Snohomish County Sets New 20-Year Community Growth Targets
Snotrac Coalition worries the plan won't put enough growth equitably near high-capacity transit.
Snohomish County planning authorities have all but signed off on new growth...
Seattle’s Crown Hill Action Plan Centers Walkability and Community
In November, Seattle's Office of Planning and Community Development (OPCD) released their draft Crown Hill Urban Action Plan. The scope of this plan is...
Lynnwood’s City Center: Transforming Strip Malls into a Dense Urban Neighborhood
Like many suburban American cities that saw major growth in the second half of the 20th century, Lynnwood lacks a defined central commercial area....
Telosa: What We Can Learn from Utopian Myths
As a child, I watched a documentary at school about Arcosanti, a utopian city in the desert founded on the idea that environmental sustainability...
Transit-Oriented Development Planned for Kent/Des Moines Station, Additional Feedback Sought
Two surplus lots are up for redevelopment at the future Kent/Des Moines Station. Sound Transit has about four acres of land that it wants...
Former Battery Tunnel Site Gets Green Light for Downtown School
Neighborhood advocates, however, want the Belltown site to be more than a vacant lot during the interim period.
Mayor Jenny Durkan and Seattle Public School...
The Benefits of Auctioning Off Development Rights
In an era of tight city budgets, legal limits on taxing authority, and expensive problems, it is time for Seattle to get creative. We...
Seattle’s Neighborhood Recovery Fund Open for Proposals
Awards up to $100,000 will be distributed to community-led projects aimed at reigniting the local economy during the Covid recovery.
Have you ever dreamt of organizing...