Help Snohomish County Shape Future Communities Near Light Rail
On August 3rd, Snohomish County returned with a Summer Survey to continue their light rail planning process. When we last covered Snohomish County's Light...
Seattle Parks Vaunts Golf Courses as Urban Wildlife Habitat, But Some Cry Foul
Seattle Parks and Recreation staff set off a bit of a backlash last week when they shared a blog post praising its four golf...
Council Roundup: Setting Up Defenses Against Mayoral Steamrolling
Recently, the Seattle City Council has passed a handful of bills around revenue tracking, the environment, affordable housing, and parking rates. Many of these...
Midweek Video: The Battle of SHARKS!
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This story in London highlights one microcosm of how far historic preservation rules can go. For a while, an artsy organization got away with...
Walla Walla: A Washington City Without Single-Family-Only Zoning
Walla Walla flew under the radar in 2018 when the city adopted zoning changes entirely eliminating single-family zones. These zoning changes alongside the new...
PSRC Housing Strategy Seeks to Galvanize Region to Action
In July, the Puget Sound Regional Council (PSRC) released their draft three-pronged Regional Housing Strategy (RHS). The strategy is to be a collection of...
It’s Time to Overhaul Design Review
Fifteen housing advocates applied for 15 open seats on Seattle's design review boards this winter. A public records request revealed that all 15 were...
King County Sets 2044 Growth Targets with Seattle and Bellevue at the Top
The future of jobs and housing growth in King County has been set. In late June, an obscure regional body known as the Growth...