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What are you for?

We are for creating more housing of all types, in all neighborhoods, for all levels of income. We are for jobs. We are for opportunity. We are for change. We are for innovation. We are for progress. We are for growth! We are for jobs. We are for opportunity. We are for change. We are for innovation. We are for progress. We are for growth!

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Design Review: Adding Color and Costs to Housing

Over at Capitol Hill Seattle yet another example of why design review adds costs and complication to housing projects. A Department of Planning and Development representative confirmed to CHS that the developers of Viva Capitol Hill, the six-story, 105-unit mixed-use apartment building finishing construction in the triangle at 12th, E Union and Madison, has been denied a temporary […]

Comp Planning: All of the Above!

Let me start by saying that regional planning and planning for future growth is a serious business and it isn’t easy. The City of Seattle is currently starting a long public process around where future growth–which really means more people–should go. They have three options: Alternative 1: Urban Center Focus Most growth would be encouraged […]

Look! It’s Still Happening! NIMBY Intolerance.

Well, I was going to use the word “bigotry” in the headline of this post. But that word doesn’t quite get at what’s going on in the postering campaign we first discovered was being planned about a week ago. It’s not that the word is too strong, but that current valance of the word bigotry […]