Fwd: An Update on The Ave for All Pilot
tom lang
From: U District <in...@udistrict.org>
Date: Sat, May 23, 2026 at 10:00
Subject: An Update on The Ave for All Pilot
To: Tom Lang <tomofwa...@gmail.com>
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May 30 & June 6 Events - CancelledAn Update on The Ave for All Pilot We have some disappointing news to share, and we want you to hear it directly from us. The City of Seattle's Special Events Committee has denied our permit application for The Ave for All street closure events planned for May 30 and June 6. The events are cancelled for those dates. The Committee acknowledged that our outreach plan met all notification requirements and raised no concerns about our operational planning. The denial was based on vocal opposition from a small number of businesses outside of the closure route, submitted late in the review process. We want to be transparent: we have serious concerns about how that opposition was represented to the Committee. We will share more as that process develops. What has not changed is why we are doing this. The U District is one of Seattle's most dynamic neighborhood centers and one of its most underserved, with a documented deficit of more than five acres of public open space, which a car-free street can begin to address. It is home to thousands of residents, students, workers, and small businesses navigating an era of rapid change. A more walkable, more welcoming University Way is not a radical idea. It is what folks have been asking for, consistently and repeatedly. At the U District Streetfair alone, more than 3,300 people voted for this vision across 2022, 2024, and 2026. That kind of sustained community support does not disappear because of a single permit decision. The Special Events Committee has invited us to submit an amended application for later this fall, and we intend to do exactly that. We are committed to bringing The Ave for All pilot to University Way, done right, with the community it was built for. Here is how you can help right now: This is a setback. It is not the end. Thank you for being part of this.   
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Daigoro Toyama
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