That it would irrevocably change the personality and ambiance of the neighborhood.Īs one neighbor begins listing off all the wildlife in the vacant lot - quail, skunks, moose - a chorus of other neighbors joins in, calling out other animals they worry the development would force off the property. That multifamily complexes would bring more crime. That it would pack more students into an already overflowing Hamblen Elementary. That it would make traffic on Crestline Street a horror show. A representative of Greenstone leans quietly against a wall at the council meeting, listening as, one by one, neighbors lay out arguments against the development.
In isolation, it's exactly the sort of walkable, diverse project the city's 2015 Comprehensive Plan envisioned when it described the "best patterns of urban development - infill and mixed-use development."īut the same plan also calls for neighborhoods to be protected from incompatible uses. Now, it's looking to do the same on a property a third of the size: Turn the 25 acres of vacant woods southwest of 29th and Southeast Boulevard into an urban mixed-use development, with 233 residential units and 70,000 square feet of office, retail and commercial buildings. Eight years earlier, the developer had turned vast swaths of railroad land near downtown Spokane into Kendall Yards, one of the biggest urban infill developments in the city. The "thing" Overholser is referring to is Greenstone's "Garden District" proposal. "I mean, really? I mean, I know 'progress.' But let's get down to it, this is going to destroy this neighborhood."
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