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Tag Archives: affordability
CascadiaCast Episode 8: Hunter Bevis
This episode of CascadiaCast is uniquely co-hosted with Hunter Bevis, my older brother and producer of the aviation podcast Time In Flight. By coincidence, for both of our podcasts this is episode eight! Hunter spent his formative years in North … Continue reading
Posted in CascadiaCast
Tagged aerial, affordability, airplanes, aviation, Bevis, certification, cities, class, drones, FAA, growth, homelessness, Hunter Bevis, license, Lid I-5, lidding I-5, model, Part 107, planes, podcast, real estate, regulation, systems, Time in Flight, training, unmanned, urban planning
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CascadiaCast Episode 7: Laura Bernstein
On this episode of CascadiaCast I had a wonderful conversation with Laura Loe (Bernstein), a queer educator, musician, and gardener from Colombia, New York, Los Angeles, and Chicago who has lived in Seattle since 2009. As an advocate for fair … Continue reading
Posted in CascadiaCast
Tagged activism, advocacy, affordability, affordable, Bernstein, City, City Council, housing, land use, Laura, market, policies, politics, prices, rent, Seattle, social justice, YIMBY, YIOBY
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New Movement Seeks to Empower Seattle Renters
On Saturday the Capitol Hill EcoDistrict hosted a Renter Summit to kick off a community conversation about rising rents, renter protections, and transportation options. The half-day event at Miller Community Center drew at least 100 residents from the Capitol Hill, … Continue reading
Posted in Housing, Policy, Public Participation, Transportation
Tagged affordability, Capitol Hill, City Council, EcoDistrict, Frank Chopp, HALA, housing, increases, Jamie Pedersen, Kshama Sawant, living, mobility, policy, rent, Renter Summit, renters, Rob Johnson, Sara Maxana, Seattle, Shefali Ranganathan, transportation, transportation choices, Victor Obeso
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CascadiaCast Episode 6: Nathan Vass
On this episode of CascadiaCast I had a lively chat with Nathan Vass, who splits his time between driving for King County Metro and his artistic pursuits in photography and video. He also frequently writes short stories about his experience … Continue reading
Posted in Biking, Buses, CascadiaCast, Demographics, Government, Housing, Land Use, Parks, Policy, Schools, Transportation, Walking
Tagged affordability, art, artists, blog, bus, changes, culture, driver, film, growth, homeless, King County, light rail, metro, Nathan, operator, painting, photography, Seattle, transit, travel, Vass, video, View from Nathan's Bus
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The Key HALA Recommendations for Seattle’s Affordable Housing Future
The Seattle City Council is considering recommendations to increase the city’s amount and variety of affordable housing options. Over the past year, the Housing Affordability and Livability Agenda Advisory Committee (HALA) has been working to develop land use and housing … Continue reading
Posted in Housing, Land Use, Parking, Policy, Residential, Transportation
Tagged affordability, City Council, committee, design, developer, goal, HALA, housing, income, mayor, murray, neighborhood, plan, policies, real estate, recommendations, rent, residential, Seattle, top, unit, wages
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Mayor Murray Remarks on Seattle’s Achievements and Challenges
In his annual address Seattle Mayor Ed Murray remarked on the city’s significant progress towards some of its goals and made a number of announcements about initiatives to pick up the pace on others. He also spoke at length about … Continue reading
Posted in Event Writeup, Government, Housing, Parks, Sustainability, Transportation
Tagged address, affordability, City Council, City of Seattle, data, economic, Ed Murray, education, equity, highlights, housing, initiatives, jobs, main points, Mayor Murray, opportunity, people, Planning, police reforms, population growth, recap, Seattle, social, speech, State of the City, summary, summits, transparency, transportaiton
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CascadiaCast Episode 1: Ben Schiendelman
I’m excited to announce the start of a new podcast series for fellow urbanists in the Pacific Northwest, titled CascadiaCast. I’ll be sitting down with fellow planners, activists, government officials, and other interesting people to discuss the issues that matter … Continue reading
Posted in Government, Housing, Land Use, Landscape, Sustainability, Transportation
Tagged affordability, Ben Schiendelman, CascadiaCast, climate change, development, funding, housing, Planning, politics, Seattle, Seattle Subway, Seattle Transit Blog, sound transit, sprawl, state, The Northwest Urbanist Podcast, The Urbanist, transit, vote, Washington
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Residents Protest Lowrise Height Limits
A 2010 change to Seattle’s Lowrise 3 (LR3) zoning designation hasn’t sparked much public interest until now, when the economy has picked up and developers are taking advantage of increased height limits for new multi-family buildings. Residents in neighborhoods with … Continue reading
Posted in Demographics, Government, Housing, Land Use, Policy, Residential
Tagged affordability, affordable housing, Capitol Hill, City Council, codes, density, department of planning and development, growth, height, homeowners, housing, lowrise, lowrise 3, LR3, multi-family, neighborhoods, Seattle, single family, zoning
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The Northwest Urbanist 