[CPEO-MEF] REUSE: Ft. Lawton, Seattle, Washington

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

City Council OKs Fort Lawton redevelopment plan

Proposal calls for mix of market rate, homeless housing



By KATHY MULADY
Seattle Post Intelligencer (WA)
September 22, 2008

Seattle City Council members agreed unanimously Monday to send a plan to 
the federal government for redeveloping the Fort Lawton Army Reserve 
Center with 216 homes -- a mix of market rate and homeless housing.

The federal government declared the land surplus in 2005 as part of its 
base closure and realignment program. The city wants to acquire the land 
located in the Magnolia neighborhood, next to Discovery Park.

The approved proposal now goes to the Defense and Housing and Urban 
Development departments for consideration. The Seattle Housing Authority 
would be the lead developer.

Mayor Greg Nickels called the proposal "a unique opportunity to provide 
much-needed homeless housing for families and seniors in a mixed-income 
community." But some Magnolia neighbors remain unhappy with the plan.

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For the entire article, see
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/380133_lawton23.html

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
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