Community planning on Alder Street
Plans made with the people who live there
Alder Street Civic Lab brings neighbors, planners and the city to the same table, so what gets built is what the street needs.
What we do
Three ways we help the street plan
Workshops
Free, interpreted evenings where neighbors and planners work on one question together.
Walking surveys
Block-by-block walks that map where people cross, wait and avoid, for a map the city doesn't have.
Making the case
We carry what we hear to city hall: petitions, budget comments and the notes from every table.
Upcoming workshops
Come to the next one
- Cannery site open houseFriday, February 12, 6:30 pm · The old cannery, 1200 Harbor Road
- Transit listening sessionThursday, May 13, 6:30 pm · Alder Street Library, upstairs
- Tree planting dayWednesday, August 11, 6:30 pm · Alder Street between Fourth and Ninth
News
From the lab
Our year in numbers
Twelve workshops, 1,140 comments recorded, 38 volunteers and one very well-used chalkboard wall.
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The shade tree petition reaches 500 names
The petition for street trees on the south side of Alder Street passed five hundred signatures this week. It goes to the parks committee next month, together with the block-by-block map from the walking survey.
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Listening sessions are now online too
Not everyone can make a Tuesday evening at the library. Starting this month, every listening session also runs online, with the same facilitators and the same questions. Online notes go into the same summary as the room’s, so every voice counts the same.
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Upstairs from the library
418 Alder Street, upstairs from the Alder Street Library.