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The Urbanist Podcast: Oops, All Clips

Thank you for contacting The Urbanist Podcast. It is Spring Break, so co-hosts Ray Dubicki and Natalie Argerious are out of the office this...

Seattle Can Take Its New Tree Ordinance and Apply It to Itself

Unpave paradise and take down that parking lot. Trees in Seattle are facing a new threat, not from beetles or the axe, but from...

The Urbanist Podcast: Debunking the JumpStart Tax Holiday with Ron Davis

In this episode, co-hosts Natalie Argerious and Ray Dubicki welcome Ron Davis to talk about a proposed JumpStart Tax Holiday in the city of...

Op-Ed: Proposed Tree Legislation Awaits Its Turn to Add to Seattle’s Housing Woes

There’s a saying that the path of progress doesn’t follow a straight line. This has certainly been what I've experienced in my two decades...

Proposed Tree Protection Ordinance Hopes to Grow Seattle’s Canopy

Councilmember Strauss introduces legislation to regulate 70,000 additional trees – but will the effort to boost canopy coverage to 30% slow down housing creation? After...

The Urbanist Spring Events Calendar

Now that the Vernal Equinox has passed, thoughts here at The Urbanist turn to thinner socks with our Birkenstocks and other rites of spring....

It Is Time For Sound Transit’s Board of Directors Meeting

How to watch and comment at today's system expansion discussion. After a lot of discussion and plenty of competing visions, it is time to hear...

The Legislative Budget Season Begins in Olympia

WALeg Wednesday starts eyeing up the looming disagreements as the legislative session moves to finances. In This Digest: Important Bills At A Glance Weekly Focus: A First...