WWU's Urban Transitions Studio to present Cornwall Avenue Redevelopment Plan Dec. 1

Western Washington University’s Urban Transitions Studio will present environmental assessments of a concept for infill and alleyway redevelopment along Cornwall Avenue from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 1, in the City Hall Council Chambers at 210 Lottie St. in Bellingham.

The presentation, which is free and open to the public, will include both a State Environmental Policy Act and Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design for Neighborhood Development assessment of proposals for revitalizing downtown Bellingham’s retail core.

Urban Transitions Studio is a collaborative partnership between WWU, the City of Bellingham’s Office of Planning and Community Development and Sustainable Connections, a Bellingham-based nonprofit organization. The partnership aims to promote New Urbanism and Smart Growth planning concepts and to stimulate ideas for transitioning Bellingham into a more urban and sustainable community.

This is the third initiative in a series of coordinated university studies that examine sustainable planning concepts for downtown revitalization and retail mall transition. Previous classes, last winter and spring, examined plan concept development, financing and plan implementation, marketing, and sustainable design under the guidance of WWU professors Nicholas Zaferatos, Paul Stangl and Wendy Wilhelm.

For more information about Urban Transitions Studio, contact Troy D. Abel, WWU assistant professor of Environmental Studies at (360) 650-6133 or abelt@wwu.edu.