UPDATE: Lake Washington Blvd petition - has 326 signers, and counting!

[Susan Gleason]

Hello SNG'ers!

Thanks to all involved for your fantastic outreach -- on Twitter, on Facebook, on Lake Washington Boulevard itself, and via word of mouth. The Rainier Valley Greenways Safe Streets/SNG petition only went live on Friday and it already has 326 signers, with new folks jumping on every few minutes.

👉 stayhealthystreets.org/LWB

👉 alternatively - https://bit.ly/33zrHbb

There is a lot of passion about this open-street/park in Seattle.

Thanks for all you're doing to help preserve it!

— Susan

Susan Gleason

Development & Communications Director

Seattle Neighborhood Greenways
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From: Gordon Padelford <gor...@seattlegreenways.org>
Date: Sat, Oct 3, 2020 at 11:33 AM
Subject: Share: Keep Lake Washington Blvd open to people
To:

Hey folks,

SNG and Rainier Valley Greenways Safe Streets are pushing back on the city's decision to completely close the hugely successful Lake Washington Boulevard Keep Moving Street. We just released a new video and petition in an action alert than you may have received, but if not, here is how to help:

• Sign the petition yourself and share it with your friends: https://stayhealthystreets.org/lwb (or https://secure.lglforms.com/form_engine/s/7tgtdCEx6-RMhx59FxrvUQ if the first link isn't loading for you — we just published it and some browsers may not let it load yet). 
• Share our Facebook post: https://www.facebook.com/SEAGreenways/posts/3338326819583887
• Retweet: https://twitter.com/SNGreenways/status/1312448022156984320
• Help hand out flyers Jennifer Charoni <m.m.m.m...@gmail.com> and Andrew Kidde <akand...@gmail.com> are organizing volunteers to hand out flyers along Lake Washington Boulevard this weekend, so message them if you can volunteer for any amount of time. 
  

The petition calls for three things to address the concerns we've been hearing during outreach this summer: 

• Keep Lake Washington Boulevard (LWB) open on weekends: SDOT should keep the street open to people walking, biking, rolling, running, and local vehicular access on weekends (when it has been most popular) throughout the winter and spring.
• Open up parking lots to increase access: The Parks Department should reopen their parking lots along Lake Washington Boulevard so that more people who live farther away from the park and boulevard can have access. With the street open, there is plenty of space for safe social distancing.
• Run an equitable and robust engagement process: SDOT and the Department of Neighborhoods should use this winter to conduct an inclusive and equitable community process that invites community members in SE Seattle to co-create long-term improvements for Lake Washington Boulevard.

thanks everyone!

-Gordon

Executive Director

Seattle Neighborhood Greenways

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