LR3 Rollback: SEPA Appeal Filed

Today Smart Growth Seattle filed an appeal of the City’s Determination of Non-Significance for legislation that would roll back a decade of progress toward welcoming growth in transit oriented neighborhoods.  Last year a group of disgruntled and angry neighbors worked up an petition demanding a downzone in Seattle’s Low-Rise, or LR Zones. This petition was completely without any merit. […]

Am I on Candid Camera?

Last week we featured the comments of Jack McCullough, outgoing Chair of the Downtown Seattle Association. He wondered whether we have lost the progress in our progressivism. This week Bill Hinkle, Executive Director of the Rental Housing Association of Washington asks, “Am I on Candid Camera?” This post is a version of a article Hinkle wrote for […]

First Microhousing Meeting: Three Questions

Today at 4:30 the first meeting of the microhousing working group will convene at the Seattle Municipal Tower. Smart Growth Seattle members will be represented on the committee. I’ll be watching from the sidelines, and in fact, I have to leave early. But below are my answers to three questions that will be the topic […]