Beer and Culture Event #3: Urban Integration
Please join us for a free and open to the public panel discussion that will inform the way we spend the $2.2M USDOT and Washington State grants for planning the lid over I-5. The events will cover how we collectively set project goals, build excitement and partnerships in the community, and discuss how the lid fits within Seattle’s urban context.
You can learn more about the scope and goals for the grant by reading the grant application narrative, here. The Technical Feasibility Report, completed in 2020 with the previous scope between Thomas and Madison Streets, can be found here.
There will be a no-host bar and snacks. The panel discussions will be video-recorded and made available to all. Social hour 5-6, panel discussion 6-7, Q+A 7-7:30.
The Beer and Culture Events are paid for solely by Lid I-5 and are not part of the $2.2M grant. We are volunteers and depend on your generosity to produce them. Please consider making a tax-deductible donation when you register or at the event.
We would like to thank our sponsors the Seattle Parks Foundation and Allied Arts Seattle for their valuable advice and organizational support.
Find information on transit and parking near Town Hall here.
The Panelists
Sally Bagshaw (Moderator)
Sally is a former Seattle City Councilmember and former board member of Allied Arts and the first chair of Waterfront for All. After ten years on Seattle City Council, Sally spent two years as a fellow at Harvard University delving deep into public health and urban design issues.
Along with Scott Bonjukian and John Feit, she co-authored an article published in the Harvard Social Impact Review titled "Reconnecting What Freeways: Addressing the Historical Toll on Communities Split by Highways."
Sally serves now on multiple boards including the Metropolitan Improvement District board and the Seattle Center Advisory Commission. She and her husband, Brad Bagshaw, have been Downtown residents for twenty five years.
Lyle Bicknell
Lyle Bicknell is a Seattle based urban designer. The former Principal Urban Designer for the City of Seattle, he continues to promote and advocate for urban design excellence throughout the public realm. Lyle was a 2012 Scan|Design Professional Fellow and a 2019 US State Department SE Asian Fellow. He is an affiliate faculty member in the Department of Urban Design and Planning and the Department of Landscape Architecture at the University of Washington where he received his architectural degree. Lyle serves on the Boards of Allied Arts of Seattle and the Allied Arts Foundation.
Julie Meredith, PE
Julie Meredith joined the Washington State Department of Transportation in 1989 and has spent her entire professional career at the agency. She was named Deputy Assistant Secretary of Mega Programs in 2018, and Assistant Secretary of Urban Mobility & Access in December 2020. She was appointed Secretary of Transportation by Governor Bob Ferguson in 2025. She oversees an agency that is a steward of a complex, multimodal transportation system responsible for ensuring people and goods move safely and efficiently.
She has been involved in improving the State Route 520 corridor across Lake Washington, including the world’s longest floating bridge; replacement of the Alaskan Way Viaduct; and improvements along the Interstate 405, SR 167 and SR 509 corridors. In 2017, Meredith was awarded the Distinguished Leadership Award from the Design Build Institute of America for the SR 520 Program and received the Public Service Recognition Week Leadership Award. Meredith was the WTS Puget Sound Chapter Woman of the Year (2015-2016).
Sung Yang is a Principal with the firm Pacific Public Affairs. He has more than two decades of experience managing public policy issues, legislative advocacy, communications, political campaigns, coalition building, and public opinion research. Prior to joining Pacific Public Affairs, Sung was Deputy King County Executive and Chief of Staff for King County Executive Dow Constantine. He also served in senior positions with former Seattle Mayor Greg Nickels. Sung is also the current Board Chair of the Downtown Seattle Association and also serves on the boards of the Seattle Center Foundation, Eastrail Partners, and Seattle Academy.
Sung received his undergraduate and law degrees from the University of Washington.
Registration
1119 8th Ave, Seattle, WA 98101