YIMBY News for 8/27

[Eric Budd]

Why Shoreline’s Vote to Erase Parking Mandates Is a Big Deal

The Urbanist

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KEYWORD SCORE: 62.53. apartment, bus stop, comprehensive plan, construction, cost of housing, density, development, growth, homeowner, house, housing, housing cost, housing crisis, income, mobility, parking, parking lot, planning commission, project, real estate, rent, single family, supply, transit center, transportation, urban, walk, zoning

Parking reform has become a national movement. Shoreline joined the trend to boost homebuilding and green mobility. On August 11, the Shoreline City Council eliminated car parking mandates and revised bicycle requirements for new developments in Shoreline. Proponents say the change will spur new housing construction, lower housing costs, reduce car dependency, and encourage greener modes of transportation. Rather than restrictive, government-issued per-unit requirements, Shoreline builders can now determine how much car parking is appropriate for new development projects. The City has also exp

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Adding Third Places To Unlock a Small Town’s Potential

Strong Towns

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KEYWORD SCORE: 39.09. bike lane, condo, development, downtown, house, housing, planning commission, project, real estate, rent, urban, walk

*Today, Norm is joined by Jess and Dan Sollaccio from Warrenton, Oregon.* Jess is a city commissioner and a small-scale housing developer. Dan is a commissioner for the Warrenton Budget Committee and works remotely for a financial institution. They explain their asset-based mindset for strengthening their community, as well as their efforts to redevelop a vacant building into a community hub. - Click here for the transcript. (Lightly edited for readability.) Norm Van Eeden Petersman 0:00 Hello and thanks for tuning in to this Bottom-Up Short. I'm Norm of Strong Towns, and over the years, I've

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Was This the Last Dance For New York’s Chinatown Night Market?

Next City

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KEYWORD SCORE: 24.89. affordable, development, growth, housing, preservation, rent, urban, walk

[image: The Bottom Line] Think!Chinatown's final Chinatown Night Market, held on Forsyth Street. (Photo by Oscar Perry Abello) It’s one of the most intricate sidewalk ballets ever choreographed. But after five annual seasons of the Chinatown Night Market in New York City, there are currently no plans to do it again. It was not an easy decision for the event’s nonprofit organizer, Think!Chinatown, to call it quits after this year’s two Chinatown Night Markets — one in July and the other this August. This year’s night markets almost didn’t happen after corporate funders backed away. The $10,000

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