Hannah Keyes

Mission

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Planning

The upcoming Walkable Washington

Symposium will recognize outstanding
walkability projects and plans around the
state.
Walkable Washington is developing a
digital case study archive of walkability
projects and programs.

Community

Feet First began in 1995 as just a group of

citizens and professionals interested in the
creation of walkable communities.
Feet First has a plethora of events geared to
involve citizens with their environment and
any plans that could affect their
neighborhoods.
Walking tours aim to connect community
members to city leaders while also
introducing resources that residents may not
know about in their neighborhoods.
The Walkable Washington Symposium
recognizes outstanding walkability projects
around the state and provides planners and
project developers an opportunity to meet
each other.

(Some of ) What We Do
Neighborhood Walking
Ambassadors

Volunteers lead community

members on informative walks about
neighborhoods across Seattle.

My Role

My primary job is to develop case studies

for the archive that we are in the process of
creating. The idea of the archive is that
people will be able to learn about
interesting pedestrian developments
around Washington in a simple and
streamlined fashion. These studies will be
readily available on the website as a digital
archive or library of sorts. All case studies
are written in a uniform organization, this
way it is easy for those interested to learn
about key details of the projects and
programs.
In order to write these case studies I
contact project managers and interview
them via phone to gather information.

Safe Routes to School

Encourages children to walk to

school and provides safety info.

Walking Audits

Audits work with community members,

elected officials, and city staff to assess the
community and identify barriers and
opportunities to walking so that the city or
neighborhood can take steps toward
improving walkability.

What I Learned

Working at Feet First/Walkable

Washington has given me confidence
and experience interviewing decision
makers in my community. I have been
exposed to the real-world application
of many of the concepts we discuss in
class.