The Daffodil Neighborhood
Sponsored by: City of Sumner, Sumner School District, Investco Properties Development Corporation and Boston Harbor Land Company

The Daffodil Neighborhood in the City of Sumner has been transformed into a truly livable community that doesn't require a car trip to raise kids, shop or commute to work. Just eight years ago, the area was 70 percent vacant. In 1995, the City of Sumner adopted guidelines and regulations promoting pedestrian-oriented and neo-traditional design. Today, with existing and proposed projects, the neighborhood is approximately 85 percent developed. The neighborhood includes:

• Sumner Farms, developed by Boston Harbor Land Company in 1997 - 65 neo-traditional single-family houses, on a walkable network of traditional streets, sidewalks and alleys.
• A major mixed use project completed by Investco Financial in 1998 - 42 neo-traditional cottage units, 8 live-work units, and 8 units in a mixed-use building.
• A new athletic complex in the center of the neighborhood built by the Sumner Rotary Club.
• A new school specifically designed to be pedestrian-friendly, scheduled to be completed this spring.

Gateways to Bremerton demonstrates the keystone of VISION 2020 by improving transportation links between urban centers. Gateways includes two projects - the new Bremerton Transportation Center and the SR 3/304 Gateway project - that are the springboard for new fast passenger-only ferry service between Bremerton and Seattle, and for the revitalization of the downtown Bremerton waterfront. The Bremerton Transportation Center, now under construction, is a new transportation terminal for ferries, buses and carpools. The SR 3/304 Gateway project will transform Bremerton's gateway from the west, improving access to the new Transportation Center and downtown.

New Holly
Sponsored by: Seattle Housing Authority

New Holly has redeveloped Seattle's Holly Park public housing project into an attractive, vibrant new neighborhood with housing for mixed incomes. New Holly includes a variety of housing types for many income levels and stages of life: single-family detached homes, townhomes, and duplex and detached single-family homes on small lots, including carriage-house units above the garages behind some duplexes.

The development is designed in Craftsman style and includes front porches close enough to the tree-lined sidewalks for neighbor to meet neighbor; back porches in individual fenced backyards; and narrow streets to discourage speeding. The project reconnected the area to the surrounding community with seamless street connections, a new bus stop, and an integrated system of paths and sidewalks linking the new neighborhood to parks and community facilities.

Tulalip Route 222
Sponsored by: Community Transit and the Tulalip Tribes

Tulalip Route 222 is a new bus route that serves as a vital link between the Tulalip community and Marysville. Before Route 222 went into service in September 1998, the reservation s 12,000 residents had no transit service. Residents often walked and hitchhiked along the busy and sometimes dangerous Marine Drive.

Community Transit worked closely with the Tulalip Tribes Board and with residents to explore whether the Tulalip community would join Community Transit s service area. In September 1997, the Tulalip community voted to join the Public Transportation Benefit Area. Community Transit worked closely with residents to design the route, timing and key stops. The new service enhances mobility for the entire community. Residents can now get to work more easily, and students attending high school in Marysville are now able to participate in more activities after school and travel home via Community Transit.

LionsGate
Sponsored by: GGLO Architecture and Interior Design, Trammell Crow Residential Northwest and the City of Redmond

LionsGate is a walkable, mixed-use urban village near downtown Redmond that serves as a model for innovative design. The development has one, two and three-bedroom apartments on three levels with commercial space for home businesses fronting directly on the street. Just like traditional mainstreet storefronts where people once lived above family-run businesses or grocery stores, the LionsGate home/office buildings have entrances that open directly on the sidewalk. The development also includes landscaped inner courtyards, with benches, fountains and sidewalks.

LionsGate has developed into a village within the City of Redmond. Residents can commute easily to work via bikes, walking or public transit at the nearby park-and-ride, and can easily walk to nearby shopping and other services.

Upper Snoqualmie Regional Open Space Initiative
Sponsored by: King County and the Preston Community Club

The Upper Snoqualmie Regional Open Space Initiative unites citizens, local businesses and King County in a positive plan to overcome land use conflicts and preserve rural character around Preston, four miles east of Issaquah on Interstate 90.

Citizens and industrial landowners in Preston sought to replace conflict and legal battles with cooperative solutions. They took a jointly developed vision for the Preston area to King County elected officials, who endorsed the agreement. In late 1997, King County committed $2.5 million to purchase more than 600 acres of land in and around Preston for ball fields, an historic mill park, a native plant botanical garden and 475 acres of open space for trails.

Many elements of the initiative are complete or underway. Preston Mill Park was opened to the public in May 1998; appraisals and negotiations for many parcels are underway; and a critical 30-acre parcel for the Preston Arboretum was acquired by the Trust for Public Land.

AIA Seattle
VISION 2020 Partnership Award 1999

In policy and through a breadth of public programs, the Seattle Chapter of the American Institute of Architects seeks to advance the quality of communities throughout the greater Puget Sound region. AIA Seattle, an association of over 1,800 architects, has supported architects' active participation in their communities. Through the decades, architects have contributed millions of hours of service to neighborhood organizations and to urban and regional planning activities, and have worked in myriad ways with fellow citizens and clients to achieve - and sustain - the quality of life identified with the Northwest.

Many current programs carry out the goals of VISION 2020. Notable recent efforts include:
1. Housing Seattle Design Demonstration Projects. In collaboration with the City of Seattle, the AIA Seattle Housing Task Force brought forth real housing projects demonstrating innovative approaches to increasing housing density and affordability.

2. Messages from Young Leaders to the Mayor. This program, initiated in 1997, brings design professionals and architecture students into K-12 classrooms to explore elements of community design.

3. Think Regionally, Plan Neighborly. As part of Architecture Week '97, AIA Seattle joined with the Puget Sound Regional Council and the Seattle Neighborhood Planning Office in presenting a neighborhood planning open house and workshop at Seattle Center.