The Ballard Chamber of Commerce is calling the City of Seattle’s plans for its neighborhood “disappointing,” after it failed to reach a compromise over a controversial homeless camp.

Fencing went up to keep a homeless camp from taking hold in the parking lot of a now-shuttered retail store, but that hasn't kept the tents out of Seattle’s Ballard neighborhood. The encampment ...

February 24, 2025 Executive order seeks to expedite Ballard, West Seattle light rail A new city office will be created to oversee the project.