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Land Use

Proposals to Rezone Interbay and Duwamish Omit History of Exclusion

From now until March 2nd, Seattle is taking comments on a proposal to change the zoning rules in the city's industrial zones. Based on...

Bellevue Council Update: Health Through Housing, Litter Over Emissions, Meeting Urban Growth

Among several other items, Monday's Bellevue City Council meeting saw an update from King County Council Chair Claudia Balducci on regional issues, a quarterly...

Café Streets: From Pandemic Response to Permanent Program

The Seattle City Council is considering a bill to extend cafe street and outdoor dining permits until January 2023. The popular program arose during...
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Poll Indicates Washingtonians Strongly Favor Statewide Missing Middle Housing Bill

More than 60% of likely Washington voters indicated they were supportive of legislation to increase production of missing middle housing across the state in...

Statewide Missing Middle Housing Bill Clears Committee Vote, But Not Before Pollet and Senn...

On Tuesday, House Bill 1782 passed out of House Local Government Committee, but the bill was weakened in the process. Still, it's a milestone...

Let’s Connect All of Seattle to Frequent Transit

Seattle city planners have long heard the same tired request from neighbors, “Put all housing near transit." For decades this is exactly what has...

Mercer Island and Bellevue Squander Housing Opportunities Near East Link

Puget Sound has embarked on ambitious transit expansions. But the success of those largely hinge on people living near stations and stops, no matter...

Overbuilding Highway Capacity is Robbing Seattle’s Industry

Build roads for freight, bikes, and transit, not peak cars Streets in Seattle’s industrial neighborhoods show massive disinvestment in the basic maintenance of curbs and...