2014: The Year of Housing Supply
As part of announcing our new partnership supporting the work of Smart Growth Seattle, I was asked to speak at the Seattle Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce’s Community Development Round Table (CDRT). I spoke to the CDRT about 15 years ago about neighborhood development and how private development could be leveraged to support implementation of Seattle’s […]
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 […]
Councilmember O’Brien: No Changes to LR3
An effort is underway to “fix” or “clean up” one of the model zones in Seattle’s land use code for growing smart: LR3. The LR3 zone is a mix of many different types of multifamily housing (including microhousing) that is meeting the growing demand for housing in Seattle. The LR3 zone is doing what it […]
