Delridge business-district sign design: Looking for your vote

Got a moment? Delridge Neighborhoods Development Association would appreciate your response in a one-question survey. From DNDA executive director David Bestock:

Help highlight Delridge businesses! There are ~83 storefront small businesses along Delridge Way SW that are operated by a diverse group of owners who provide the neighborhood access to vital goods and services. Despite their numbers and longstanding presence in the area, thousands unknowingly pass by Delridge business destinations unaware of the wonderful goods and services they offer.

Today — with your vote — you can change that! By completing a simple survey, you can select which of two discretionary signs will represent Delridge’s businesses centers and help bring awareness to businesses located within each business “node” – at Andover, Brandon, and Sylvan. Things are moving quickly, and your response is requested this weekend!

A link to the survey is here.

DNDA’s goal to install community-reflective street infrastructure follows directly from the recently published North Delridge Action Plan, and this work is supported by the Seattle Office of Economic Development Only in Seattle 2018 grant. The signs are being designed by Gina Coffman, an independent consultant with over 10 years of experience as a Transportation Planner with the City of Seattle and Toole Design Group. Your vote will help decide which 18” by 24” discretionary sign is used at all 3 business nodes.

The work to install discretionary signs is not just about adding destination markers at local streets; it’s about cementing a tangible “Delridge” identity and shaping physical infrastructure that actively represents and supports our community. The survey only takes a minute to complete, and your participation will go a long way in guiding these needed improvements. Thank you for your time!

5 Replies to "Delridge business-district sign design: Looking for your vote"

  • dsa November 3, 2018 (1:53 pm)

    Waste of space, put up the business names instead.

  • KayK November 3, 2018 (5:04 pm)

    So to clarify- where does the word “Delridge” appear? Or is the idea to identify be the cross street?

  • craig November 3, 2018 (8:25 pm)

    I’ve never heard the Home Depot area referred to as the Sylvan node.   We’re not being asked this but I think Orchard would make more sense.   Orchard is the more prominent intersection at Delridge and the name has historical significance- I think referring historic orchards in Riverview.  Who was Sylvan ? Thanks to the DNDA .  

    • WSB November 3, 2018 (9:06 pm)

      Me neither, FWIW. Checking the King County Parcel Viewer, there is only one parcel in the “node” with a Sylvan address (as opposed to Orchard or Delridge), the parcel immediately west of the Vietnamese Cultural Center, where there have been some small businesses off and on.

      • craig November 3, 2018 (11:19 pm)

         Zoom into  the area in KCParcel Viewer and switch to the 1936 base map.  It looks like there was a small orchard in the Home Depot Parking lot.  Maybe the road’s namesake?  (My earlier comment about Riverview Orchards was based on a neighbors comment.  I don’t see these in the 1936 aerial.) https://gismaps.kingcounty.gov/parcelviewer2/   “Sylvan Node”?

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