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Social Welfare

Community Alliance Urges City to Stop and Rethink the Mercer Mega Block Sale

Public land is owned by all of us. City government acts as its steward, ensuring it is managed in the public interest, to benefit...

Everett Doubles Local Bus Fares

Everett Transit is in the midst of a major restructuring effort for the kind of network and service that the transit agency will provide...

What Does a Sanctuary City Look and Feel Like?

"Displaced: Design For Inclusive Cities" Contest Winners Envision Cities That Welcome, Support, And Empower Refugees and Migrants Despite the Trump administration's recent decision to reduce...

Carbon Pollution Fee Would Invest Billions in Washington State’s Green Economy

At a recent presentation by Shift Zero, a zero net carbon building alliance, mention of Initiative 1631 stirred excitement among the green building professionals in...

Sunday Video: Let’s Make Mass Transit Free*

https://youtu.be/ccxVYborUcU On City Beautiful, Dave Amos takes a look at the benefits for free public transit and why it should be expanded to more transit...

Long Promised Center City Streetcar Would Be a Boon to First Hill

Within a year, 1,400 new housing units will come online in First Hill, which is already one of Seattle’s densest neighborhoods, as well as...

Top Urbanist Action: Ask County Council for Housing Not a Stadium Subsidy

It seemed like a done deal. The King County Council was going to fork over about $190M to pay for Safeco Field maintenance intended...

Sunday Video: An Urban Planner Plays SimCity

https://youtu.be/LUQaCoxybW8 In this extended short, Dave Amos of City Beautiful takes on the old school classic SimCity from the perspective of a professional planner 20...