YIMBY News for 2/28

[Eric Budd]

Legislation Targeting Ground-Floor Storefronts Gets Overhauled in House

The Urbanist

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KEYWORD SCORE: 56.56. affordable, affordable housing, apartment, bus rapid transit, construction, density, development, house, housing, housing crisis, mixed-use, occupancy, parking, parking lot, preservation, project, rent, transit-oriented, urban, walk, zone, zoning

A contentious bill at the Washington State Legislature intended to reduce barriers for housing construction in commercial areas advanced out of a House committee Wednesday with substantial adjustments intended to address concerns raised by local elected officials. SB 6026, introduced by Senator Emily Alvarado (D-34th, West Seattle) and requested by Governor Bob Ferguson, is geared toward jumpstarting redevelopment of underutilized commercial properties in cities across the state. In its original form, on top of requiring cities to allow residential uses in all commercial zones, it would have a

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What’s Working: How an Estes Park workforce housing program is rewarding renters

Colorado Sun

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KEYWORD SCORE: 41.83. affordable, affordable housing, apartment, bike path, construction, development, house, housing, housing authority, housing stock, income, project, rent, renter, walk

------------------------------ *Tracy Ross* *Reporter* ------------------------------ *Quick links: Workforce housing gap stats | Data on Denver restaurants’ struggles | Why Hello Brew is getting a billboard | Buy Colorado Day | Take the reader poll* *ESTES PARK* — The irony of Nikimbré Daniels is that after living outdoors outside of Colorado for decades — on a farm, in a meadow, on Bureau of Land Management land and in a national forest — she wanted to live indoors when she landed in the town closest to a Colorado national park. And the 40-year-old couldn’t have imagined when she moved to Es

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The Weekly Wrap: How New Orleans Is Building Citywide Virtual Power Plant – For Free

Next City

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KEYWORD SCORE: 40.38. affordable, affordable housing, development, growth, housing, housing authority, income, project, rent, rent control, urban

A twisted tower that carried crucial electrical feeder lines to the New Orleans metro area lies collapsed in 2021 in the aftermath of Hurricane Ida in Bridge City, Lousiana. Power out, high voltage lines on the ground, maybe weeks until electricity is restored in some places – it's a distressingly familiar situation for Entergy Corp., Louisiana's largest electrical utility. (Photo by Gerald Herbert / AP) *Welcome back to The Weekly Wrap, our Friday roundup of stories that explain the problems oppressing people in cities and elevate the solutions that bring us closer to economic, environmental

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Erie’s Westerly to include restaurant and market

Daily Camera Boulder News

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KEYWORD SCORE: 20.20. apartment, development, homeowner, house, housing, live-work, project, rent, single-family, walk, zone

A Denver-area hospitality operator will open a neighborhood restaurant and market in Westerly, the nearly 800-acre master-planned community in Erie being developed by Nashville, Tennessee-based Southern Land Co. [image: Dustin Chiappetta. (Courtesy Southern Land Co.)]Dustin Chiappetta. (Courtesy Southern Land Co.) Dustin Chiappetta, who owns Pearl Market & Wine and Carmella’s in Denver, will bring the as-yet-unnamed restaurant to a site in Westerly, offering prepared foods, grab-and-go meals, house-made provisions, specialty grocery items and a curated wine and beer selection. According to a S

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