Great Neighborhoods

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 investigation of community context and key opportunities and challenges
• Goals and policies to guide future development

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 2020-2021.

These plans are now part of the 2021 annual Comprehensive Plan amendment process. 

Great Neighborhoods – Many Voices. One Vision. Our Future