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Tag Archives: Smart Growth & Density

An ethnolinguistic view of King County’s evolution over the last two hundred years

Excerpt: King County is a place that encompasses not just land but the stories of diverse lives that have shaped its past and continue to shape its present and future. Nestled in the heart of Washington state, King County holds within its boundaries the bustling metropolis of Seattle, a city known not only for the iconic Space Needle but also for its role as a melting pot of cultures, ideas, and histories.
Published at:11:55 AM on Tuesday, September 19th, 2023
Written by:Subhadra Vadlamannati
Categories:Civil Liberties, Policy Topics, Public Planning
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Washington’s DNR teams up with American Forests, City of Seattle to advance tree equity

Excerpt: The partnership, which will be known as the Washington Tree Equity Collaborative, "will engage cities, community organizations and stakeholders during the next three years to build rigorous and inclusive urban forestry programs," the Department says. It will make use of American Forests' Tree Equity Score, a tool freely available to the public that measures tree canopy cover in an increasing number of cities and towns along socioeconomic lines.
Published at:4:30 PM on Thursday, April 13th, 2023
Written by:Andrew Villeneuve
Categories:Our Environment, Policy Topics
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Bellevue residents want more policies that encourage transit oriented development

Excerpt: Four promising ideas for catalyzing transit oriented development in the City of Bellevue enjoy broad and deep support among residents of Washington's fifth largest city, a survey conducted a few weeks ago for the Northwest Progressive Institute and the Bellevue Housing Research Coalition has found.
Published at:8:30 AM on Thursday, October 27th, 2022
Written by:Andrew Villeneuve
Categories:Policy Topics, Public Planning
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Seattleites enthusiastic about making city’s streets more people-centric, NPI poll finds

Excerpt: Even when it comes to seemingly contentious transportation projects that require converting a lane or traffic or parking spaces, Seattle voters are overwhelmingly supportive, a poll recently conducted for the Northwest Progressive Institute finds.
Published at:11:30 AM on Wednesday, November 17th, 2021
Written by:Andrew Villeneuve
Categories:Policy Topics, Public Planning
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Lynn Allen Award honoree Paul Lawrence: We need a resurgence of progressive activism

Excerpt: Read the text of Paul Lawrence's Lynn Allen Awards acceptance speech, delivered at NPI's 2017 Spring Fundraising Gala.
Published at:8:00 PM on Saturday, May 20th, 2017
Written by:Paul Lawrence
Categories:Events, Policy Topics, Public Planning
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Revised transportation package clears Washington State Senate on bipartisan vote

Excerpt: Moments ago, the Wash­ing­ton State Sen­ate took yet anoth­er sig­nif­i­cant vote, this time con­cern­ing trans­porta­tion rev­enue. By an over­whelm­ing four-to-one mar­gin, the Sen­ate vot­ed to approve SB 5987, which would raise the gas tax and vehi­cle weight fees to pay for a long list of high­way projects, a short­er list of rail, bike, and pedes­tri­an […]
Published at:7:42 PM on Monday, June 29th, 2015
Written by:Andrew Villeneuve
Categories:Our Environment, Policy Topics, Public Planning
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Bellevue City Council votes to approve East Link agreement with Sound Transit

Excerpt: Sound Tran­sit’s East Link project has just moved one major step clos­er to becom­ing a real­i­ty. After many months of dis­cus­sion and nego­ti­a­tion, Belle­vue’s City Coun­cil has vot­ed unan­i­mous­ly to autho­rize the city to enter into a Mem­o­ran­dum of Under­stand­ing (MOU) with Sound Tran­sit regard­ing the project, one of sev­er­al major expan­sions of the Link […]
Published at:12:19 AM on Tuesday, November 15th, 2011
Written by:Andrew Villeneuve
Categories:Policy Topics, Public Planning
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Peter Steinbrueck: Our fractured metropolis (Text of the keynote from NPI’s 2011 gala)

Excerpt: Edi­tor’s Note: Fol­low­ing the con­clu­sion of our Spring Fundrais­ing Gala a few days ago, we have been asked if we could make the text of Peter Stein­brueck­’s keynote speech avail­able. He has kind­ly agreed to do so; what fol­lows are a pol­ished ver­sion of his pre­pared remarks, deliv­ered on April 28th at the Com­mu­ni­ty Cen­ter […]
Published at:6:09 PM on Monday, May 9th, 2011
Written by:Peter Steinbrueck
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