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Join The Urbanist for Our February Social Events
Join The Urbanist for our February social events in Seattle, Redmond, and Shoreline. Next up is our Big Time Brewery meetup ...
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Kirkland’s New Mental Health Crisis Center Top Contender for Levy Contract
Kirkland Connections is a new 24/7 mental health crisis center that could prove a model for the five crisis centers a county ...
The Urbanist3d
Last-Minute Flood of Corporate Cash Seeks to Derail Social Housing Proposition 1A
Backers of Initiative 1A highlighted a flood of cash from the region's large corporations, including Amazon, promoting alternative measure 1B. (Ryan Packer) On Friday, backers of Proposition 1A, the ...
The Urbanist4d
Seattle Releases Road Map for Transportation Levy Spending in 2025 and Beyond
The 2025 delivery plan for the first year of the Seattle Transportation Levy spells out a broad array of projects that will enter the pipeline this year. (Ryan Packer) Following the landslide approval ...
The Urbanist4d
Housing Advocates Outnumber ‘One Seattle’ Opponents, Moore and Rivera Back Opponents
On Wednesday, the One Seattle Comprehensive Plan faced its first official public hearing since the Seattle City Council has taken on Mayor Bruce Harrell’s 20-year growth plan. Housing advocates ...
The Urbanist5d
Op-Ed: Wealth Tax on Megarich Would Invest in Washington State’s Future
State Sen. Noel Frame (D-36th, Seattle) is leading the charge for a wealth tax to invest in public schools. She also secured a post on the Senate Ways and Means Committee in the 2025 legislative ...
The Urbanist5d
Parking Reform Gains Momentum at Washington Legislature
Senate Bill 5184 would put a cap on out-of-control parking mandates and prohibit cities from requiring parking altogether in some cases, such as day cares or retirement homes. (Doug Trumm) On ...
The Urbanist5d
Yearly Archives: 2025
The 2025 delivery plan for the first year of the Seattle Transportation Levy spells out a broad array of projects that will enter the pipeline this year. Housing advocates outnumbered opponents by a ...
The Urbanist6d
State Lawmakers Chart Path to Double Amtrak Cascades Service
WSDOT is mulling boosting Amtrak Cascades service to 16 daily runs, but no options tackle the speed and reliability improvements to truly unlock the corridor's potential. State lawmakers may give the ...
The Urbanist6d
Op-Ed: Mungia’s Narrow Win Shows Washington Voters Want Sweeping Legal Changes
Donald Trump will put new pressure on Washington’s courts. Our judges will have to choose between articulating a populist, egalitarian legal philosophy or embracing lawlessness. A new dark-money group ...
The Urbanist7d
Harrell Growth Plan Would Produce Fewer Affordable Homes Than Alternative 5
The 1,300 page environmental review of the One Seattle plan shows that the Mayor's preferred plan would increase hardscape, tree removal, and greenhouse gas emissions, while decreasing affordable ...
The Urbanist7d
Eastside Coffee Outside: Brewing Community, One Cup at a Time
Community members gather every Wednesday morning from 7 to 9:30am in Kirkland for Eastside Coffee Outside. It’s still dark out as I pedal my bakfiets cargo bike out of my garage and into the cold ...