YIMBY News for 11/12

[Eric Budd]

Stadium District Zoning Change Declared Invalid After Port of Seattle Appeal

The Urbanist

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KEYWORD SCORE: 43.33. affordable, affordable housing, apartment, comprehensive plan, development, downtown, growth, house, housing, income, mobility, multimodal, rent, transportation, urban, zone, zoning

Earlier this year, the Seattle City Council voted to allow residential uses on a slice of industrial land near SoDo’s sports stadiums, but the move has officially been invalidated by a state hearings board, following an appeal by the Port of Seattle and BNSF Railway. The bill, sponsored by Council President Sara Nelson along with Pioneer Square neighborhood advocates and stadium boosters, had restarted a debate about allowing more housing in Seattle’s industrial areas. As sold by its proponents, the vision behind the zoning tweak was a potential “Maker’s District,” with smaller, more affordabl

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Bothell Advances Citywide 20 MPH Residential Speed Limit

The Urbanist

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KEYWORD SCORE: 26.66. bike lane, bike path, downtown, house, housing, transportation, urban, vision zero, walk, zone

Bothell is poised to become the latest Puget Sound city to set a speed limit of 20 miles per hour on non-arterial streets, a move intended to increase safety and reduce the severity of collisions. Last week, the Bothell City Council provided clear direction to the city’s Public Works Department that they’d like to see the reduction from Washington’s default 25 mph limit implemented everywhere, and declined to sign onto an initial proposal to pilot the change on certain residential streets for a few months. The move comes just after Bothell voters approved a nine-year Safe Streets and Sidewalks

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Longmont approves tenant plan changes and child care participation

Daily Camera Boulder News

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KEYWORD SCORE: 18.77. affordable, housing, housing authority, occupancy, rent

The Longmont Housing Authority Board of Commissioners voted unanimously Monday night to adopt a new tenant selection plan for the Suites Supportive Housing Facility by modifying their Housing Choice Voucher Program administrative plan. Instead of relying on an old waiting list, where many applicants couldn’t be contacted, the Housing Authority will now let partner agencies connect staff directly with people experiencing homelessness who are ready to move in. In a second unanimous vote, the board authorized the Housing Authority’s participation in the city’s employer-based child care program, a

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Shards of Golden’s ceramic past come to the surface

Colorado Public Radio

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KEYWORD SCORE: 18.33. construction, development, downtown, house, housing, mixed-use, project

A massive redevelopment project in the heart of Golden is bringing fragments of Colorado’s past to the surface. Coors used to operate a ceramics plant on the property, and shards of century-old vessels appear by the minute. “That is blue! This is part of our rosebud pottery,” Darden Coors called out as she sifted through dirt at the construction site. “I think these moments capture the imagination of who was here before, both my ancestors, but also the thousands of employees who’ve been on this site manufacturing for a hundred years.” In downtown Golden, Coors once made hand-painted household

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