NEAR NORTHWEST AREA PLAN

6.3.2 Key Opportunities

  1. Focus Area: Northeast Sunnyside. Guide future investments to create a “complete neighborhood,” including opportunities to retain and grow new jobs, construct new affordable housing, expand new park space, and create walkable mixed-use centers that can service residents (See Section 6.3.4).
  2. Aztlan Recreation Center. Create a recreation Campus that includes a new or renovated Aztlan Recreation Center (See Policy S-Q4).
  3. Walkable Mixed-Use Centers. Encourage housing and job growth, and high-quality design at Quigg Newton, and near major transit investments, including 41st and Inca, Federal Boulevard, and 38th Avenue (See Policies S-L1 and S-L2).
  4. Streetcar Commercial Nodes. Preserve character of former streetcar commercial nodes and support continuation of these areas as neighborhood serving commercial districts (See Policies S-L3, S-L5, S-L6, and S-H6).
  5. West 44th Avenue. Support 44th Avenue as a neighborhood corridor that can showcase a variety of community-building opportunities including support for local small business, active street-level uses, and expanded tree canopy (See Policies S-L3 and S-H6).
  6. Improve connectivity across I-70, the railroad tracks and 38th Avenue. Improve existing overpass/underpass and intersections, and explore new ped-bike crossings (See Policy S-M3).
  7. Improve 46th Avenue. Consider improvements to 46th Avenue to create a contemporary parkway that serves as an extension of the existing 46th Avenue Historic Parkway, west of Federal Blvd (See Policy S-Q3).
  8. Complete the Sidewalk Network. Improve safety nd access by bringing existing sidewalks up to standard and install new sidewalks where they are missing (See Policy M7).
  9. More Housing Options & Affordability. Expand housing options to stabilize neighborhood and reduce involuntary  displacement. Include a mix of housing options that balance and promote preservation, compatibility, and  affordability. Enact policies and programs to create stable housing and wealth building opportunities for residents  (See Policies S-L10, L10, H1 and S-H3).

COMMUNITY PRIORITIES

Top priorities from the list of key opportunities include encouraging high-quality design in mixeduse centers, improving Aztlan Recreation Center, and creating more affordable housing options and preventing displacement. See Section 7.1 for more detail