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Welcome to Bellevue's Great Neighborhoods Program

Bellevue is known for its diverse, vibrant, and welcoming neighborhoods. The high quality of life that residents enjoy is no accident - it’s the result of thoughtful and collaborative planning with the people who live, work, and play here.

The Great Neighborhoods program is the process for developing neighborhood area plans that reflect the community’s values and vision for the future. Neighborhood area plans inform future growth and change by providing guidance to city staff and developers about the kinds of improvements people want to see.

Neighborhood area plans are part of the city’s overall Comprehensive Plan, which outlines citywide policies on issues like housing, transportation, parks, environmental sustainability, and more. Neighborhood area plans are important tools for addressing the changing needs and conditions at the local level.

The scope of neighborhood planning centers around strengthening a neighborhood area’s unique identity and community gathering places as Bellevue prepares and plans for its well-managed future growth, including:

  • Comprehensive neighborhood area plan updates that realign existing subarea plans to current neighborhood boundaries and implement citywide policy direction.
  • Land Use guidance, including potential updates to the Future Land Use Map based on changed conditions and, when appropriate, property owner-initiated amendments for sites that could serve as Third Places.
  • Urban Design strategies that improve the design and function of public spaces, supported by concept maps illustrating opportunities for enhancing access, character and usability.
  • Plans are divided into five main subsections: Neighborhood Identity, Mixed Use and Neighborhood Centers, Community Gathering Spaces, Mobility and Access, and the Environment. These include direction for cultural assets, local services, transit-supportive densities, public spaces, transportation and natural features.

This is our online engagement hub. Here you can find opportunities to share stories, ideas, and feedback. You can also download documents, presentations, and other key information.

Welcome to Bellevue's Great Neighborhoods Program

Bellevue is known for its diverse, vibrant, and welcoming neighborhoods. The high quality of life that residents enjoy is no accident - it’s the result of thoughtful and collaborative planning with the people who live, work, and play here.

The Great Neighborhoods program is the process for developing neighborhood area plans that reflect the community’s values and vision for the future. Neighborhood area plans inform future growth and change by providing guidance to city staff and developers about the kinds of improvements people want to see.

Neighborhood area plans are part of the city’s overall Comprehensive Plan, which outlines citywide policies on issues like housing, transportation, parks, environmental sustainability, and more. Neighborhood area plans are important tools for addressing the changing needs and conditions at the local level.

The scope of neighborhood planning centers around strengthening a neighborhood area’s unique identity and community gathering places as Bellevue prepares and plans for its well-managed future growth, including:

  • Comprehensive neighborhood area plan updates that realign existing subarea plans to current neighborhood boundaries and implement citywide policy direction.
  • Land Use guidance, including potential updates to the Future Land Use Map based on changed conditions and, when appropriate, property owner-initiated amendments for sites that could serve as Third Places.
  • Urban Design strategies that improve the design and function of public spaces, supported by concept maps illustrating opportunities for enhancing access, character and usability.
  • Plans are divided into five main subsections: Neighborhood Identity, Mixed Use and Neighborhood Centers, Community Gathering Spaces, Mobility and Access, and the Environment. These include direction for cultural assets, local services, transit-supportive densities, public spaces, transportation and natural features.

This is our online engagement hub. Here you can find opportunities to share stories, ideas, and feedback. You can also download documents, presentations, and other key information.

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Do you have a question about the Great Neighborhoods program or neighborhood planning? Submit it here and a member of the team will respond. 



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  • Share In what ways will native plants be incorporated into the plans? I'm interested in having a verdant space- full of ferns and native trees- like Western red cedar and Douglas fir. Even parking lots should have trees. Will our spaces be green? on Facebook Share In what ways will native plants be incorporated into the plans? I'm interested in having a verdant space- full of ferns and native trees- like Western red cedar and Douglas fir. Even parking lots should have trees. Will our spaces be green? on X (formerly Twitter) Share In what ways will native plants be incorporated into the plans? I'm interested in having a verdant space- full of ferns and native trees- like Western red cedar and Douglas fir. Even parking lots should have trees. Will our spaces be green? on Linkedin Email In what ways will native plants be incorporated into the plans? I'm interested in having a verdant space- full of ferns and native trees- like Western red cedar and Douglas fir. Even parking lots should have trees. Will our spaces be green? link

    In what ways will native plants be incorporated into the plans? I'm interested in having a verdant space- full of ferns and native trees- like Western red cedar and Douglas fir. Even parking lots should have trees. Will our spaces be green?

    Maya asked about 2 months ago

    Thank you for submitting your question, Maya. Neighborhood area plans cover different elements or subsections including ‘Environment’. The Environment element could cover policies focused on increasing tree canopy. 

    Informed by community input and feedback, we’re looking to develop plan policies around improving the qualities of natural features within the Lake Hills neighborhood (for example, streams, trees, natural areas and wetlands) throughout our planning process this year and next.

    A good example of such a policy – with a focus on using native plants – is included in the Crossroads neighborhood area plan, which was adopted in 2025:  S-CX-33. Increase tree canopy, using native and climate-adaptive species where feasible, in areas with lower tree canopy, especially Crossroads’ commercial and mixed-use areas.

    Policy S-CX-33 aims to increase tree canopy in Crossroads as Bellevue’s goal is to have a tree cover of 40 percent throughout the city. Like Lake Hills, Crossroads is a neighborhood area with relatively low tree canopy cover.

Page last updated: 19 Oct 2026, 08:24 AM