Staff Biography
Owen PickfordFounder and Former Executive Director
Owen Pickford does servicing and consulting for a software company to pay the bills. He spends the majority of his free time learning and writing about urban policy. Owen started grassroots advocacy in 2004, organizing over 400 volunteers in three counties for a presidential campaign. Since then he’s continued volunteering for political organizations, cycling and transit groups. Owen primarily wrote about housing issues. He founded The Urbanist and served as executive director through 2019. var block_tdi_798 = new tdBlock(); block_tdi_798.id = "tdi_798"; block_tdi_798.atts = '{"custom_title":"Recent Articles","block_template_id":"td_block_template_8","border_color":"#000000","f_header_font_family":"471","f_header_font_weight":"400","f_header_font_style":"oblique","f_header_font_size":"32","ajax_pagination":"load_more","autors_id":"2","block_type":"td_block_12","separator":"","custom_url":"","m11_tl":"","m11_el":"","post_ids":"","category_id":"","taxonomies":"","category_ids":"","in_all_terms":"","tag_slug":"","installed_post_types":"","include_cf_posts":"","exclude_cf_posts":"","sort":"","popular_by_date":"","linked_posts":"","favourite_only":"","limit":"5","offset":"","open_in_new_window":"","show_modified_date":"","time_ago":"","time_ago_add_txt":"ago","time_ago_txt_pos":"","review_source":"","el_class":"","td_ajax_filter_type":"","td_ajax_filter_ids":"","td_filter_default_txt":"All","td_ajax_preloading":"","f_header_font_header":"","f_header_font_title":"Block header","f_header_font_settings":"","f_header_font_line_height":"","f_header_font_transform":"","f_header_font_spacing":"","f_header_":"","f_ajax_font_title":"Ajax categories","f_ajax_font_settings":"","f_ajax_font_family":"","f_ajax_font_size":"","f_ajax_font_line_height":"","f_ajax_font_style":"","f_ajax_font_weight":"","f_ajax_font_transform":"","f_ajax_font_spacing":"","f_ajax_":"","f_more_font_title":"Load more button","f_more_font_settings":"","f_more_font_family":"","f_more_font_size":"","f_more_font_line_height":"","f_more_font_style":"","f_more_font_weight":"","f_more_font_transform":"","f_more_font_spacing":"","f_more_":"","m11f_title_font_header":"","m11f_title_font_title":"Article title","m11f_title_font_settings":"","m11f_title_font_family":"","m11f_title_font_size":"","m11f_title_font_line_height":"","m11f_title_font_style":"","m11f_title_font_weight":"","m11f_title_font_transform":"","m11f_title_font_spacing":"","m11f_title_":"","m11f_cat_font_title":"Article category tag","m11f_cat_font_settings":"","m11f_cat_font_family":"","m11f_cat_font_size":"","m11f_cat_font_line_height":"","m11f_cat_font_style":"","m11f_cat_font_weight":"","m11f_cat_font_transform":"","m11f_cat_font_spacing":"","m11f_cat_":"","m11f_meta_font_title":"Article meta info","m11f_meta_font_settings":"","m11f_meta_font_family":"","m11f_meta_font_size":"","m11f_meta_font_line_height":"","m11f_meta_font_style":"","m11f_meta_font_weight":"","m11f_meta_font_transform":"","m11f_meta_font_spacing":"","m11f_meta_":"","m11f_ex_font_title":"Article excerpt","m11f_ex_font_settings":"","m11f_ex_font_family":"","m11f_ex_font_size":"","m11f_ex_font_line_height":"","m11f_ex_font_style":"","m11f_ex_font_weight":"","m11f_ex_font_transform":"","m11f_ex_font_spacing":"","m11f_ex_":"","m11f_btn_font_title":"Article read more button","m11f_btn_font_settings":"","m11f_btn_font_family":"","m11f_btn_font_size":"","m11f_btn_font_line_height":"","m11f_btn_font_style":"","m11f_btn_font_weight":"","m11f_btn_font_transform":"","m11f_btn_font_spacing":"","m11f_btn_":"","ajax_pagination_next_prev_swipe":"","ajax_pagination_infinite_stop":"","css":"","tdc_css":"","td_column_number":3,"header_color":"","color_preset":"","border_top":"","class":"tdi_798","tdc_css_class":"tdi_798","tdc_css_class_style":"tdi_798_rand_style"}'; block_tdi_798.td_column_number = "3"; block_tdi_798.block_type = "td_block_12"; block_tdi_798.post_count = "5"; block_tdi_798.found_posts = "195"; block_tdi_798.header_color = ""; block_tdi_798.ajax_pagination_infinite_stop = ""; block_tdi_798.max_num_pages = "39"; tdBlocksArray.push(block_tdi_798);
Recent Articles
Seattle Needs a Powerful Urbanist Media Outlet Owen Pickford - April 23, 2024 Founder Owen Pickford reflects on a decade of The Urbanist and urges urbanists to chip in to keep this institution strong. Please make a donation during our spring member drive. Read more
Seattle’s Housing Construction Booms While Permitting Flashes Warning Signs Owen Pickford - January 16, 2024 Plummeting permits could point to a housing slowdown and less affordable housing money after a banner year. Seattle’s housing production set a new record in... Read more
Despite Slowdown Worries, 2021 Sets A Townhouse Production Record in Seattle Owen Pickford - September 27, 2022 Last year, The Urbanist covered a Master Builders Association of King and Snohomish Counties (MBAKS) report suggesting that townhouse development in Seattle might be... Read more
High Speed Rail Is a Solution for Terrible Airlines Owen Pickford - January 11, 2022 The winter holidays gifted Seattle thousands of cancelled flights, likely affecting over 100,000 travellers. Today, weeks later, people are feeling the impacts as airlines... Read more