100 YEARS FORWARD

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100 YEARS FORWARD
Alison Van Gorp Manager Cascade Agenda Cities
Program
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Cascade Agenda Vision

• Looking long
• 100 years forward
• Thinking broad
• Sustain a strong regional economy
• Promote livable communities
• Ensure healthy ecosystems

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Cascade Agenda Approach

• Public Engagement
• 3,500 stakeholders
• 460 classrooms
• 100 elected officials
• Over 50 experts in science and economics
• More than 100 practitioners
• Ongoing outreach and expert engagement

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Growth is Happening
Graphic courtesy of PSRC Vision 2040
but we have a choice about how it happens
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Shoreline The Sound
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Kittitas County
Pierce County
Tacoma
King County
Seattle
Snohomish County
Everett
CURRENT LAND USE
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Kittitas County
Pierce County
Tacoma
King County
Seattle
Snohomish County
Everett
2100 ALTERNATIVE FUTURE
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Kittitas County
Pierce County
Tacoma
King County
Seattle
Snohomish County
Everett
2100 PLANNING FUTURE
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Additional Concerns

• Rising home prices
• Increasing congestion
• Rising fuel costs
• Climate change

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Cascade Agenda Goals

• Save our landscape
• 1 million acres private forests and farms
• 265,000 acres parks, natural areas, shorelines
• Enhance our communities
• Smart community planning
• Spectacular parks public places

100 years forward
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CITIES PROGRAM
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Cascade Agenda Cities Program
COMPLETE
COMPACT
CONNECTED
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How Do We Get There
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We Have a Great Opportunity

• 2/3 of development on the ground in 2050 will be
  built between now and then
• It will take careful planning, flexibility in
  zoning codes and creative design

Moudon et al. 1997
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Mission Statement

• Enlist the regions cities to improve the
  livability of neighborhoods---making them
  complete, compact and connected---spectacular
  enough for people to choose to live there, saving
  the regions natural and working lands from
  poorly planned development.

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Current Members

• Member Cities
• Issaquah
• Kirkland
• Shoreline
• Ellensburg
• Leadership Cities
• Tacoma

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How Cities Join the Program

• Member Cities
• Pass a resolution aligning city policies with the
  principles of the Cascade Agenda Cities program
• Designate primary staff contact
• Leadership Cities
• Apply to Cascade Agenda Leadership Cities Program
• Pass city council resolution
• Designate staff contact and create an
  interdepartmental team.
• Participate in learning network with cities
  across the region
• Annual membership fee

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Member Benefits

• Member Cities
• Recognition as a regional leader
• Access to best practices thru peer learning
  network
• Workshops with experts and other innovative
  cities
• Membership in the Cascade Agenda Coalition
  directed at influencing state level policy
• Leadership Cities
• Urban livability report and recommendations
• 25 hours of CLC staff time directed at
• Community outreach on growth options
• Policy development assistance

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Program Objectives

• Manage growth fairly and responsibly
• Make the most of new housing
• Make strategic public investments that support
  quality growth and economic prosperity

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What We Do

• Education and outreach
• Build political will around the vision of the
  Cascade Agenda
• Connect local leaders behind a common cause
• Policy RD
• Identify opportunities and needs
• Research and share best practices with cities
• Coalition building and advocacy
• Build our grassroots network to support local
  policy innovation
• Bring together partner cities and organizations
  to support state legislation on smart growth
  issues
• Pilot Projects
• Proof of concept for Cascade Agenda strategies

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What Do These Issues Have in Common?

• Puget Sound
• Traffic congestion
• Obesity and other health concerns
• Climate change
• Watershed health
• No money to fix failing roads and bridges

Land Use!
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Thank You!

• For more info, please see
• www.cascadeagenda.com
• www.cascadeagenda.com/strategies/cities
• Contact me
• Alison Van Gorp
• alisonv_at_cascadeland.org

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