YIMBY News for 7/14

[Eric Budd]

Harrell and Inslee Tout Climate Work as Seattle Hosts Bloomberg Summit

The Urbanist

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KEYWORD SCORE: 34.08. bike lane, bus rapid transit, density, development, downtown, house, housing, income, project, transit-oriented, transportation, urban, zone

Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell and Washington Governor Jay Inslee did their best to project local leadership on environmental issues as corporate and public sector leaders gathered this week in Seattle for the Bloomberg Green Festival, a climate conference hosted by Bloomberg Live. Harrell glossed over the snags that his climate agenda has encountered, emphasizing his ratcheting up of green building mandates, tree canopy, and expansion of bike lanes, though these initiatives have faced challenges and their share of criticism. For his part, Inslee, stressed the the Republican-billionaire-funded ba

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What’s Working: Despite setbacks, a Durango builder is framing affordable houses in under a month

Colorado Sun

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KEYWORD SCORE: 24.02. affordable, construction, development, house, housing, housing crisis, project, rent

------------------------------ *Tracy Ross* *Reporter* When it comes to attempting to solve Colorado’s housing crisis, any success story seems worth noting. So it was fun to learn about a company that has overcome challenges to start getting work done. Ethan Deffenbaugh and Nick Lemmer own Higher Purpose Homes, a startup construction company that builds houses modeled on a computer and pre-fabricated in a warehouse on the outskirts of Durango. Nick Lemmer and Isaque Martinez build the first module home with the robotics machine outside Durango, Colorado on Monday, February 12, 2024. (Nina Rigg

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