McKinley Planning
The City’s Neighborhood Planning Program (NPP) provides enhanced planning and development support to help communities create strong, vibrant, and diverse neighborhoods.
City Council identified the McKinley Hill Neighborhood as a priority for the pilot year of the Neighborhood Planning Program. Through the planning process, the Community identified the following goals:
- Vibrant business district: Support a vibrant economic base; comfortable, family-friendly environment; and unique McKinley identity. Key recommendations include streetscape redesign, art, signage, placemaking elements, new public spaces, business assistance, and parking management.
- Walkability and connections to key destinations: Improve walkability and placemaking within the business district, and enhance connections to transit, schools, parks, and major walking/ bicycling/rolling routes to adjacent neighborhoods and the Tacoma Dome Transit Center. Other actions include wayfinding signage, street tree planting, and traffic calming.
- Activated open spaces: Enhance key open spaces to support community gathering and safety, such as McKinley Overlook, as well as business district gateways.
- Enhance McKinley’s Center with new amenities: As the neighborhood grows, support options for housing, food/ grocery, services, and amenities. Pursue community interests with major redevelopments (e.g., Gault School site).
What’s Happening Now?
After nine months of community meetings, events, surveys, and other engagement with more than 1,500 community members, City Council adopted the McKinley Hill Neighborhood Plan in March 2023!
