Home in Tacoma for All Coalition Seeks Greater Equity in Zoning Reforms
Home in Tacoma aims to overhaul Tacoma’s housing rules to allow greater flexibility in building practices. It will allow denser housing to be built...
Last Chance: Support Alternative 5 for Seattle 2035
In an editorial published on Tuesday, we offered our vision on how Seattle must accommodate growth over the next 20 years. We believe that all four...
Top Urbanist Action: RSVP For Urbanist Volunteer Orientation
Start volunteering your time for urbanism: The Urbanist will hold its first (of what hopefully becomes regular) volunteer orientation. We'll walk through what the...
University District Urban Design Framework
For the past few years, the Department of Planning and Development (DPD) has been developing a design framework for the University District. The University...
Bremerton Considers Bold Housing Reforms in its Comprehensive Plan Update
Reforms being considered by Bremerton as part of this year's major planning update include eliminating parking mandates, removing height limits in downtown, and expanding neighborhoods where additional density is allowed.
Sunday Video: Can Trains Save Seattle?
City Beautiful's urbanism content creator, Dave Amos, recently visited the Seattle area to explore future transit-oriented development sites and the planning that is going...
Roderick and Bassok Propose Neighborhood Rail System
Two at-large City Council candidates released an ambitious plan on Wednesday to build a “neighborhood municipal rail system.” Alon Bassok, an urban planner running...
Community Feedback On The University District Urban Design And Zoning Proposals
The Office of Planning and Community Development (OPCD) has released their comment summary on the draft proposal for the University District rezone and urban...