Doug Trumm
Doug Trumm is publisher of The Urbanist. An Urbanist writer since 2015, he dreams of pedestrian streets, bus lanes, and a mass-timber building spree to end our housing crisis. He graduated from the Evans School of Public Policy and Governance at the University of Washington in 2019. He lives in Seattle's Fremont neighborhood and loves to explore the city by foot and by bike.
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The Urbanist's monthly meetup is November 9th at 6:15pm.
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Yesterday we turned off the donation pop-up and went back to interruption-free programming. We’d like to thank everyone who donated during our Fall Subscriber...