Mercer Island Set to Renew Development Moratorium for Fourth Time in Two Years
On Tuesday evening, Mercer Island's City Council is poised to renew a moratorium that prevents the redevelopment of parcels in the southeast corner of...
What Do We Want From Our Next Seattle?
What do we want this city to be? And who do we want it to belong to?
In a recent essay published by the New...
Field of Dreams: A Missed Opportunity To Change Course On Homeless Sweeps
As I write this, city officials are conducting a sweep of The Field of Dreams, a homeless encampment next to an I-90 overpass in...
Incentive Zoning Program Review
In order to examine the Incentive Zoning (IZ) Program, the city hired analysts to model some different outcomes based on various assumptions. The analysts...
121 Boren Tower Could Get Approval Tonight
At a site next to The Seattle Times' headquarters a 41-story tower at 121 Boren Ave N could rise bringing 436 apartments to market...
City Considers Municipal Bank
The Seattle City Council held a briefing Wednesday afternoon on the creation of a municipal bank. Councilmember Licata, chair of the Finance and Culture...
Midweek Video: Why Is South Africa Still So Segregated?
https://youtu.be/NVH7JewfgJg
The terrible legacy of colonialism and apartheid have left deep marks in South Africa that are still visible today. Vox explores the history of...
What’s In Your Rent? A New Initiative Attempts To Answer That
After five years of rapidly escalating rents, many Seattle tenants are familiar with the classic landlord letter, “Due to additional taxes and labor costs,...