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The City of Seattle is reaching out to community organizations and small businesses as it tries to shape its future of development and transit:

The City of Seattle’s Department of Transportation (SDOT) and Office of Planning and Community Development (OPCD) want to partner with community-based organizations and small businesses to develop the Seattle transportation plan and the Seattle Comprehensive Plan Major Update.

The compensated program — $5,000 to participate in early “engagement and information gathering, and $30,000 for sticking around for “larger efforts to develop partnerships and policy recommendations” — is hoped to better involve the “the many engines that keep Seattle running” in two major planning efforts:

• The Seattle transportation plan: The STP will establish a renewed blueprint for our transportation system to address our most pressing challenges, organized around community aspirations and SDOT’s vision and values. We will coordinate with the update of the Seattle Comprehensive Plan to ensure the STP aligns with the City’s growth strategy for future housing, jobs, and community investments.
• The Seattle Comprehensive Plan: A policy tool that will guide Seattle’s growth—from housing and jobs to climate change and environment, to transportation and parks & open space. The Seattle Office of Planning and Community Development (OPCD) needs your help to understand how and where Seattle’s communities want to grow, and to write a Plan that reflects this feedback. 

The city says the opportunity is open to any Seattle-based “community-based organization that is a registered 501 (c)(3) or business (LLC or corporation).”

Interested? Online information sessions will be held on November 19 and December 2. You can complete this survey to sign up.

Learn more at seattle.gov.

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