just a thought....

It would be disingenuous of me not to acknowledge that I’m a Queen Anne guy through and through. I love our neighborhood. That doesn’t mean, of course, that neighboring Magnolia, Belltown, Ballard don’t have their wonderful charms–they do. Yet for me, QA is a place of special community that has captured my heart. My family works here, lives here, prays here, gets educated here, plays here, eats here, celebrates here and enjoys our community so much.

Let’s make it better.

We need a new community center with a new approach to recreation. Imagine the possibilities: A world-class pool like Magnolia’s Pop’s Mounger…a re-use of the Big Howe fields by adding a tennis court or two….a reconnection with McClure Middle School to improve the grounds for everyone…a change in parking policy to use the street for walking, biking, even vendors….so many ideas that would need community engagement to decide and make happen.

QA is growing, our density is increasing dramatically by the day. We need a long-term vision for what’s possible in terms of building the public infrastructure for the 30,000 people who call QA home. It’s easy to make idealistic calls for improvements but it takes hard work and resources.

How to pay for it?

A combination of private, local, county and state resources would require a strategy and a workplan. We can’t push new density and not build the 21st Century infrastructure to sustain, improve and enhance the quality of life for all of us.

Let’s embrace what’s possible.