YIMBY News for 2/13

[Eric Budd]

Bellevue Adds Hurdles to Old Main Redevelopment to Preserve ‘Cultural Value’

The Urbanist

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KEYWORD SCORE: 36.13. affordable, affordable housing, construction, development, downtown, housing, mixed-use, parking, preservation, project, rent, urban, walk

By a 4-3 vote Tuesday night, the Bellevue City Council imposed interim controls along a downtown stretch of Main Street, restrictions intended to maintain the area’s “historical and cultural qualities.” Targeting the heart of Old Bellevue home to the city’s oldest storefronts, the emergency regulations would require facade preservation or reconstruction for any redevelopment projects between 100th Avenue NE and Bellevue Way, despite a lack of historically listed structures within the stretch. An idea advanced by then-Mayor Lynne Robinson late last year before being fleshed out by City staff, t

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How Community Solar Turned a Superfund Site Into Savings in Illinois

Next City

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KEYWORD SCORE: 28.75. condo, construction, development, house, housing, income, project, rent, urban

The ribbon-cutting for the Yeoman community solar project in Waukegan, Illinois, was held Nov. 10, 2025. (CleanCapital. (Photo courtesy CleanCapital) *This story was originally published by Canary Media.* As someone who spent several years as a workers’ rights organizer, Fredy Amador is intimately familiar with the financial struggles people face in the current economy. Northern Illinois’ skyrocketing energy bills make the situation even tougher. Now, Amador has become an evangelist for something that can provide a modest measure of relief: a community solar project, built on a Superfund site

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