Greenwood-Phinney Ridge Street-Level Survey, April 22nd, 2004

Route 1 Route 2 Route 3 & 4

Greenwood-Phinney Ridge's street-level survey followed the main business district of the neighborhood.  The routes were chosen by community members of both the Greenwood and Phinney Community Councils.  Volunteers who participated in the survey consisted of some members of the council, but also individuals interested in using tools and data to make positive changes in their community. 

Findings of the April 22nd, 2004 street-level survey:

Although each neighborhood showed trip hazards as a prevalent problem on sidewalks, this was especially striking in Greenwood and Phinney Ridge.  Out of 297 total incidents collected, 50 were trip hazards.  Many of the trip hazards could be linked to trees overgrowing their pits, creating trip hazards from roots heaving the sidewalk and pavers.  In response to these findings, Sustainable Seattle, along with the Greenwood-Phinney Chamber of Commerce and Greenwood and Phinney Community Councils secured a grant from the Office of Economic Development for $20,000 to improve tree pits in the neighborhood.  As requested by community leaders. Sustainable Seattle staff has taken the lead to manage the “Free the Trees-Save Our Roots” project.  

For more details into the findings of the Greenwood-Phinney Ridge street-level survey, read below.

Table 1:

Graph of Most Frequent Features with Problems

Table 1 above lists the most frequently collected conditions organized by feature.  For example, most of the  incidents were found in the sidewalks category with 79 incidents collected.  The second most collected category were conditions tree pits which had weeds or had damaged tree guards, with 49 incidents collected.  Community members also discovered that curbs in the neighborhood were broken or had faded paint.  In 2004 community members from the Phinney Ridge and Greenwood neighborhoods collected a total of 297 deficits.  For a complete list of all the deficits collected in the survey, click here. (Excel document

Presentations to Community Councils and Chamber of Commerce:

PowerPoint to Greenwood Community Council

PowerPoint to Phinney Community Council

PowerPoint to Greenwood-Phinney Chamber of Commerce

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