We are making amendments to our Comprehensive Plan and we need your help! In October 2016, the Seattle City Council approved a major update to this plan which highlighted our vision for greater diversity of housing choices in urban villages and centers (our areas of growth). These changes are helping… [ Keep reading ]
Do you need help applying for U.S. citizenship? Come to a free citizenship clinic, organized by the Seattle New Citizenship Campaign. Their team of volunteer attorneys, paralegals, and interpreters will help you with your citizenship application. It’s FREE for all eligible legal permanent residents (green card holders). Saturday, October 21,… [ Keep reading ]
This week, Mayor Tim Burgess introduced his 2018 Proposed Budget in an address to the Seattle City Council. Now the Council will begin its process to review the budget, including public hearings and amendments, with final approval scheduled for November. For the Office of Planning and Community Development, there are… [ Keep reading ]
The Office of Planning and Community Development (OPCD) has announced $385,000 in grant awards in the first round of funding under the Equitable Development Initiative (EDI), the City’s effort to help ensure Seattle’s existing residents and businesses in vulnerable communities enjoy the benefits of development around the city, rather than… [ Keep reading ]
The City of Seattle is looking for candidates to serve on the Seattle Planning Commission. Planning Commission members are appointed by the Mayor, the City Council, or Commission itself and may serve up to two consecutive, three-year terms. Currently there are two open positions; one appointed by the City Council… [ Keep reading ]
Design Guidelines serve as a tool to establish a set of expectations, goals, values, and qualities by which to evaluate construction projects. They define the qualities of architecture, urban design, and public space that are used by the City of Seattle Design Review Program. Guidelines are intended to address how… [ Keep reading ]
Global climate change is loading the dice, making extreme weather events like forest fires and Hurricanes even more intense. Seattle has experienced some of its rainiest and least snowy winters, its hottest and driest summers, and its highest tides on record. Learn from international experts how homeowners, new development and… [ Keep reading ]
Last month, our summer interns participated and attended a Community Conversation event at the Lake City Community Center. Sponsored by Lake City Future First and many other community advocacy organizations, the Community Conversation events bring residents together to discuss important issues, with stations for “Strengthing Community Partnerships”, “Building a Healthy… [ Keep reading ]
The Seattle City Council has adopted ordinances to require new development along 23rd Ave in the Central Area and in Chinatown-International District to contribute to affordable housing, producing at least 200 new affordable homes over the next decade, in exchange for modest increases in building height and density in the… [ Keep reading ]
Over the last 18 months, Seattle has added more than 10,000 new homes, with 85 percent of all housing construction occurring inside the city’s urban centers and urban villages, according to recent permitting and construction data published in the Urban Center / Village Growth Report. Seattle’s urban villages are identified… [ Keep reading ]
