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It’s official.
For the second year in a row, Walkable Main Street will transform downtown Edmonds into a weekend pedestrian-only space.
The decision to stay the course was first announced by Mayor Mike Nelson in a Monday letter to the Edmonds Downtown Alliance (Ed!), in which he cited what he described as a “huge amount of…input from the public, dozens of business owners as a result of our surveys, the business roundtable, councilmember input, emails, calls and Facebook comments,” that supported the two-day street closure as the clear “front runner in public opinion among the various options.”
Photo by Elaine Collins
Breckenridge will not bring back Walkable Main, the pedestrian-only Main Street concept that sprung up last summer. The Breckenridge Town Council voted unanimously Tuesday, April 27, to not reinstate the walkway.
Community Development Director Mark Truckey explained in a memo to council that there have been numerous inquiries on whether the town would bring back Walkable Main. The town recently surveyed residents and businesses, asking for feedback about the concept. Results favored reintroducing the pedestrian walkway with 86% of residents and 83% of businesses that responded supporting the return of Walkable Main.
Mayor Eric Mamula countered the results of the survey by stating that there were a lot of conditions listed along with people’s support of the concept.
Latest Walkable Edmonds survey asks about Sunday-only option; response deadline April 26 Posted: April 23, 2021
Photo courtesy Edmonds Downtown Alliance
The City of Edmonds has launched a new survey asking residents and business owners for their opinion on various options for holding a second year of Walkable Main Street, which involves closing a portion of Main Street in downtown Edmonds to allow for outdoor dining and shopping.
The deadline to respond is April 26.
The latest survey asks respondents whether they would prefer the event be held all day Saturday and Sunday as it was last year, limiting it to either all day Saturday or all day Sunday, or not holding it at all.
Posted: April 14, 2021
Editor:
As members of the Edmonds City Council, we have witnessed many changes in our city over the past 14 months and have supported every effort to assist the public and community businesses during this difficult period. We continue to support initiatives that keep Edmonds vibrant. The retailers and many in the community have asked to keep Main Street open on Saturdays as a better way to support all businesses. We agree this will help with economic resiliency for all downtown businesses.
On April 6, we had a presentation on Walkable Main Street. When we heard the details, we recognized that Sunday was a better option and asked the administration to seriously consider closing Main Street only on Sundays. Many have shared their concerns about the lack of access to the retail businesses and are in support of SOS – Save our Saturdays backing a Saturday evening (not closing the street earlier than 6 p.m.) through Sunday evening closure of Main Street. Man
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Planning Board Chair Mike Rosen, top row-upper left, presents to the Edmonds City Council Tuesday night. Other planning board members pictured include Roger Pence, third row-far left, Vice Chair Alicia Crank, third row-middle, and Matt Cheung, bottom row-far left.
After weeks of discussion, the Edmonds City Council Tuesday night unanimously approved an amended version of tree regulations approved in early March although there is still some wordsmithing to do.
The 7-0 vote came after the council led by Senior Planner Kernan Lien laboriously worked through amendments to the regulations it approved March 2, which were aimed at retaining existing trees during development on private property.