YIMBY News for 1/4

[Eric Budd]

14 things that will make headlines in Colorado in 2026

Colorado Sun

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KEYWORD SCORE: 49.22. affordable, apartment, bike path, bus route, condo, construction, density, development, downtown, growth, homeowner, house, housing, income, project, rent, renter, single-family, supply, walk, zone, zoning

Story first appeared in: The Colorado Sun published 2,788 stories and opinion pieces in 2025. That’s a lot of news, features and perspective competing for your attention. Some subjects not only proved compelling in the moment, but also hinted that their narratives would continue to take shape into the new year. We’ve selected some topics that almost certainly will keep grabbing Coloradans’ interest as events twist and turn and redefine the news. Below, our subject matter experts have offered their observations on the issues they’ve followed, and on the new directions those stories could take i

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Katie Wilson Takes Office as Seattle’s Unabashed Urbanist Mayor

The Urbanist

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KEYWORD SCORE: 33.28. affordable, affordable housing, bus stop, development, house, housing, housing authority, income, rent, transportation, urban, walk

Surrounded by a crowd of supporters, onlookers, and elected officials, Katie Wilson ceremonially started her tenure as Seattle’s 58th mayor Friday morning, setting a clear tone around the issues of affordability and city livability. As the first millennial to lead Seattle city government, the packed City Hall event that was open to anyone walking by seemed to set a tone for an accessible administration that will be doing things differently than they’ve been done in the past. Wilson had officially taken over the mayor’s office at midnight on New Year’s Day, after a hard-fought November election

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