Council Landmarks Mount Zion and Reauthorizes SoDo Homeless Shelter
On Monday, the Seattle City Council met for a relatively light legislative session on policy substance. However, councilmembers approved a new Central District landmark...
Seattle Will Provide Free Transit to All Public High School Students
All public high school students in Seattle will receive free transit passes under a plan to encourage transit ridership both in the immediate and...
Southeast Coalition Seeks Community Hub in Othello
At the southwest corner of Othello and Martin Luther King Jr Way, a stone’s throw away from the Othello light rail station is a...
Mixed Bag Bills Could Weaken Growth Management Act
Late last month, the Washington State Legislature took rushed steps in passing two bills that deal with the Growth Management Act (GMA). One of...
University of Washington’s Draft 2018 Seattle Campus Master Plan
The University of Washington (UW) is deep into its Seattle campus master planning update for 2018. Earlier this month, the university released the draft...
Women Shaping Seattle: An Interview With Rebecca Barnes
Rebecca Barnes, FAIA is the University of Washington University Architect and Assistant Vice Provost for Campus & Capital Planning. Rebecca was previously the Chief...
What Fitzgibbon Said: ST3 Does Not Interfere With Education Funding
State Senator Reuven Carlyle has been in a reflective mood lately. Unfortunately those reflections demonstrate a misunderstanding of the funding issues involved and cavalier...
We Can Fund World Class Transit And World Class Education
As a parent who lives in the 36th District, and therefore a constituent of State Senator Reuven Carlyle, I share his concern that Washington...