March 17th, 2010
Just a quick posting today as I need to get over to the Capitol for the big meeting of all the Washington NLC attendees with Senator Patty Murray and Senator Maria Cantwell. There are no NLC workshops today, just visits to Capitol Hill. Council President Conlin and I had meetings with Congressman
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March 16th, 2010
I just realized I've made this confusing -- I'm blogging about Day 2, but I'm actually in the middle of Day 3. This is on top of the confusion for me of being on East Coast time plus the hour we lost due to Daylight Savings Time. Fundamentally, I know today is
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March 15th, 2010
I'm in Washington DC until Thursday morning for the annual National League of Cities meeting. NLC counts members from the biggest and tiniest municipalities, building a lobbying agenda for cities all over the United States. Council President Richard Conlin is here, as well. Richard has an official seat on the NLC's advisory
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March 12th, 2010
Last week I had the great opportunity to announce winners of the Green Alleys Competition, part of Nord Alley Party VI in Pioneer Square. Todd Vogel, an urban spaces advocate and Allied Arts stalwart, has combined forces with others dedicated to great urban spaces for the previous alley parties behind his building
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March 3rd, 2010
[caption id="attachment_1123" align="alignright" width="150" caption="Othello Light Rail Station"][/caption] I was reading through my stockpile of Daily Journals of Commerce yesterday (similar, yet different from the stack of New Yorkers at home) and came across a good article on how city regulations, transit-oriented development, and market forces are shaping new development around the
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