Yesterday Seattle’s Office of the Hearing Examiner released a ruling on a legal challenge to the city’s final Environmental Impact Statement on a proposed affordable housing project on the Fort Lawton property adjacent to Discovery Park in the Magnolia neighborhood. The ruling fully affirms the adequacy of the EIS and dismisses the challenge.
Continue reading Fort Lawton EIS upheld by the Hearing Examiner
Today the City of Seattle published the Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) for its proposed redevelopment of the Fort Lawton property in Magnolia.
This evening the Office of Housing held a public hearing on the draft Environmental Impact Statement for the proposed affordable housing project at the old Fort Lawton site in Magnolia. It was a standing-room-only crowd, and the vast majority of speakers voiced their support for the project.
Continue reading Ft. Lawton public hearing draws mostly positive response
In February of 1898, seven hundred acres on Magnolia Bluff were given to the federal government. Today, almost all of that land is back in local hands. Almost — the last bit has been the source of plans, lawsuits and headaches for ten years.