Welcome to the Lake City Floodplain Park Online Open House
The City of Seattle is designing a new natural area
on Thornton Creek and we need your help!
The City of Seattle has acquired a property in Lake City on Thornton Creek on NE 125th St near 24th Ave NE to create a community green space that supports a healthier Thornton Creek.
In order to make this a natural area that serves community needs, we need to hear your hopes and dreams for both the neighborhood and the upcoming Lake City Floodplain Park. We look forward to connecting with you to create a vibrant, safe community space alongside a healthier Thornton Creek. Leave notes on an interactive map , attend an upcoming workshop, or contact us any time!
Share Your Ideas
We are committed to engaging the Lake City community as an active participant and collaborator in the design of public access to the new park. We look forward to hearing from you online and to visiting you in the community in COVID-safe ways to work with you on designing public access elements, including establishing community priorities, identifying and selecting the overall program of uses, and contributing to the layout of site elements. Together we can design a beautiful, safe natural area for community use!
Share your hopes and dreams for the upcoming park on the interactive map.
Learn more about the site in Project Background.
View of the property looking north. Wide-open spaces will allow for creating community gathering spaces, planting native vegetation, and increasing the complexity of the stream.
Map of project site location in the greater Lake City area.
View looking east on the property during normal water levels (left) and during severe flooding (right). Restoring the floodplain, including planting native vegetation, will allow the site to hold more water during flooding events, reducing or preventing flooding both up and downstream.
View of the footbridge on the property looking north during normal water levels (left) and during high water levels (right).
View of Thornton Creek looking upstream.
View of Thornton Creek looking downstream (toward NE 125th Street).
Let’s Work Together
Community input will be critical in designing the upcoming Lake City Floodplain Park. We need your feedback on how to make this new park an accessible green space that supports a healthier creek and serves the needs of the Lake City community. Leave notes on an interactive map or Contact Us anytime.
While telling us your hopes for the site is what we need most right now, the new natural area park will eventually need the help of volunteers like you to help replant the site and maintain it!
The City of Seattle is also planning several in-person and virtual events to share information about the project and receive feedback on how the community would like to use the park.
There are no virtual meetings scheduled at this time.
In-person meetings
In person meetings at the new park location and in the community (as permitted by COVID restrictions) for hands-on learning, information sharing, and receiving community feedback.
If you would like to schedule an in-person meeting for your community group, please reach out!
Continue to check this website for updated project information and details about feedback opportunities!
Interactive Map
Leave us notes about your hopes and dreams for the upcoming Lake City Floodplain Park! Leave a comment using the “Edit” icon in the top left corner:
Contact Us
Have a general question about the upcoming Lake City Floodplain Park? Contact:
Amanda Barnett, Seattle Public Utilities and Seattle Parks and Recreation
Rachel Banner, Seattle Parks and Recreation
Have a question about upcoming workshops and other sharing opportunities leading up to the preferred park design option? Contact:
Tracy Banaszynski, Mid Sound Fisheries Enhancement Group
For more project information, visit Seattle Parks and Recreation’s project page and Seattle Public Utilities’ project page and sign up below to receive project update emails!
Project Funding
Project leadership, support, and funding is provided by Seattle Public Utilities and Seattle Parks and Recreation. The options analysis phase of the project is funded in partnership with Mid Sound Fisheries Enhancement Group* by King County Wastewater Treatment Division and King County Flood Control District with support from King County Councilmember Dembowski.
