Envision SeaTac 2044

What does the future look like?

The Envision SeaTac 2044 project represents two years of technical analyses and community input to create a vision for how the City of SeaTac should grow and invest in itself over the next twenty years. This project served as the City’s state and regional required review of our Comprehensive Plan and alignment, King County Countywide Planning Policies as well as the Puget Sound Regional Council Vision 2050, which is a four-county planning agency.

The focus of the work was to increase equitable access to opportunity for SeaTac’s communities by resetting SeaTac’s twenty-year growth and development policies and regulations.

Envision SeaTac 2044 will be used when we plan future projects. Any growth development will be based on this plan to reach our goals for a stronger community.

Seven key themes to guide the work of Envision SeaTac 2044

1. Wellbeing and Access to Opportunity

2. Growing Urban Villages Near Light Rail

3. Healthy, Equitable, Connected, and Complete Neighborhoods

4. Multimodal Transportation

5. Housing for All

6. Economic Vitality

7. Resilient Built and Natural Environments


Social Equity

The Envision SeaTac 2044 project also has goals related to addressing social equity within the planning process, including:

1. Equitable Community Engagement: Ensuring representative, inclusive, equitable community engagement throughout the project.

2. Equitable Policy Development: Incorporating an equity framework into the policy development process including a focus on: Increasing access to opportunity and wellbeing as well as creating healthy, equitable, connected, complete neighborhoods citywide.

3. Creation of SeaTac Equity Index: Developing an equity analysis tool to better understand demographic and geographic relationships and opportunities related to equity throughout the city.

The project’s main outcome was to increase equitable access to opportunity by

- Focusing growth in Centers: Provide jobs, housing, services, and amenities including urban villages, neighborhood villages,
corner stores, and flex warehouse/industrial areas.

- Creating complete neighborhoods: The goal is to create complete neighborhoods that support new growth with infrastructure and
services that promote a high quality of life for residents and an attractive economic environment for businesses.


City’s Growth Strategy

The project’s main outcome is to increase equitable access to opportunity by the following:

A. Focusing growth in centers: Providing jobs, housing, services, and amenities in urban villages, neighborhood villages, corner stores, and flex warehouse/industrial areas.

B. Creating complete neighborhoods: Support new growth with infrastructure and services that promote a high quality of life for residents and an attractive economic environment for businesses.

What does the future look like?

The Envision SeaTac 2044 project represents two years of technical analyses and community input to create a vision for how the City of SeaTac should grow and invest in itself over the next twenty years. This project served as the City’s state and regional required review of our Comprehensive Plan and alignment, King County Countywide Planning Policies as well as the Puget Sound Regional Council Vision 2050, which is a four-county planning agency.

The focus of the work was to increase equitable access to opportunity for SeaTac’s communities by resetting SeaTac’s twenty-year growth and development policies and regulations.

Envision SeaTac 2044 will be used when we plan future projects. Any growth development will be based on this plan to reach our goals for a stronger community.

Seven key themes to guide the work of Envision SeaTac 2044

1. Wellbeing and Access to Opportunity

2. Growing Urban Villages Near Light Rail

3. Healthy, Equitable, Connected, and Complete Neighborhoods

4. Multimodal Transportation

5. Housing for All

6. Economic Vitality

7. Resilient Built and Natural Environments


Social Equity

The Envision SeaTac 2044 project also has goals related to addressing social equity within the planning process, including:

1. Equitable Community Engagement: Ensuring representative, inclusive, equitable community engagement throughout the project.

2. Equitable Policy Development: Incorporating an equity framework into the policy development process including a focus on: Increasing access to opportunity and wellbeing as well as creating healthy, equitable, connected, complete neighborhoods citywide.

3. Creation of SeaTac Equity Index: Developing an equity analysis tool to better understand demographic and geographic relationships and opportunities related to equity throughout the city.

The project’s main outcome was to increase equitable access to opportunity by

- Focusing growth in Centers: Provide jobs, housing, services, and amenities including urban villages, neighborhood villages,
corner stores, and flex warehouse/industrial areas.

- Creating complete neighborhoods: The goal is to create complete neighborhoods that support new growth with infrastructure and
services that promote a high quality of life for residents and an attractive economic environment for businesses.


City’s Growth Strategy

The project’s main outcome is to increase equitable access to opportunity by the following:

A. Focusing growth in centers: Providing jobs, housing, services, and amenities in urban villages, neighborhood villages, corner stores, and flex warehouse/industrial areas.

B. Creating complete neighborhoods: Support new growth with infrastructure and services that promote a high quality of life for residents and an attractive economic environment for businesses.

Page published: 23 Apr 2025, 01:53 PM