Bellevue Council Update: Some Lessons in Council Procedure
                    
At Monday's Bellevue City Council meeting, Councilmembers voted to approve over $1.7 million in funding for crosswalk improvements, approved further work on a city-sponsored...                
            Public Hearing Tonight On Chinatown-International District Rezone
                    The area of Chinatown-International District is already zoned for tall buildings, but a new neighborhood zoning proposal could push building heights higher and allow...                
            Everett Transit Delivers A Painful Restructuring Plan; It Doesn’t Have To Be This Way
                    Everett Transit is in the midst of a painful service restructuring planning process. Fresh off its long-range planning effort to develop a path to...                
            University District Rezone Proposal: A Deeper Look At Urban Design Requirements
                    Last week, draft recommendations on the University District rezone and urban design proposal were released. We provided a high level overview for many of...                
            Seattle 2035 Approved, Move-In Fee Reform Held Back
                    Seattle's multi-year process to update the city's Comprehensive Plan has come to its conclusion finding unanimous consent and approval from the City Council. A...                
            Workforce Housing Recommendations
                    Seattle's council has spent a lot of the last year trying to figure out how to address housing costs. Continuing this conversation, four council members...                
            King County’s Proposed 2020 Strategic Climate Action Plan Centers Environmental Justice
                    
But questions remain around whether or not ambitious greenhouse gas reduction targets represent empty promises given the challenges posed by growth in the region.
Last...                
            Puget Sound Leaders Not Ready to Hit Brakes on Highway Expansion
                    
Even in the face of ambitious greenhouse gas emissions goals that remain out-of-reach, elected leaders in central Puget Sound aren't ready to rethink the...                
            
		







