The City of Bellevue has reached out to the community about the Permanent Men’s Shelter and Supportive Housing project through news releases, fliers and A-boards posted in businesses, community centers and libraries, Neighborhood News e-newsletter, social media, and articles in the It’s Your City newsletter.

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News Releases

Oct. 9, 2017: Council Roundup: Update on homelessness in Bellevue
July 24, 2017: Council Roundup: Update on proposed Eastgate shelter work
June 6, 2017: Council continues work on proposed shelter site
April 18, 2017 : Preliminary approval for men's shelter at Eastgate
Nov. 30, 2016: Council Roundup: Eastside shelter project update
Oct. 19, 2016: Community workshop on Eastgate shelter site
Sept. 21, 2016: Community meeting for men's shelter site
Aug. 2, 2016: City and county propose men's shelter in Bellevue

It’s Your City

Articles about the Eastside Men’s Shelter and homelessness on the Eastside have been published in the following issues of the “It’s Your City” newsletter mailed to every home in Bellevue:

Neighborhood News

Articles for the Eastside Men’s Shelter can be found in the following issues:

Outreach to surrounding businesses and residential

In August 2016, outreach staff distributed information packets and fliers to 114 surrounding businesses north and south of Interstate 90, and libraries and faith communities in Eastgate. Additionally, outreach was done to the nearby residential communities of Sunset Ridge, Harmony, Seasons at Madrona and Sunset Community Association as well as Bellevue College, the Eastgate park and ride, and Public Health - Seattle and King County.

Stakeholder briefings

The city provided stakeholder briefings for interested parties who wanted more information about this project. City staff and staff from Congregations for the Homeless met with residents and business owners to provide information about the project, identify specific concerns and provide answers to questions of local concern.

Stakeholder briefings have been provided to:

Sunset Community Association Board
Harmony at Madrona
Eastgate Residents
Seasons At Madrona Park HOA
Sunset Ridge
Intellectual Ventures
Urban Renaissance
Eastgate Public Health Seattle
King County Metro
Bellevue College
Eastside Christian School
Planning Commission
Human Services Commission
Youth Link Board Retreat

If you have questions, comments or would like to request a stakeholder briefing, please contact Mike McCormick Huentelman, mmhuent@bellevuewa.govor 425-452-4089.

Media Stories

Bellevue bans safe-injection sites for heroin users – Seattle Times, Aug. 8, 2017
Bellevue City Council bans safe drug injection sites – Bellevue Reporter, Aug. 8, 2017
Bellevue may ban safe injection sites before they open – KUOW, July 26, 2017
Bellevue opposes safe injection sites as opioid epidemic grows – KOMO 4, July 26, 2017
Bellevue Council moves forward with all 3 homeless shelter locations – Bellevue Reporter, June 7, 2017
List of locations narrows down for Bellevue men's shelter – KUOW, June 6, 2017
For first Bellevue men's shelter, debate over location – KUOW, June 5, 2017
Bellevue council refines homeless shelter parameters – Bellevue Reporter, May 3, 2017
Bellevue City Council moves forward on Eastgate shelter, with major caveat – Bellevue Reporter, April 19, 2017
Bellevue council OKs Eastgate for homeless shelter — but will also study 2 other sites – Seattle Times, April 18, 2017
In Bellevue, worries that homeless shelter would bring crime, Seattle ‘scourge’ – Seattle Times, April 5, 2017
Bellevue needs to go from talking about a homeless shelter to getting it built – Seattle Times, April 5, 2017
Eastside communities stepping up efforts to help the homeless Seattle Times, Dec. 11, 2016
Police release data regarding Eastgate homeless shelter Bellevue Reporter, Nov. 30, 2016
Neighbors fight proposed homeless shelter in Bellevue KIRO 7, Nov. 21, 2016
Battle brews in Bellevue over sheltering the homeless, Seattle Times, Nov. 14, 2016
Eastgate residents draw issues with proposed men’s shelter in Bellevue, Bellevue Reporter, Nov. 2, 2016
Thank you, Bellevue, for stepping up for homeless, Seattle Times, Nov. 1, 2016
Bellevue will hold community meeting for men’s shelter, Bellevue Reporter, Sept. 22, 2016