The 2015 Studio Project “A Live/Work Urban Village
Plan” identifies strategies for transitioning the
southernmost portion of the Sunnyland Neighborhood
from a light- industrial zoned district into a mixed use
neighborhood. The planning site is located adjacent to
Bellingham’s central business district. Three sub districts
define the geographic scope of the study area as: an area
south of Ohio Street, (referred hereinafter as the “Sohio”
sub district), an area north of Ohio Street and south of
Kentucky Street, (the “Nohio” sub district), and a site
north of Meador Avenue which is currently owned and
operated by the Bellingham School District (the “Iron
Bridge” sub district). The three sub districts lie within or
in close proximity to the Sunnyland,
