[CPEO-MEF] REUSE: Affordable housing proposed for Fort Lawton Army Reserve Center (WA)

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Mayor signs off on Fort Lawton redevelopment
With legislation ratified, feds to review plan for final approval


By Brandon Macz
Queen Anne & Magnolia News (WA)	 
June 18, 2019


The Fort Lawton Redevelopment Plan is ready to be reviewed by the U.S. Department of Defense and U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development following signing of legislation to push the affordable housing project forward.

Plans to create 237 affordable housing units for rent and homeownership on a portion of the decommissioned Fort Lawton Army Reserve Center were approved by a unanimous vote of the Seattle City Council on June 10, and Mayor Jenny Durkan signed the legislation during a ceremony at the site on Tuesday, June 18.

Emily Alvarado, acting deputy director of Seattle’s Office of Housing, said review of the plan should only take a few months, as it was built off the original 2008 plan approved by the Base Realignment and Closure Commission (BRAC) in 2010. In that time, the city will work on conveyance and infrastructure planning, she said.

Prior to signing legislation, the mayor recalled the 1970 occupation of Fort Lawton by Native American activists, led by Bernie Whitebear, who founded the United Indians of All Tribe Foundation. Through that action, the federal government granted UIATF property on which its Daybreak Star Indian Cultural Center now sits.

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For the entire article, see
https://queenannenews.com/Content/News/News/Article/Mayor-signs-off-on-Fort-Lawton-redevelopment/26/337/40254

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