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Shape Lake City Community Center Review Design & Provide Feedback

by on August 20, 2025

Survey Closes September 1 – Participate Today!

Seattle Parks and Recreation (SPR) encourages everyone from the Lake City community to participate in the development of the future Lake City Community Center. Please take this short survey and visit us at our booth on Thursday, August 14 & 28 during the Lake City Farmers Market at Albert Davis Park, 12526 27th Ave NE from 3 to 7 p.m.

This survey is an opportunity for the community to learn more about the project and provide feedback on the community center design options. The survey is available in multiple languages (Amharic, Oromo, Russian, Somali, Spanish Tigrinya, Traditional Chinese, Ukrainian, Vietnamese) below and will close at the end of day, Monday, September 1, 2025. Thank you to everyone who has participated to date.

Seattle Parks and Recreation and the Seattle Office of Housing (OH) are excited to have Mercy Housing as the lead redeveloper for the Lake City Community Center. The Lake City Community Center redevelopment presents a unique opportunity to co-locate a new community center with 113 affordable rental homes all in one convenient location near the Lake City Branch Library and Albert Davis Park. This is the first development partnership between OH and SPR, enabling the City to pool resources to create much-needed affordable housing on top of a new community center. SPR will continue to own and operate the Lake City Community Center, 12531 28th Avenue NE., once it is redeveloped. The Center will continue to be an integral part of the Lake City neighborhood, serving as a hub for community activities and bringing people of all ages, abilities, and cultures together.

For more information on both projects please visit https://www.seattle.gov/parks/about-us/projects/lake-city-community-center-redevelopment or contact David Graves at David.graves@seattle.gov

For more information on the Office of Housing work please visit https://www.seattle.gov/housing/programs-and-initiatives/lake-city-community-center-redevelopment#rfqlakecitycommunitycenterredevelopment.xml

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Illustration of one vision for a mixed-use building containing a community center and affordable housing. Text states "Following the 2023 fire, City of Seattle Parks and Recreation, the Office of Housing and the Department of Neighborhoods are working together to rebuild the Lake City Community Center as a modern, multi-use facility with 113 affordable housing units above. This project aims to create an inclusive, vibrant space that reflects the priorities of the Lake City community, improves neighborhood resilience, and strengthens the civic core."
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