
Creating neighborhoods where people feel at home, feel connected and where they can thrive in the midst of change doesn’t just happen. It takes a plan.
Neighborhood Area Plans are one way the city supports strong neighborhoods. These neighborhood plans serve as road maps to the future. They provide residents, businesses, city staff and other stakeholders with guidance as each neighborhood grows and changes over time.
Each Neighborhood Area Plan is based on a template that includes:
- A vision statement that reflects the community's core values;
- A community profile that examines current conditions and trends;
- An examination of key opportunities and challenges;
- Policies to guide future development;
- A list of community identified goals and actions.
The city is collaborating with neighborhoods using the interactive EngagingBellevue website. With online and in-person tools, events, activities and more, we are working with residents and stakeholders to develop plans that secure our neighborhoods’ future as livable, inspiring, vibrant and equitable communities.
What are Great Neighborhoods?
Strong community connections strengthen neighborhoods and directly raise the quality of life. Bellevue's City Council affirms this with the city's Great Neighborhoods program, initiating Comprehensive Plan amendments in August 2018 for preparation of the Northwest Bellevue and Northeast Bellevue plans. The program has now re-engaged these communities in 2020.
Plan amendments for preparation of the Crossroads and Newport Hills neighborhoods will follow after the first-round Northwest Bellevue and Northeast Bellevue plan amendments are completed. The work program timeline for all of these plan amendment Great Neighborhoods will be adjusted accordingly.
Great Neighborhoods – Many Voices. One Vision. Our Future
Project Schedule: Northeast and Northwest Bellevue Great Neighborhoods
Date |
Meeting, Event, or Action Taken |
Links for current and past events |
Register for June 16, 2020 |
Launch Event: Northeast and Northwest Bellevue |
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Register for June 17, 2020 |
Launch Event: Northeast and Northwest Bellevue |
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June-August 2020 |
Values Conversations and Engaging Bellevue outreach |
NE Bellevue Engaging Bellevue Site |
NW Bellevue Engaging Bellevue Site |
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September 2020 |
The first Visioning Session |
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Fall 2020 |
Data-Walk for each neighborhood |
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January 2021 |
Challenges and Solutions Dialogue |
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February 2021 |
Priorities and Policies Dialogue |
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Spring 2021 |
Plan Draft Development and Review |
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Summer-Fall 2021 |
Plan Approval Process |
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Archive Materials
The conversation so far focused on discovering and sharing community values in both Northeast and Northwest Bellevue.
Date | Meeting, Event, or Action Taken | Links |
Sept.-Oct. 2018 | Northeast Bellevue Discovery Phase |
Slides Comments Infographic Word Cloud |
Sept.-Oct. 2018 | Northwest Bellevue Discovery Phase |
Slides Comments Infographic Word Cloud |
8/6/18 | City Council Study Session Topic: Project Launch |
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7/9/18 | City Council Study Session Topic: Project Launch |
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6/12/18 | NAP Neighborhood Forum | |
5/29/18 | City Council Meeting Topic: Initial Conversations |