Port Angeles Waterfront Plan/Comprehensive Plan
SCJ team members managed a redesign and reconstruction of the Port Angeles waterfront, leading a multidisciplinary team to address a key stretch of the shoreline, create a citywide wayfinding scheme, and develop transportation recommendations improving walkability. Recognizing that plans have little chance without resident buy-in, we conducted hundreds of one-on-one and group interviews and used a downtown storefront as a working studio for a week’s worth of public interaction.
Beginning with an innovative “Art Slam” event, the team developed and tested multiple concepts, from which residents established a preferred, far-reaching scheme. Representatives from the Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe were engaged as well, providing insight and enthusiastic support for the restoration of a beach along the westernmost third of the plan area. The waterfront plan received awards from the Washington APA and PAW chapters and from the Northwest AIA chapter for both community engagement and for urban design. Subsequent work involved an urban esplanade and the restored beach where mill operations once took place.
Client Reference:
Nathan West
City Manager 360.417.4500
nwest@cityofpa.us
Dates of Involvement: 2010 - 2017
Actual Cost:
WTIP Planning $150,000
Comp Plan Update $55,000
Change Orders: $0
