No community meeting Tuesday, November 10. Next on the calendar: Tuesday, December 8, 7–9 PM, Wallingford Community Senior Center (lower level, 4649 Sunnyside Ave N, Suite 140). We’ll confirm by email whether it goes ahead.
📝 A note from the President
Dear neighbors,
As we come into the final months of 2026, the board is working diligently on our 2027 strategic plan. As such, we will not be holding a monthly meeting on Tuesday, November 10 so that we can focus our efforts.
As part of our strategic planning, we’d like to hear from you, our residents, on neighborhood issues that are important to you. We’d also be grateful for your feedback on WCC events. What would get you to a WCC event? A different night or format? A topic you care about? Something social? Write to communications@wallingfordcc.org. Every reply gets read.
Look for a refreshed lineup of meetings and events in early 2027. Thanks for being part of this neighborhood.
During this brief hiatus, we will continue to keep our finger on the pulse of the happenings at City Hall. Budget season is well underway, with Council budget meetings wrapping up at the end of this month. We are diligently monitoring Council meeting and subcommittee agendas to track land use, budget and any other city business that may warrant a December meeting. Stay tuned!
Wishing you all the best for the month and the coming Thanksgiving break,
Alexis Chartouni, President
🗓️ Meeting schedule
No community meeting in November. Our longtime Room 202 at the Good Shepherd Center is no longer available, so monthly meetings are moving to the Senior Center, on the lower level of the same building. Our December community meeting is currently on the calendar for Tuesday, December 8, 7–9 PM, at the Wallingford Community Senior Center (lower level, 4649 Sunnyside Ave N, Suite 140). We’ll confirm by email whether it goes ahead.
The board continues to meet, and new meeting dates and formats for 2027 will be announced in the newsletter and on our calendar: wallingfordcc.org/calendar. Check wallingfordcc.org and your email for exact locations, dates and times.
💧 Waterway 20: Brownfields grant kicks off
This spring, neighbors shared their hopes for the restoration of Waterway 20 at two community meetings and in a survey, funded by a Washington State Department of Ecology Public Participation Grant. The response to the survey was unanimous and enthusiastic in favor of reopening and redeveloping the site, and was further endorsed by those who signed statements of support at the gatherings.
The Shoreline Committee is excited to take the next step in the WW20 cleanup with a $94,000 Brownfields grant, awarded this fall. Fremont engineering firm Shannon & Wilson has been hired to conclude the investigation of site contamination, initiated in 2016. The findings of the water and soil tests will shape the associated feasibility study and cleanup action plan, and complete the agreed scope of work by the close of the grant window in June 2027. Concurrently, the committee will continue to engage with City agencies, nonprofits and local businesses on redevelopment plans for the site.
Thanks to the Shoreline Committee volunteers for their stewardship of the PPG and Brownfields grants! Want updates or to volunteer? Email shorelines@wallingfordcc.org or visit Waterway 20 Restoration.
🚦 Aurora Ave: what we heard from SDOT
On October 7, SDOT’s Christa Dumpys and Jordan Hoy walked a lively room through the City’s long-term study of Aurora Ave N. No design has been chosen, every option keeps two traffic lanes each way through our stretch, and the debate is north of Green Lake, where three of the four draft ideas would go to one lane each way. SDOT is also studying new crossings between Wallingford and Fremont. Read our full recap, including how to stay involved.
If you missed it, the Phinney Ridge and Green Lake Community Councils will co-host SDOT virtually on November 18 for an encore presentation of the Aurora Avenue N plan. More information: phinneyridgecc.org.
🏛️ City budget: final vote Nov 20
The City Council votes on the 2027–2028 budget at a special meeting on Friday, November 20, at 9:30 AM. Budget committee votes are scheduled for Nov 13, 16 and 19. To weigh in, write to all nine councilmembers at council@seattle.gov.
Schedule and how to comment: Council budget page
🏙️ Comp Plan: where things stand
Rezoning for the One Seattle Plan’s neighborhood “Centers and Corridors” is on hold while the City completes additional environmental study to comply with the Growth Management Hearings Board decision. City staff have stated that new rezoning legislation is unlikely before early 2027. We’ll let you know as soon as the Select Committee resumes its meeting schedule to review zoning legislation, which has paused due to legal issues. Read the City’s public response.
Meanwhile, Mayor Wilson’s “Taller, Denser, Faster” initiative is underway, with OPCD staff working on the required Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS). We will continue to monitor and update our community as this progresses.
🔎 Neighborhood tool: Shaping Seattle
Curious about the construction project down the block? The City’s Shaping Seattle maps (run by the Seattle Department of Construction and Inspections) let you look up permits, land-use and design review decisions, comment opportunities, and code complaints for any address, with no trip downtown.
🙋 Get involved
WCC is run entirely by volunteers. If you’d like to help plan 2027 events, write about the neighborhood, or join a committee, let us know. And if you haven’t yet, join or renew your membership.