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Seattle Planning Commission Maps Out Equitable Covid Recovery Strategies

Ray Dubicki - August 6, 2020

Metro heads toward West Seattle via Spokane Street low bridge. (Photo by Doug Trumm)

Metro Transit Releases Action Plan for West Seattle Bridge Closure

Sherae Lascelles, Robert, Patricia Allen, Serena Oduro, Debora Oliveira-Couch, and more shared the screen during the Community Teach In.

The Defund SPD Community Teach-In and the Layered Resistance to Change

Light rail tunneled station in Downtown Seattle. (Photo by Gary Matoso / Futurewise)

Wonkabout Washington: Equitable Public Engagement in a Pandemic

Will Washington Become One of the First States to Require Climate Action through Urban Planning?

Is Washington Addicted to Authorities?

Ray Dubicki - February 12, 2020

Snohomish County suburban sprawl. A view of 192 Place SE located within the unincorporated Bothell urban growth area. This is one of many private streets in this development, a mechanism that allows for the construction and upkeep of the road to be placed on homeowners associations instead of a municipality. (Photo by Ray Dubicki)

A Clearview of the Urban Growth Boundary

Ray Dubicki - February 3, 2020

The City of Olympia created this Missing Middle graphic which hints rowhouses are in their vision.

Embracing the Middle: Olympia’s Struggle for Housing Diversity Wages On

Andreas Wolfe - December 19, 2019

Aerial photo of Downtown Kirkland waterfront as of 2011. (Photo by Jelson25 / Wikimedia Commons)

King County Designates Downtown Kirkland a Regional Growth Center

Stephen Fesler - December 19, 2019

Backyard cottages like this one should be coming to Burien thanks to the City's new reform. (Photo by Doug Trumm)

Burien Encourages Accessory Dwelling Units in New Reform

Stephen Fesler - December 5, 2019

Federal Way Is Planning a Transit-Oriented District

Stephen Fesler - December 4, 2019

Downtown Tacoma's stretch of Pacific Avenue hosts the Tacoma Link streetcar. (Photo by Doug Trumm)

Tacoma Quietly Rezoned Residential Areas in Latest Comp Plan Update

Stephen Fesler - December 3, 2019

Pierce County Poised to Be First to Designate Countywide Centers in...

Stephen Fesler - November 20, 2019