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Community Development

Bellevue’s State of the City Paints Urbanist Vision But Misses the Mark

Early Tuesday morning, over 150 people packed into a fourth floor ballroom of Meydenbauer Center to attend Bellevue's annual State of the City address...

Ways to Support and Engage with Black Urbanism in Seattle and Tacoma

The first Juneteenth may have been celebrated in 1866, but the holiday memorializing the liberation of America's last enslaved people after the end of...
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Grassroots Activists Share Their Path to Success in Sunsetting Inequitable Community Councils

On July 9, 2022, HB 1769 sunsets the Houghton and East Bellevue Community Councils, which existed for more than five decades.  We detailed the inequity...
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South King County Pilot Shows Promise of Guaranteed Basic Income

In 2020, King County Councilmember Girmay Zahilay initiated the King County Guaranteed Basic Income Pilot program, which was funded by community service operating grant...

Transit Rider’s Union Leads Coalition Seeking to Raise Tukwila’s Minimum Wage

Ballot initiative would put the South King County city on par with Seattle and SeaTac Seeking to address regional gaps in the minimum wage, a...

Reopen Tacoma’s Broadway to People

Transforming Broadway into a plaza would create a world-class pedestrian space in the heart of Downtown Tacoma. Urban explorers, or really any attentive pedestrians,...
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Smart Planning Has Made La Rochelle a Paradise for Walking and Biking

Situated on the central west coast of France, La Rochelle is one of the country's most popular domestic tourist destinations because of its proximity...
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Home in Tacoma for All Coalition Seeks Greater Equity in Zoning Reforms

Home in Tacoma aims to overhaul Tacoma’s housing rules to allow greater flexibility in building practices. It will allow denser housing to be built...