Right Up Our Alley
Visit Europe and the alleys are alive. They are a place for people with active uses filling up the storefronts. Sure, they still have...
‘Home In Tacoma’ Advances with Recommendation to Eliminate Single-Family Zoning
Tacoma has taken another step in its land use reform process to equitably house people and undo a legacy of exclusionary zoning. Home In...
East Bellevue Community Council Blocks Necessary Parking Reform
The move embroiled the City of Bellevue in a costly legal fight. Already on the hook for $40,000 in legal fees, the City could...
Governor Partially Vetoes Backyard Cottage Bill at Request of Housing Advocates, AARP
Providing more housing options in single-family zones is a policy idea that state legislators have kicked around for years. This session, the Washington State...
Roosevelt Needs a Zoning Refresh
With an overly limited urban village around its light rail station, Roosevelt could really use an expansion.
I moved my family to the edge of...
Lake City on the Rise with Hundreds of Apartments
Long predominantly flanked by auto dealerships and auto shops, parking lots, and single-family homes, Lake City Way is seeing an influx of multifamily development....
Meetup Video: May 2021 with Sam Assefa
https://youtu.be/sagR5Hd6i-4
Sam Assefa joined for the May meetup as out guest speaker. Assefa formerly served as Director of the Seattle Office of Planning and Community...
We Need a Holistic Traffic Model that Actually Works for Our Goals
It is time for America to get off the highway hamster wheel. Our dull-eyed pursuit of building more highways is a disaster for the...