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Land Use

Sunday Video: An Urban Planner Plays SimCity

https://youtu.be/LUQaCoxybW8 In this extended short, Dave Amos of City Beautiful takes on the old school classic SimCity from the perspective of a professional planner 20...

Africatown Designs Its Future: Part 2

This is the second part of a two-part series. The first part is here. When we live in an environment which is dominated by ideas...

Africatown Designs Its Future: Part 1

A year has passed since Africatown Community Land Trust acquired a twenty percent ownership stake of the land parcel at 23rd and Union in...

On-Site Affordable Housing Is a Trend in Seattle’s Early MHA Results

The fruits of Seattle's mandatory affordable housing program for new development are beginning to bear, albeit it’s still quite early. Last Tuesday, the Seattle...

Propel Light Rail Station Area Planning for Unincorporated Snohomish County

Snohomish County is kicking off planning for Sound Transit 3 light rail stations planned at Ash Way Park-and-Ride, Mariner Park-and-Ride, and (provisionally) at the...
Natalie Bicknell

Displacement Remains Top Concern for International District Residents

One year after the passage of Mandatory Housing Affordability (MHA) rezones in the Chinatown-International District (CID) neighborhood, the community is contemplating its difficult present...

Seattle Hopes Early Community Engagement Will Help Shape Design

Under new rules that started this month, early community engagement will be a key element of Seattle's design review process. Policymakers hope that the...
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Pour One Out for the True Victims of the Housing Crisis: Single Family Homeowners

The Seattle Times Editorial Board weighed in on pending reform to increase backyard cottage and garage apartments in single family zones and it was...