Seattle’s Urban Growth – Vision 2040

Between 2006 and 2022 Seattle is expected to accommodate 92,000 or 34% of the county’s total 267,000 new jobs. The city’s strategy for accommodating growth is to direct most of it to locations designated as urban centers and urban villages. Urban centers are part of the countywide and regional strategy embodied in the Country Wide Planning Policies which contain descriptions and minimum density standards for these intended high-density mixed use areas. Four of the 6 Urban Centers in Seattle are contiguous to one another and together they represent significant proportions of Seattle’s current jobs, households and growth potential. These four centers – Downtown, First Hill/Capitol Hill, Uptown and South Lake Union – constitute the area known as Center City. The four urban centers in Center City encompass approximately 3,500 acres or less than 5% of the city’s total land area yet they are home to about 17% of the city’s households and nearly 50% or the city’s jobs. The city’s 20 year growth targets would locate about 50% of future households and 60% of future jobs n Center City.

This article was excerpted from Seattle.gov. For the complete article and information on Seattle’s Urban Mobility Plan go to http://www.seattle.gov/transportation/docs/ump/04%20SEATTLE%20What%20do%20we%20know%20about%20the%20future.pdf

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