Today the City announced a “pause” in their review of the Community Facilities Zone (CFZ). This allows for additional time to consider how to best enable community facilities like ours to evolve in a way that gives the community assurances…
Category: Comprehensive Plan Agreement
Comprehensive Plan Amendment Update
As mentioned in previous blogs, we applied for a new land use designation through the City of Mercer Island with our neighbors, the French American School of Puget Sound and Herzl-Ner Tamid Conservative Congregation. This step would ultimately lead to…
Comprehensive Plan Amendment Moving Forward
On November 20, 2018, the Mercer Island City Council approved a set of Comprehensive Plan Amendments, including Amendment #8, creating a new land use designation, “Community Facilities,” for the City of Mercer Island. This event marks the first step in…
Write to City Council to Support SJCC Redevelopment
Help the J by writing to the Mercer Island City Council and voicing your support of the Comprehensive Plan Amendment. Here’s some language you can use and please personalize it as you see fit. SUBJECT: Please support Comprehensive Plan Amendment…
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Comprehensive Plan Amendment Update
Dear Neighbor, Thank you for engaging with us over the last several weeks as we continue the dialogue and process around our organizations’ Comprehensive Plan Amendment with the City of Mercer Island. Herzl-Ner Tamid Conservative Congregation and the Stroum Jewish…
WRITE NOW to support SJCC redevelopment
As a resident of Mercer Island and a friend of the Stroum Jewish Community Center, we’re asking you for your help today—to write a quick email, post, or letter to the City of Mercer Island that will help us make…
Campus Planning
In early 2017, discussions began with various organizations about the idea of creating a campus south of Interstate 90 to house more than just the SJCC. Recently, a working team with representatives from those organizations and community leaders has been…
Updates on Master Plan for SJCC, Herzl-Ner Tamid, and French American School
A recent article in the Mercer Island Reporter provides the latest details about the Comprehensive Plan amendment and master planning process for our three organizations. Read more
Paving the path to the future
Recently, public discussion has surfaced around the future development of the properties owned by the Stroum Jewish Community Center (“SJCC”), the French American School of Puget Sound (“FASPS”), and Herzl-Ner Tamid (“HNT”) on Mercer Island. While in the early stages…