God Pods: Builders Give Back
Here’s an example of how builders get engaged with community using their skills, know how, and resources to support community endeavors. One of Smart Growth Seattle’s founders, Dan Duffus, was instrumental in putting together a microhousing project for Seattle’s Union Gospel Mission. The Union Gospel Mission is a faith based organization working to prevent homelessness. […]
Seattle Met: Highlights Smart Growth Seattle
On Christmas Eve the latest edition of Seattle Met magazine hit news stands. In it, in a feature called, “The 15 People Who Should Really Run This Town,” our efforts over the last year were called out. The story is ostensibly about me, but really it is about all of you who have supported our […]
Housing Voucher Program Provides Second Chances
It’s Christmas Eve, and the central and orienting narrative of the Christian faith is the story of a savior, born as a human being in a humble manger, offering forgiveness and redemption. Much can be made of the fact that story finds the protagonists with no proper housing situation in light of the fact that […]
