YIMBY News for 12/5

[Eric Budd]

A Community Land Trust Is Raising the Bar for Community Power in Economic Development

Next City

---

KEYWORD SCORE: 50.30. affordable, affordable housing, apartment, condo, construction, development, homeowner, house, housing, income, market-rate, mixed-use, project, real estate, rent, single-family, walk

*This story is the first in a two-part series on community-controlled commercial real estate projects scaling up through new partnerships and relationships. It’s produced in collaboration with Proximate, an independent media outlet covering movements for participatory problem-solving, as part of its series on the future of participatory investing. Get Proximate’s stories in your inbox.* For years, the Globeville Elyria-Swansea Coalition in Denver has had its eyes on a 2.68-acre former used car lot at 4965 Washington Street, on the southwest corner at the intersection with 50th Avenue. The dorm

Share via:

A Sneak Peek at Shared Streets Coming to Seattle

The Urbanist

---

KEYWORD SCORE: 35.84. development, mobility, project, public space, rent, transportation, urban, walk, zone

Shared streets have been permitted in the state of Washington for several months but — in Seattle at least — the new street type has been trapped in bureaucratic limbo. That doesn’t mean the Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) has been spinning its wheels. In fact, a trove of documents and emails obtained from SDOT through public disclosure requests shows work is proceeding inside the department to take advantage of the Shared Streets Law. The Promise of Shared Streets Shared streets flip American traffic laws upside-down. Currently, the portion of the roadway between curbs is the excl

Share via:

Mayor Scrambles to Protect ‘Character’ of Old Bellevue with Emergency Controls

The Urbanist

---

KEYWORD SCORE: 31.31. apartment, development, downtown, housing, parking, preservation, project, public hearing, rent, urban, walk

The Bellevue City Council held a last-minute discussion Tuesday night on implementing an emergency ordinance intended to keep the “character” of a small stretch of the Old Bellevue neighborhood safe from wholesale redevelopment. An idea that came from Bellevue Mayor Lynne Robinson, the proposal would restrict potential redevelopment opportunities in the name of protecting small businesses in and along Main Street between 100th Avenue NE and Bellevue Way. Concerns around the future of Old Bellevue, one of the only areas around the city’s downtown that features lower rise buildings with storefro

Share via:

Colorado plans to phase out natural gas heating in homes, prompting many reader questions. We have answers.

Colorado Sun

---

KEYWORD SCORE: 20.92. growth, homeowner, house, housing, income, project, rent, walk

News that Colorado has set hard target dates for an end to burning natural gas in our daily lives prompted many “wait, what?” questions from Colorado Sun readers. And we are here to help. The Public Utilities Commission approved a “Clean Heat Plan” that calls for the state’s natural gas utilities to cut emissions from delivering and burning natural gas by 41% in the next 10 years, and all natural gas emissions entirely by 2050. We talked to state regulators, clean energy officials and advocates, and consumer groups for answers to your most urgent questions. *Q: What about propane? Many rural a

Share via:

Cities Need the Freedom and Capacity to Experiment

Governing

---

KEYWORD SCORE: 19.53. density, development, house, project, rent, urban, walk

On Oct. 13, SpaceX launched a Starship prototype into flight — its 11th test mission since April 2023 and, like five others, a success. The remaining five rockets had either caught fire before liftoff, spun out of control or exploded midair. After one vehicle blew up during a routine ground test, SpaceX founder Elon Musk commented simply, “Room for improvement.” Entrepreneurs know that every breakthrough starts with trial and error. We should expect — and demand — the same understanding and ability from our local governments: that they test, learn and adapt in real time, failing fast to succee

Share via: