1. Establishment of the Uptown Neighborhood Center at 157 Roy Street. This co-location of offices for five non-profits, two elected officials and the City of Seattle’s Queen Anne/Magnolia Neighborhood Service Center also offers free meeting rooms to the community.

2. Design, construction and maintenance of a model urban streetscape on First Ave West between West Mercer Street and West Republican Street. This Neighborhood Matching Fund project succeeded when the Uptown Alliance achieved early cooperation with the developer of the east side of First Ave West with a mixed use building. Safeway and other retail are at street level with residential above the retail. Property owners on the west side contributed funds for the pedestrian-scale street lamps, benches, vegetation in the planting strip, and trash containers to beautify both sides of the street.

3. Financial support for the Uptown Alliance neighborhood improvement projects with semi-annual neighborhood rummage sale for a
neighborhood of mostly multi-family buildings where garage/yard sales aren’t practical.

5. Create, and now support financially, our neighborhood’s annual art festival, called the Uptown Stroll. Five of past six years.

6. Introduction of seasonal celebrations in the park: July 2004 to mark acquisition; July 2005 to gather stakeholder comments and honor Uptown’s heroes; winter festival 2005.

7. Recommendation that City of Seattle plan, design, and build a pedestrian/bike bridge to allow access from west side of Uptown into the Elliott Bay waterfront parks. Our proposal calls for, at minimum, a bridge over the BNSF rail lines at the West Thomas Street end. We continue to urge the City to bridge Elliott Ave West for genuine pedestrian safety.