Housing Notes: Council Preserves Drive Thru, Challenge Seattle Report Backs Zoning Overhaul
It has been raining housing reports and housing news over the last week. Challenge Seattle, an alliance of local CEOs, released a 124-page housing...
Never Preserve A Drive-Thru: Council Should Reject Historic Designation for SLU Walgreens
The Seattle City Council took a little break for the holidays, but they are back and attending to the urgent business of... preserving a...
The One Seattle Plan Needs a Bold Alternative 6
Seattle has grown much faster than planners and policymakers predicted, which means our planning framework needs to be nimble. Every ten years Seattle makes...
Report Highlights Puget Sound’s Housing Deficit and Zoning Reform Potential
On Thursday, Urban Institute released a new report focused on the Seattle metropolitan region that is sure to be of interest to urbanists and...
Missing Middle Housing Reform Returns for 2023 Legislative Session
Housing abundance is returning as a big policy issue in the 2023 Washington legislative session. On Tuesday, Rep. Jessica Bateman (D-Olympia) filed her eagerly-awaited...
Street Cafés Becoming a Permanent Amenity in More Puget Sound Cities
It’s becoming increasingly difficult to remember, but prior to the onset of the Covid pandemic, street cafés, sometimes called streateries, were few and far...
Congress Approves Record $54 Million for Puget Sound Recovery
But development outside of Washington State's urban growth areas continues to place pressure on an ecologically rich, but fragile ecosystem.
Congress has passed a funding...
Google Planned New Sustainable High-Rise Campus in Kirkland
Update: On January 20th, 2023, the City of Kirkland announced that Google will not be proceeding with the sale of the Lee Johnson site...