Picture Perfect Queen Anne

PPQA is working steadily to improve our neighborhood. Highlights include:

The QA/Magnolia District Council and the QA Community Council voted unanimously to approve the QA Avenue Streetscape
Master Plan.

The Seattle Times power washed and consolidated newspaper boxes and moved them to less crowded locations.

With a grant from the Office of Economic Development (OED), PPQA purchased and SDOT installed 3 benches. Two are located on the Gilbert Apartment block between Galer and Garfield; one is in front of Ravenna Gardens.

PPQA installed a bench and a new planting box at the corner of QA Avenue and Boston with funds from the OED grant. Pennon Construction donated the asphalt removal.

In partnership with SDOT and the Friends of Queen Anne, PPQA has multi-year funding for sidewalk repairs along the entire length of QA Avenue. Repairs to cracked and buckled sidewalks along the east side of the avenue from Galer to Boston have already been completed.
Pedestrian crossings along QA Avenue at Boston, Blaine and Galer have been restripped.
With funds from the OED grant, PPQA volunteers and merchants collaborated to put in plantings and soil in 14 tree pits along Queen Anne Avenue.
SDOT pruned trees along Queen Anne Avenue.
In partnership with with Seattle historical groups, PPQA is working to include QA historical elements along the avenue.
PPQA is working with Joe Geivett, developer of the Eden Hill (Bartell’s) project, on inclusion of elements called for in the Streetscape Master Plan.

PPQA partnered with the Queen Anne Winderemere to remove trash, weed tree pits, replace plants and clear gutters along the entire length of Queen Anne Avenue.

PPQA is working with the Land Use Review Committee of the Queen Anne Community Council and other community groups to formulate design guidelines for Queen Anne Avenue that are consistent with PPQA's streetscape plan. The design guidelines will be submitted for inclusion in the the City of Seattle building code.
PPQA partnered with Starbucks and Noah's Bagels to address chronic trash problems at the coner of Boston & Queen Anne Avenue.