Futurewise Awards Celebrate Equity-Centered Environmentalism
Supporters, colleagues and elected officials gathered at Seattle's Westin Hotel for Futurewise's Spring Breakfast Livable Community Awards on March 2nd. The awards lifted up six groups...
King County Set To Part With Convention Place Station for $161 Million
Last week King County announced a tentative deal to sell perhaps the largest remaining undeveloped property in Seattle's city center. The 4.1-acre Convention Place...
King County Council Should Reject The Sale Of Convention Place Station
King County Executive Dow Constantine recently introduced legislation to the Metropolitan King County Council to approve the sale of Convention Place Station (CPS) to...
Issaquah Extends Moratorium On Development
The Issaquah City Council extended its development moratorium for Central Issaquah by an additional six months. This would put the moratorium out as far...
Vote No On HB 1504: Protect Natural Resource Lands
Legislators in Olympia are in a hurry to push through a flurry of bills before cutoff deadlines would make them dead. One of those...
Downtown/South Lake Union Rezones: Five Key Takeaways
The process for Mandatory Housing Affordability (MHA) rezones in Downtown and South Lake Union kicked off last week with a briefing before Seattle's Planning,...
Did Seattle Just Cross The 700,000 Population Mark?
During his State of the City speech, Mayor Murray mentioned that 67 people per day moved to Seattle in 2016. If accurate, that would...
9-0: City Council Passes U District Rezone Unlocking MHA
New high-rises could be on the way for the University District (U District) for the first time since the 1970's. In a significant unanimous...