Shoreline’s 145th Street Station Subarea Plan Is Approved
A three-year process to adopt subarea plans around two future light rail stations in Shoreline has come to an end. On Monday, the Shoreline...
Highrises Spread into UW Campus – U District Development Spree Part 3
With highrises emerging from the University District, neighboring University of Washington (UW) is also preparing to join in on the developing skyline. Of the...
The Legislative Budget Season Begins in Olympia
WALeg Wednesday starts eyeing up the looming disagreements as the legislative session moves to finances.
In This Digest:
Important Bills At A Glance
Weekly Focus: A First...
Goodbye Farmland, Hello Mega-Mansions
How a major loophole in the Growth Management Act has allowed unnecessary sprawl and non-compliant development to gobble up our rural lands for decades.
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Garbage Diagrams Only Tell Half of the Story
Let's try to build a picture of King County’s waste issues.
For the last couple of weeks, I have been working on an article about...
Seattle Planning Commission Seeking New Members
If you're a wonk about all things planning, then the City of Seattle may have just the opportunity for you. The Seattle Planning Commission...
Op-Ed: Cascadia’s Awakening — Building a Region That Works for All
Washington State has big housing plans and ambitious planning tools, but it needs binding commitments across public, private, and social sectors to turn vision into reality. As it stands, housing isn't being built fast enough to stem the affordability crisis.
Everett’s 2035 Comprehensive Plan update is still uncharted
Everett is updating its comprehensive plan. The choices that the city makes will influence building patterns in the city and nearby areas for decades...