Green Lake Community Center Redevelopment, 2020

PROJECT OVERVIEW

Green Lake Community Center and Evans Pool is one of the oldest and most popular community centers in Seattle. The center has reached the end of its useful life, and Seattle Parks and Recreation is replacing the facility to meet growing needs and ensure people of all ages and backgrounds can enjoy it for many years to come. When the COVID-19 pandemic struck in spring 2020, Seattle Parks faced a new challenge of conducting public outreach remotely as it worked to select a new location and design for the new community center and pool.

Stepherson & Associates Communications was hired to plan, implement, and report on a robust online engagement effort during the early design and site analysis phases. As project manager, I worked closely with project leadership and the consulting architects to ensure our online open houses effectively illustrated all planning and design components, new opportunities for programming, and how community input informed design and project milestones. More than 11,000 people visited the online open houses, with almost 6,000 completing surveys, helping usher in a new era and vision for a welcoming and dynamic community center.

PROJECT ARCHIVE

• Project Siting Online Open House, Spring 2020

• Project Design Online Open House, Summer 2020

• Programming Online Open House, Fall 2020

ACCOLADES

• PRSA Puget Sound Summit Award - Community Relations, June 2021

• AMCP MarComm Gold Award - Community Relations, March 2022