Video: The Urbanist Seattle City Budget Workshop
Contributing Editor Ryan Packer and reporter Amy Sundberg broke down the 2024 budget proposed by Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell and set to be amended...
Top Urbanist Action: Voice Support for Head Tax to Fund Housing
Show Up and Support $75 million a Year for Affordable Housing: The committee vote on employee hours "head" tax is happening this week on...
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...
Latest IPCC Climate Report Underscores Need for Collaborative Action Among Urbanists
The latest reports from the United Nations International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Sixth Assessment are out and their findings on cities are simply...
Lake Forest Park Ballot Measure Would Increase Park Access and Fund Safer Streets
While Shoreline's park bond measure did not make it to the November ballot, neighboring Lake Forest Park's ballot contains a measure to increase funding...
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...
HALA Recomendations Are A Huge Win For Affordable Housing
Over the last two months the Mayor’s Housing Affordability and Livability Agenda (HALA) recommendations garnered tremendous debate, some of which nearly killed the historic...
Mayor Proposes Minimal Relief from Seattle’s Treacherous Design Review
The Office of the Mayor announcing legislation extending Covid-era exemptions that allow affordable rental housing projects to skip design review, the costly and time-consuming...