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Snohomish Dispatch: May 2025
We’re back with another dispatch, this time reporting to you from oh so beautiful Snohomish County, home to the Aquasox and Silvertips, Mount Pilchuck and Vesper Peak, acres of farmland and miles of shorelines. Futurewise’s recent work in Snohomish County … Continue reading
Futurewise
May 27, 2025
Futurewise Appeals Kitsap County and Clyde Hill
Last December was the first deadline for comprehensive plan updates in the Central Puget Sound region (that means the counties of King, Pierce, Snohomish and Kitsap, and all of the cities located within those counties). These updates are the first … Continue reading
Marcella Buser
April 30, 2025
2025 Legislative Wrap-up: BIG Year for Housing
We are wrapping up the 2025 legislative session with a bang. This turned out to be a huge year for housing policy. We are so appreciative of everyone who took part in our Growing Together campaign this year! Let’s take a look at … Continue reading
Tiffany Wilk
April 27, 2025
Legislative Update Week 16: TOD Passes!
It’s been a BIG week in Olympia, legislators had their last chance to vote on bills on the floor before the opposite chamber cutoff on Wednesday. Legislators now go into a process called concurrence, where the chamber of origin will … Continue reading
Tiffany Wilk
April 20, 2025
Legislative Update Week 14: Final Senate Floor Votes
It’s the final countdown– next Wednesday, April 16th, is the last day the House and Senate can consider and vote on bills. So these next few days they’ll be busy prioritizing which bills they’ll have time to debate, and taking … Continue reading
Tiffany Wilk
April 13, 2025
Legislative Update Week 13: It Comes Down to the Senate
Week of April 6 Legislative Update Happy Spring, and happy April! I hope you’ve had a chance to enjoy the return of the sun, and stock up on a little Vitamin D. The Legislative session will wrap up soon, … Continue reading
Tiffany Wilk
April 6, 2025
Results are in: New Polling on Housing Solutions
Washington residents are united, across the state and across the aisle, on the types of solutions we want urgently to address the housing and affordability crisis. Alongside partners, Futurewise recently conducted statewide polling to get a better picture of the … Continue reading
Tiffany Wilk
April 3, 2025
March Executive Director’s Note: Seattle’s Housing Abundance Success Story
A series of new high–profile books (and articles, lectures, conferences, networks, etc) propose a new framework of abundance and call out the failures of governance in cities and states led by Democrats, with a particular focus on housing. It’s a … Continue reading
Futurewise
April 1, 2025
Recap: Sprouts & Shouts Week of Action
Around the middle of the legislative session, lawmakers go into what we sometimes call a Floor Vote Frenzy- a week of hearing bills in the full House and Senate chambers, voting on as many as they can hear before the … Continue reading
Tiffany Wilk
April 1, 2025
Legislative Update Week 12: The Final Stretch
Week of March 30 Legislative Update We’re speeding along to the end of this year’s legislative session- less than 30 days left until lawmakers adjourn. It takes time and a whole lot of work for bills to make their … Continue reading
Tiffany Wilk
March 30, 2025
Legislative Update Week 11: The Path Through the Senate
Week of March 23 Legislative Update The last few weeks of legislative session have been action-packed, full of votes, committee hearings, and floor action. You stepped up big time to make sure rent stabilization and transit-oriented development stayed alive. … Continue reading
Tiffany Wilk
March 23, 2025
Legislative Update Week 10: On to the Senate
Week of March 17 Legislative Update We’re through one of the busiest weeks at the legislature, and celebrating some big wins- rent stabilization, transit-oriented development, and implementing the Growth Management Act are all safely through the House and on … Continue reading
Tiffany Wilk
March 17, 2025