MASS Mayoral Forum Shows Growing Consensus Around Urbanist Policies
On Wednesday, five Seattle Mayor candidates squared off in a forum that we co-hosted alongside our allies at the Move All Seattle Sustainability (MASS)...
Envisioning an I-5 Lid in the U District
Lid I-5 hosted a charrette on September 16th dedicated to sketching out a design for a freeway lid on the stretch of Interstate 5...
Sunday Video: How To Protect The Amazon Rainforest
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JF7-uFbE5Mc
Quartz explains how ancient civilizations an show us how to protect the Amazon rainforest.
Seattle Subway Launches ST4 Light Rail Expansion Campaign
On Monday, the Seattle City Council unanimously backed a Seattle Green New Deal framework to address the climate emergency. A day later, Seattle Subway...
Affordable U District Tower Will Be Seattle’s Tallest Mass Timber Building
The Low Income Housing Institute won the bid to develop Sound Transit's surplus site near U District Station. The project will bring 160 affordable homes in a 12-story tower that is slated to be the state's tallest mass timber building.
Bellevue Council Update: Health Through Housing, Litter Over Emissions, Meeting Urban Growth
Among several other items, Monday's Bellevue City Council meeting saw an update from King County Council Chair Claudia Balducci on regional issues, a quarterly...
Bringing Baugruppe To Seattle
How the City could lead the US in piloting an innovative model for better housing.
Imagine with me: what if Seattle had a model for...
Micro Housing Part 5: Concentrated Urbanism
Article Note: This is the fifth and final installment of a five-part series on micro housing, see Part 1, Part 2, Part 3 and Part 4 as well.
Thus far...