Metro Everett Draft Recs Offer Window Into Building Heights, Parking Policy, And More
Everett has released draft recommendations on zoning and building height regulations and parking strategies for its city center planning process "Metro Everett." The draft...
Four Exciting Urbanist Data Points From Seattle’s MHA Study
The City released a large study about implementing Mandatory Housing Affordability (MHA) in all of the city’s urban villages, some urban centers, and many...
Everett Transit Kicks Off Long-Range Planning Process
Everett has started work on a major long-range planning process for the city-owned transit system. Population and employment are projected to grow substantially in...
Predictable Disagreement And Surprising Agreements Where Single-Family Zoning Meets Multi-Family
If you take the Route 44 bus all the way to the end of the line in Ballard, you'll find yourself at the intersection...
New High School Headed To Seattle Center, Master Plan May Be Revamped
Seattle Center, the city's central playground of culture and engagement in Uptown, could be headed for an update to its governing master plan. Future redevelopment...
Meet Skyway: Seattle’s Unincorporated Neighbor To The South
If I asked you what Seattle's nearest neighbor to the south was, you might say Tukwila. That'd be part right. Tukwila brushes against the Seattle border...
How Do You VMU?
One of the primary reasons for the Central Issaquah development moratorium is the lack of Vertical Mixed-Use (VMU) development naturally emerging. Projects in the...
Uptown Urban Design Framework Emerges From Final EIS
Bigger buildings and thousands of new residents and jobs could be headed to Uptown in the coming years, depending on the outcome of an...