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Meet
the Greenbridge Team
“No development the magnitude of Greenbridge is the product
of one person, profession or vision. We like to say it takes a village
to raise a village. The Greenbridge team is made up of many more
people than are featured here, but this is a representative group
of talented individuals who have all made important contributions
to the development. Because of them, Greenbridge will be a very special
place.”
--Deborah Gooden, Greenbridge General Manager
King County Housing Authority Team
The Greenbridge development project requires the expertise and involvement
of every department of King County Housing Authority. Stephen Norman,
Executive Director, Dan Watson, Deputy Director, Deborah Gooden,
Greenbridge General Manager, and John Eliason, Greenbridge Development
Manager lead the project. Greenbridge staff includes Steve Clagett,
Tim Locke, Gloria Ramirez, Heath MacCoy, Lance Dragoo, Oksana Winstead
and Marianne Everett. The Executive Office, Resident Services, HOPE
VI Office staff, Housing Management, Maintenance, Information Technology,
Communications, Administrative Services, Asset Management, Section
8 and Capital Construction all play important roles in making Greenbridge
a success.
King County Housing Authority is the master developer of the new community
called Greenbridge. In 2001, KCHA received a $35 million HOPE VI grant
to redevelop the severely distressed public housing community of Park
Lake Homes. The Housing Authority prepared a master plan for roads, drainage
facilities, utilities, lots and parcels for over 1,000 homes, community
services, shops, parks and trails. A qualified development team made
up of KCHA staff and consultants completed design and permitting of the
new plat and rental housing. The Housing Authority is developing the
rental homes and infrastructure; land will be sold to developers of homes
to be offered for sale. Additionally, KCHA is providing the financing
resources and administration of the many grants and loans needed to build
this development. During the process, residents and service groups are
provided relocation assistance and residents receive community services.
True to its mission to encourage and support the community, KCHA has
made an effort to utilize local businesses and hire Park Lake Homes residents
when possible.
 
Stephen
Norman,
Greenbridge
Groundbreaking, June 2005
Executive
Director
Design Team
GGLO is the Urban Planner, Architect and Landscape Architect for the Greenbridge
Master Plan and Entitlement. Together with the consultant team, they were
responsible for the final design of infrastructure and 98% of housing in
the first phase of Greenbridge.
The consulting team consists of:
KPFF - Civil Engineering
Goldsmith & Associates - Drainage design, Survey, Entitlement
Bannon Engineering - Consulting Civil Engineer
Arellano/Christofides - Consulting Architect for Housing
Michael Nouwens Structural Consultants - Structural Engineering
AKB Engineers - Structural Engineering
FSi - Mechanical Engineering
Path - Electrical Engineering
Design Two-four/Two-six - Irrigation
Transpo - Traffic Engineering
Morrison/Hershfield - Envelope Consultant
Urban Forestry Services - Arborist
Southeast Effective Development (SEED) - Art
Wit Visuals - Art
Anita Lehmann - Architectural Rendering
Pacific Communications Consultants - Community Communication
Olympic Associates - Cost Estimating
Sheridan Consulting Group - Historic Resources
 Tonkin/Hoyne/Lokan provided
community facilities master planning for the Greenbridge central
core and design for the Jim Wiley Community Center renovation,
plaza and an 8-unit housing project. Wiley Center features designed
by THL and their team, KPFF and Tres West
Engineers, include better circulation and lighting,
service connectivity, ADA accessibility, seismic upgrades and
roof solar
panels. The 8-unit apartment project has many modern design elements
and BUILT GREEN™ construction. Tonkin/Hoyne/Lokan and Berger
Partnership designed the plaza south of the Wiley Center
to be the central focus for the community with areas for concerts,
picnics, open space and child play. Lawhead Architects
P.S. provided design services for the new White Center
Food Bank.
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Construction
 KBA provides
a full range of project and construction management services
to KCHA. They prepare bid packages, construction cost estimates
and construction reports and oversee contractors’ work
and coordinate permits.
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 Walsh
Construction Co./Washington was the general contractor
on the first two phases
(187 units) of affordable housing at
Greenbridge. |
 Synergy Construction,
Inc. is
responsible for construction of the community core at Greenbridge
including the Jim Wiley Community Center renovation, public
plaza and 8-unit apartment building. Synergy is also constructing
the 82-unit building for seniors and younger
disabled residents. Buchanan General Contractors completed
the first phase of the Wiley Center rehabilitation.
Nuprecon abated
and demolished 330 units of severely distressed public housing
units to prepare the way for rebuilding the new community.
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Rivers
Edge Services Inc. abated
and demolished the remainder of the old Park Lake Homes buildings.
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 Gary Merlino
Construction Co. Inc. was contracted to perform Phase
1 and Phase 2 site demolition, grading, and installation of new
infrastructure, including storm drains, environmentally friendly “green
drain” detention ponds, storm water detention vaults, sidewalks,
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Management
 Quantum
Management Services, Inc. manages Seola Crossing I & II
(187 units), the first new rental projects at Greenbridge. |
Environmental
Huckell/Weinman
Associates Inc. prepared the SEPA/NEPA  Environmental
Impact Statements for Greenbridge.
Weinman Consulting
LLC provides ongoing environmental consulting services.
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Inc. is the geotechnical consultant. |
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Legal
 In
record-time, the land use attorney and planning team at GordonDerr
LLP (formerly Buck & Gordon LLP) used common sense and
ingenuity to obtain and combine the multiple agency permitting
pieces necessary in the planning and construction of the Greenbridge
development. Johns Monroe Mitsunaga is a key partner in their
efforts.
Foster Pepper
PLLC provides legal services to KCHA on the Greenbridge/HOPE
VI project. They are in partnership with Ballard Spahr
Andrews & Ingersoll, LLP and Kantor Taylor
McCarthy P.C. to provide a full range of legal services
to Greenbridge.
Garvey Schubert
Barer and Montgomery, Purdue & Blankinship also
provide legal services to the project.
Financial
Advisors
JH
Brawner and Company provides comprehensive
financial advise for the Greenbridge development. Novogradac & Company provides
accounting oversight. GVA Kidder Mathews and PGP
Valuation Inc. provide appraisal services; Chicago
Title provides title services.
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Artists
Laura
Haddad, with a background in landscape architecture
and stage set design, created a monumental art screen
for the Greenbridge Plaza that serves as a backdrop for
community
events.
A creative slide in a pocket park and decorative cylinders
etched with flowers native to residents’ countries
of origin are other works by Laura.
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Mary Coss,
a multi-media sculptor, created artwork inspired by life
experience. Her Treasure Trail along the Greenbridge trail
celebrates the
unique qualities of the site: water, topography, people and
renewal. Further along the trail, two Cairns and wooden wishbones
lead to an Aladdin’s lamp on a mound in a pocket park. |
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built and natural environments inspired Carolyn Law’s artwork.
Three larger than life “totemic” woodcarvings with
detailed wrought iron are friendly guardians that populate
the main street of Greenbridge so the street will never be
empty. Also along 8th Avenue, balconies titled “Implied
Motion” give the sense of movement as residents move
along the main street. |
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Juan
Alonso, a Cuban born self-taught artist, created
patterns inspired by designs in fabrics and body decoration
of the Maori people for use on the surfaces of two parks.
His designs continue in tabletops and benches and two red
beacons mounted on 8-foot concrete pillars which provide
a reference point in the neighborhood. |
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Lydia
Aldredge created patterns of color and texture installed
on walls and hanging from the ceiling of the renovated community
center and used in the Compass Rose paving at the north entry.
She also coordinated the rehabilitation of the existing Ladder
Lights and Tools of the Trade art pieces and created Way
Finding signs for the community services.
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