YIMBY News for 3/3

[Eric Budd]

Longmont among cities to receive first $13.3M for transit hub projects

Daily Camera Boulder News

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KEYWORD SCORE: 44.92. affordable, affordable housing, apartment, construction, density, development, downtown, growth, housing, hud, income, infill, mixed-use, parking, parking structure, project, regional transportation district, transit center, transit-oriented, transportation, urban, walk

Colorado leaders took the first steps last week toward funding the development of more dense, affordable housing near transit, awarding $13.3 million in grants to projects in metro Denver, Fort Collins, and Longmont. Longmont will receive a $4 million grant to support construction of a long-planned downtown transit hub at First Avenue and Main Street. The city, in partnership with RTD, will use the grant funds to help build a mixed-use transit-oriented development featuring 10 bus bays, 40 bike and scooter parking spaces, 700 parking spaces, up to 300 housing units and ground-floor commercial

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Denver Cut Street Homelessness Nearly in Half

Governing

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KEYWORD SCORE: 38.95. affordable, affordable housing, apartment, downtown, house, housing, income, rent, renter, supply, urban, walk

In Brief: Denver Mayor Mike Johnston made reducing unsheltered homelessness a pillar of his campaign and his administration. Over two years, the unsheltered count went down 45 percent. Moving forward, the next challenge will be increasing the supply of affordable permanent housing. During his 2023 campaign, Denver Mayor Mike Johnston told voters he could end unsheltered homelessness in his first term. It was a big promise for a big problem that few mayors feel they can control. Johnston wasn’t banking on political will alone. After serving two terms in the Colorado state Senate, he had led a f

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Neighborhood Cafe and Corner Store Bill Fails for Third Straight Year

The Urbanist

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KEYWORD SCORE: 33.69. bus rapid transit, comprehensive plan, house, housing, mixed-use, parking, public hearing, rent, single family, urban, walk, zone

A proposal that would have opened the door to more small commercial storefronts within residential neighborhoods across Washington has once again stalled out at the state legislature. It marks the third year in a row that such legislation has ended up on the cutting room floor, with the state Senate’s Local Government Committee once again proving to be a roadblock on the path to legalizing neighborhood cafes and corner stores. House Bill 1175, sponsored by Representative Mark Klicker (R-16th, Walla Walla), would have opened the door to a wide range of commercial uses within residential zones i

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Sound Transit Breaks Ground on Stride S3 Bothell-to-Shoreline Bus Line

The Urbanist

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KEYWORD SCORE: 30.31. bikeway, bus rapid transit, bus route, construction, downtown, homeowner, project, rent, transportation, urban, walk

Sound Transit put shovels in the ground on north King County’s next bus rapid transit project Friday, the Stride S3 line, which will connect across the north end of Lake Washington, stretching from Bothell to Shoreline. Set to open in 2028, the S3 — as its name implies — is one of three Stride lines under construction that will upgrade existing ST Express bus routes to provide faster, more frequent service across some of the region’s fastest growing cities. Connecting Shoreline’s light rail station at S 148th Street with Lake Forest Park, Kenmore, and Bothell, the S3 line is expected to signif

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