The 652,000th Man: Seattle Tops Growth Chart
If the now retired and apparently found Casey Kasem did a top 40 for growing cities Seattle would be on the chart, holding the number one spot for the fastest growing city and the number 21 spot for overall population size. A Seattle Times blog post yesterday caught a lot of people’s attention, including me; […]
Rasmussen: Another Downzone of Existing Single-Family Homes?
It’s starting to look like the unintended consequence first pointed out by Matt Gangemi in his post called Seattle’s Biggest Downzone was not entirely averted by the City Council. Councilmember Tom Rasmussen’s amendment in response to his angry neighbors upset about the Benchview Project will actually limit additions to some existing single family homes. Not […]
Sally Bagshaw: Yesterday Not Tomorrow
Small-lot legislation passed yesterday with two amendments that made the underlying legislation worse. In many ways the underlying legislation that passed out of the Planning Land Use and Sustainability (PLUS) Committee was positive. Some issues about adjacent lots and lot boundary adjustments were clarified. And, in the end, many new single-family homes will still be […]
