Natalie Bicknell Argerious
Natalie Bicknell Argerious (she/her) is a reporter and podcast host at The Urbanist. She previously served as managing editor. A passionate urban explorer since childhood, she loves learning how to make cities more inclusive, vibrant, and environmentally resilient. You can often find her wandering around Seattle's Central District and Capitol Hill with her dogs and cat. Email her at natalie [at] theurbanist [dot] org.
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Next Monday, September 19th, Disability Mobility Initiative will begin its Week Without Driving Challenge, which invites people to refrain from driving themselves in any vehicle, for any activity, for a full week in order to increase awareness...
This edition of housing notes will explore two major project proposals in Seattle, the Port of Everett's ambitious residential and commercial waterfront development plan, and an eight-story apartment building advancing in Bellevue's Bel-Red neighborhood.
Transit oriented development in Seattle's Roosevelt neighborhood
Located near Roosevelt Station in North Seattle, Roosevelt Assembly,...
The Spring District started as an ambitious plan to transform 36 acres of warehouses and surface level parking in Bellevue's BelRed neighborhood into a thriving urban village anchored on transit. Expected to unfold over a 15-year period, Seattle-based developer Wright Runstad and Company and Shorestein Properties of San Francisco...
The Seattle City Council has approved additional hiring bonuses for police officers aimed at boosting the Seattle Police Department's (SPD's) number of trained and deployable officers. The legislation, which passed 6-3, allows for SPD to spend an additional $289,000 on hiring bonuses in 2022 on top of the $1.5...
It's time to get ready for the 12th annual Seattle Design Festival, which will be held August 20-26 at locations across the city. This year's theme is connection and it will be explored through a variety of interactive exhibits, events, and workshops intended to "unleash the design thinker in...
It's hard to avoid the topic of inflation these days. Price increases on basic goods are impossible to overlook at most stores, discussion of President Joe Biden's Inflation Reduction Act dominates the news cycle, and in conversations between family and friends, it's become commonplace to discuss what products or...
This edition of housing notes will explore some particularly ambitious projects in the works across the Puget Sound region. It's also worth noting to kick things off that some indicators suggest that the housing market in the Seattle metro area may be creeping toward a more balanced state.
Economists...
The Urbanist and Tech 4 Housing are hosting a social gathering at the Pine Box, August 16th, 5:30-7pm to talk about how we can advance housing abundance and affordability
Where better than a former mortuary to strategize about how bring the housing choices our region needs back to life?...