Welcome

The Bellevue Urban Renewal Agency (BURA) is exploring improvements to Bellevue’s Historic Downtown, starting with the half-blocks on the west side of Main Street and the alleyway overlooking the Howard Preserve. The intent of the project is to create a unified, long-term vision for the area that brings together elements of placemaking, economic development, and walkability to the downtown core and surrounding areas.

The street ends and alleyway currently serve as loading zones, service and emergency access points, snow storage, and parking areas, but have strong potential to become activated public spaces, improved parking areas, or sites for incremental infill development. The alleyway could also provide a more meaningful connection and overlook of Howard Preserve.

The project is being supported by an interdisciplinary team of planners, landscape architects, and engineers from Idaho-based firms GGLO, Agnew::Beck, and Great West. The project is currently in the “Draft” phase of the work that aims to collect public and partner feedback on initial design concepts for the street end and alleyway improvements in Downtown. There will be future opportunities to stay involved and provide input on final master plan concepts and designs later in 2026.

Your response to this survey will remain anonymous and will be interpreted by a third party.

The survey is 20 questions long and takes most people around 10 minutes to complete.

For more information and to view high resolution versions of the materials presented at the June 18th Pop-Up event, visit:
https://bellevueidaho.gov/bura/alleyway-project/

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