23rd Avenue Action Plan: Union – Cherry – Jackson Phase 1 Consolidated Community Comments (April community workshop, online surveys, in-person interviews, POEL workshops) Great Business Destinations Good Needs Work/Desired Ideas Shops and Services Where do you go for goods and services, and why? • Where do you go for goods and services, and why? • More kid friendly places/commercial locations How do you get there? What goods and services are How do you get there? What goods and services are • missing as your neighborhood grows? missing as your neighborhood grows? • I go to the hair store on Jackson and the Safeway • Downtown or Bellevue, history of shopping and on Madison. I drive my car. I frequent those convenience. Drive or bus. businesses often because the parking is very • Capitol Hill, Sodo, U-district by bicycle or car. I convenient and free. have to travel to either Factoria or Northgate. • Fremont (PCC), Madison Park (hardware store, • Cap hill, first hill, Renton, Sodo. Pharmaca, Bert's) Montlake (Mont's, Jay's, • Downtown, Capitol Hill and the rainier Valley. I library). I go to 23rd and Jackson for most get there by bus and car. Missing services- everything. I like to walk to Red Apple or Taco del drugstore in union/cherry. Bakery. Mar. • Capitol Hill, more variety. • I travel to the 15th Avenue core or Rainier Valley • Mostly car. There isn't much that we walk to and by car. we like to walk. Columbia city is a favourite. Go to • Capitol Hill--QFC, Trader Joes, Madison Market; dinner check out some shops and go see a movie get there by driving; Local markets for the diverse and then grab some ice cream. Occasionally meet food, convenience, and affordability people for a beer down there. It has a pedestrian • We walk/bus to The Twilight Exit. We walk to atmosphere that is not automobile oriented. This Chef Cafe and Judkins Street Cafe. We is how Jackson should be. walk/bus/bike to Union Street for haircuts, • I shop various places around town and I normally Central Cinema and the Neighbor Lady. We take drive--often shopping in the course of other trips. Zipcar or Car2Go to Madison Market for I take the bus downtown and the bus/car share groceries. We take Metro or car share to Capitol occasionally. There just aren't that many shops in Hill for entertainment. We take Metro downtown this area that have what I need or that are to shop (clothes, food, housewares). There is a attractive to me as a shopper. I would sooner new bar/restaurant that has opened up, but it drive to the QFC on Rainier or the Safeway on doesn't have a homey, hanging out atmosphere. Capitol Hill than shop at the Red Apple. It just There are plenty of Ethiopian (and a few Asian) feels like it's not someplace that I belong and I've restaurants in this neighborhood, only shopped there a handful of times in over a • I like that I go to other neighborhoods for goods decade. I was willing to pay more to patronize a but. I usually use public transit to the neighboring local shop that was welcoming to my communities and I feel that getting a bus line that demographic. I still get the feeling that in some travels through the CD more directly to Pike/Pine parts of these core areas that if you're not black and Broadway would be well used. you aren't welcome. • bike, walk and drive • We go outside of our community for most of our • I go to Grocery Outlet and all three 23rd Ave goods and services (ID, Capitol Hill, Columbia cores. I get there by bike or by walking. City). We drive. We are missing a good mix of • Usually out of the central area family restaurants and a variety of shops and Working Document Draft June 27, 2013 1 Good Needs Work/Desired Ideas • The supermarket. Nothing grown here is sold services. • Columbia city, rainier beach, RB coalition for • We often drive to Capitol Hill, Beacon Hill or the community empowerment Walking district, International District for restaurants and night life for all ages, culture, community, high groceries, Madison Valley for restaurants and quality gathering spaces clothing (consignment store), and downtown for • Cooperative housing cooperative businesses other needs. • I ride my bike and drive. • I head to the Jackson core, but more often head • Library, post office, grocery store I drive to either Capitol Hill or ID to shop. We drive. We • Cap Hill and goodwill. Walk, bike, car. are missing a variety of shops and restaurants • A mix between chains (Trader Joes) and small that appeal to a wide range of people. businesses (taco truck on union and 20th). • There are no large home stores or grocery stores • I do most of my shopping at Grocery Outlet and within walking distance (Fred Meyer, Safeway). Trader Joes. I go to the bars The Neighbor Lady Also more price point variety in terms of and Twilight Exit. I eat at all the Ethiopian restaurants and bars. restaurants along Cherry. I get gas at the Arco. I • I often have to go out of neighborhood because get chai at Dur Dur. I occasionally go to Ezell's, not enough options -- especially small Catfish Corner, Med Mix, Golden Grain Bakery, locally/owned. and the car wash. I take my niece to Nora's • Cap Hill for food and restaurants, downtown, U Woods and Powell Burnett park. district. Most goods and services that I use are • Rainier Valley QFC & Safeway. Chinatown for missing from these core neighborhoods. Uwajamya (don't like the Promenade Red Apple). • I go to the Ballard area for groceries, etc. The Madrona for restaurants North end is simpler to get to and park. There are • Walk to Safeway and Trader Joe's, Group Health, also many more options for shopping. Some of bookstores and downtown. Drive to cleaners, these options are available downtown and along events, etc. Other types of services would be Madison, great: pet stores, bakeries, produce stands, • I have no serious challenge at this point, but I replacement of post office. would love to see many more new businesses to • I use Walgreens at 23rd and Union. We go to the attract many new customers to the area. new Standard Brewery, Judkins Cafe, Cheeky • Preserve the diversity of the area since I’m losing Cafe, Med Mix, & Broadcast Coffee. I think the most of my customers (African Americans) due to response to Standard Brewery certainly suggests some demographic changes that there is a shortage of adult meeting areas in • We need more customers. Developing a variety of this neighborhood. other businesses can attract additional customers • Groceries and pharmacy - Safeway at 15th and E. to us John. Bartells at Harvard Market - everything What goods and services are missing as your BUT pharmacy! Gym at UW because I'm UW neighborhood grows? retiree. Doctors - on first hill and U. District. • I wish there was more convenient restaurants. I Some "old-timey" services are missing - shoe wish the drive-thru at the Med-mix was available repair shop, small hardware store (like Ace) to • Need more coffee shops and a book store. avoid trips to big box stores. • I'd love to have a PCC closer. • More grocery stores, restaurants, shops, • We need more so I don't have to drive. businesses. Look at Columbia City as a model. • Would like to see a return of smaller boutique • Any where but in the CD, nothing to offer of shops that sell cards, ethnic goods, books. value. • Things that are lacking are nearby drugstores, • Safeway, against my will. I hate going there but I hardware, bakeries. have no choice. It seems like they have a • Would like to see more local businesses and fewer monopoly here in Seattle. That leads to no price chain stores Working Document Draft June 27, 2013 2 Good Needs Work/Desired Ideas competition • more independent, small businesses • 23rd and Jackson core for groceries, drug store, • We need a good bank, better grocery stores, coffee, fast food garden supplies, taco trucks, noodle houses, a • Capitol Hill, and international district. I go on foot few good bars at night, outdoor farmers markets or by car. • We could use a small dry goods store like target • I primarily go to Capitol Hill for goods and or Fred Myer. services, UNLESS I have an option to shop locally • A pet food store. We need a good book store. (e.g., Tougo Coffee). There are 2 in capital Hill but it would be a great • I walk to nearby grocery stores and walk or bus place for people to gather. downtown to buy clothes. Whatever we're lacking • How about having a big grocery store like isn't far away. Safeway? We need a grocery store that has more • Madison Market - bus, walking and driving. Post products and low prices. office - walking Tougo Coffee - walking MedMix • but no place that sells a good burger or Pizza near - walking Gas station at 23rd and E. Union - car 23rd. There's a lot of fast food near 23rd and Central Cinema - walking Katie's - walking Gold's Jackson, but we don't eat any of that. We really Gym on Broadway - bus and walking Downtown need a postal outlet near 23rd and Jackson. It retail and Capitol Hill retail and QFC - bus would be nice to have a *small* Fred Meyer, or walking. Roosevelt Whole Foods - bus and car other store that sold housewares. The Red Apple Northgate retail - car Queen Anne ballet, opera, and Walgreens are typically terrible at that sort of movies -bus Downtown movies - bus University thing.