding its yearly Omnivorous event Thursday at Capitol Hill Station:

We’re thrilled to host Omnivorous outdoors at the newly completed Capitol Hill Station Plaza this year! The open-air space that hosts the Capitol Hill farmer’s market will allow us to social distance and adhere to all current public health guidelines.

The in-person, vaccine-mandatory, 21+ event will include food and drink samplings from Cafe Avole, Communion, Frankie & Jo’s, Gold Coast Ghal Kitchen, Hello Robin, L’Oursin, Marjorie, Matt’s in the Market, NuFlours, OOLA, Optimism Brewing, Plenty of Clouds, Rachel’s Ginger Beer, Revolver, Soul & Spice Catering Company, and Terra Plata.

Tickets are $85 and benefit Community Roots Housing. You can learn more or donate here.

The affordable housing developer formerly known as Capitol Hill Housing is currently digging in on its latest neighborhood project with the LGBTQ-affirming senior housing development Pride Place on Broadway between Pike and Pine. It continues to be headquartered inside its 12th Ave Arts development which rose in 2014 to make homes for new theater and office space plus 88 new affordable apartments.

At Capitol Hill Station, Community Roots developed Station House and its 110 units of affordable new homes.

While Thursday night benefits Community Roots, it will also be a continued celebration of the new plaza — even with a colder than usual but typically grey October evening expected. CHS reported here on the plaza’s part in new market-rate and affordable housing development above the busy light rail station. The plaza is also part of the new AIDS Memorial Pathway connecting the station to Cal Anderson Park with art and remembrances. E Barbara Bailey Way, the portion of E Denny renamed to honor the longtime Broadway business owner, can be closed as it runs past the plaza to create a “festival street.”

While events must be managed to fit in with life around Capitol Hill Station’s new mix of residents and businesses, the plaza could be home to a growing schedule of use. Neighborhood nonprofit Gay City, with plans of its own for a new home on E Pine, is now helping to shepherd use and maintenance of the plaza in conjunction with property management company Greystar, and the City of Seattle.

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