December 20th, 2011
Sunday night I participated in a safety walk with four officers from SPD and about 40 Othello-area neighbors. We walked and talked through the streets surrounding the Othello Light Rail station – the area where Danny Vega, a beloved member of the city's Filipino and gay communities, was beaten leading to his
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December 13th, 2011
Usually the Council’s Committee on the Built Environment (COBE) meetings begin at 9 a.m. or 9:30 a.m. Tomorrow’s meeting, one of the more anticipated of the year, will begin instead at 10:30 a.m. due to cascading series of errors with the agenda release. We usually post the agenda several days in advance
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Posted: December 13th, 2011 under
Planning and Land Use.
December 8th, 2011
Today in the Committee on the Built Environment we confirmed appointments of 16 citizens to various city boards, commissions, and councils. [caption id="attachment_1593" align="alignright" width="300" caption="The planned North Lot Tower near Qwest Field will undergo a review by the Pioneer Square Preservation Board. (Source: Daniels Development.)"][/caption] Thanks to people stepping forward to
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Posted: December 8th, 2011 under
Government,
Planning and Land Use.
December 6th, 2011
As we get closer to what will likely be final committee-level action Dec. 14 (there’ll be no Roosevelt action at the December 8 Committee on the Built Environment), the Roosevelt rezone work is shaping up to set a template for thoughtful zoning and development standards review in other transit-connected urban villages in
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Posted: December 6th, 2011 under
Planning and Land Use.
