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Contact:
Brock Howell, King County Program Director
brock@futurewise.org
(206) 343-0681 ext. 121

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Build the Vision for King County
It's time to protect King County's air and water, reduce global warming pollution, and build great, healthy communities. To get there, right now we have the opportunity to lay the requisite land use and transportation policy framework for the next 20 years. The King County Council is currently updating its Comprehensive Plan.
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Upcoming Events

Futurewise Brownbag Series on the Seattle Climate Action Plan
The City of Seattle is currently in the process of updating its Climate Action Plan in order to meet its goal of carbon neutrality by 2050. That means Seattle has an incredible opportunity to set a plan and actions toward improving economic opportunity, affordability and self-sufficiency, and public health by building high-performing, transit oriented communities. Futurewise is partnering with the Seattle Office of Sustainability and the Environment and Seattle Councilmember Mike O’Brien to host four panel brownbag discussions from December 2011 to mid-summer 2012 to dream what’s possible.

Healthy Communities: Saving Families Money at Home & on the Road
January 26, 12:00-1:30, GGLO Space at the Steps
Building more homes closer to more jobs and improving street and transit infrastructure to serve more users can save families money. We have a stellar panel of local experts to discuss how we can make this happen:
Co-Moderators: Councilmembers Tom Rasmussen and Richard Conlin.
Panelists: Dave Cutler of GGLO & Seattle Planning Commission, Estela Ortega of El Centro de la Raza, and Rebecca Saldana of Puget Sound Sage

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Click here to read about more upcoming brownbags on the Seattle Climate Action Plan

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Breaking News
Whatcom County required to improve protections for drinking water and rural Whatcom County

On January 9, 2012, the Growth Management Hearings Board issued a 177 page opinion concluding that Whatcom County’s updated comprehensive plan policies and development regulations for the rural area failed to meet the minimum standards in the Growth Management Act. The appeal was brought by Futurewise, the City of Bellingham, and concerned community residents in response to a developer that wanted to build an intense urban style development at Governors Point on Puget Sound.

Jan 30, 2012
December Futurewire Now Online!

Our December electronic newsletter can now be found online. Read how we ended the year and what we're doing to gear up for 2012.

Dec 30, 2011
Futurewise achieves big legal wins in 2011

In 2011, Futurewise won cases in every forum from the Growth Management Hearings Board to the Washington State Supreme Court. One of Futurewise’s wins was even appealed to the United States Supreme Court, but as of the end of 2011, the Supreme Court had not decided to review the decision. Futurewise won 82 percent of the substantive decisions in which we participated in 2011.

Dec 26, 2011
Huge Victory for Spokane!

For over three years, Futurewise worked with the City of Spokane to create an effective Complete Street Policy, writing the policy, educating the community and policy makers, and building a wide coalition of supporters from health care workers, unions, educators, and local businesses. Last week, the City of Spokane adopted the Complete Street Policy by a vote of 5-2.

Dec 28, 2011
Futurewise, Stevens County negotiate deal to protect lynx, other habitat

Stevens County had been refusing to adopt common sense protections for the lynx and other habitats shown as polygons on Washington State Fish and Wildlife GIS databases for five years.

Dec 26, 2011
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