Smart Growth Seattle Hires Roger Valdez as its Full-Time Director
Roger Valdez and others talk about why smart growth is so important in this 2012 video by eric becker on Vimeo.
This is a press released issued today. Growing group’s director will advance dialogue and policy around housing choices, urban density, sustainable development, economic opportunity and architectural diversity Seattle, WA – Jan. 27, 2014 – Smart Growth Seattle today announced that Roger Valdez will be the full time director of the organization. Valdez helped found Smart […]
Mayor Bites Dog: New Storyline on Microhousing
Here’s the headline from KIRO: Ballard residents ambush Seattle mayor over development At first, you might think that this headline is “bad news,” especially since it is about a microhousing project in Ballard. But think about this for a moment. Change isn’t easy. When change comes, the people with the most invested in the status […]
Microhousing Group Responds to Questions Raised by City Council
A few weeks ago, Seattle City Councilmembers Tom Rasmussen, Sally Clark, and Nick Licata issued a memo to the Department of Planning and Development asking them to draft legislation and to find answers to a number of questions about microhousing. Here is that memo: Council Microhousing Memo Final052413 Smart Growth Seattle has convened a group […]
