Doug Trumm
Doug Trumm is publisher of The Urbanist. An Urbanist writer since 2015, he dreams of pedestrian streets, bus lanes, and a mass-timber building spree to end our housing crisis. He graduated from the Evans School of Public Policy and Governance at the University of Washington in 2019. He lives in Seattle's Fremont neighborhood and loves to explore the city by foot and by bike.
Governer Jay Inslee (D-Washington) has taken a stand on siting schools in rural areas. Two weeks ago the Governor issued a partial veto--a power he's sparingly exercised--to send back legislation that would make it easier to construct schools outside of urban growth areas. It was the first instance this year...
Mike Rosenberg reported yesterday on the pending sale of the Talaris campus--18 acres of prime real estate adjacent to Seattle Children's Hospital in Laurelhurst. While Rosenberg calculates the land could be worth more than $60 million dollars if developed as 80 to 90 detached single-family homes, the land is...
We’re covering the CNU25 Conference live from Seattle this week. For a play-by-play of the seminars and events, check on back at this post for our latest tweets on some wonderful planning and urban topics.
We’re covering the CNU25 Conference live from Seattle this week. For a play-by-play of the seminars and events, check on back at this post for our latest tweets on some wonderful planning and urban topics.
We're covering the CNU25 Conference live from Seattle this week. For a play-by-play of the seminars and events, check on back at this post for our latest tweets on some wonderful planning and urban topics.
We're covering the CNU25 Conference live from Seattle over the next four days. For a play-by-play of the seminars and events, check on back at this post for our latest tweets on some wonderful planning and urban topics.
If I asked you what Seattle's nearest neighbor to the south was, you might say Tukwila. That'd be part right. Tukwila brushes against the Seattle border in places. But also bordering Seattle to the south are several unincorporated communities people often forget about, including Skyway and White Center.
As an unincorporated area, Skyway (known as...
Tonight we'll be livetweeting the first major CNU25 Conference seminar on the topic of "Combating the Suburbanization of Poverty" from the auditorium of Benaroya Hall. Throughout the week, we'll also showcase our live on-the-ground reporting at the convention. Speaking at tonight's seminar are:
Dow Constantine, King County Executive
Chenoa Egawa,...