Comprehensive Plan:Planning to Plan to Plan with Equity
Today at the Planning, Land Use, and Sustainability the Department of Planning and Development (DPD) trotted out their plan for planning the engagement on the Comprehensive Plan. Seriously. I’m not being snarky. We’ve already seen the DPD’s four options a while ago that suggest that we either grow in urban centers, urban villages, around rail, or […]
Minneapolis: Not Run-of-the-Mill
I’m in Minneapolis today and, at the risk of turning this space into a travelogue, I have to share what I’ve experienced. The city is truly full of all the things we’re dreaming of in Seattle: sustainable use of resources, adaptive reuse, great design, density, transit choices, and affordability. All this from a city that […]
Are We Losing the Progress in our Progressivism?
These comments were the closing remarks at the 2014 DSA Annual Meeting by Jack McCullough, Chair of the Downtown Seattle Association on June 4, 2014. I am posting them in full here because I think McCullough points out some uncomfortable but important realities about where we’re going as a city when it comes to growth. […]
