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Week of February 14th: Legislative Update
Image of livable, inclusive community titled Legislative Update Love is in the air – that is, love for our climate, our farms and our future! We’re quickly approaching the cut off date for bills to pass out of their house … Continue reading
February 14, 2022
HB1782: Missing Middle Housing Update and Advocacy
Image 1: Duplex in Seattle’s Ballard neighborhood. Image 2: Map of Seattle lots that are currently zoned single family and are near frequent transit. Yellow denotes the lots that are larger than 4,500 square feet and red denotes the lots … Continue reading
February 8, 2022
Week of February 7th: Legislative Update
Image of livable, inclusive community titled Legislative Update We’re reaching the halfway point of the 2022 legislative session, which is why I’m so pleased to share that we’re ahead of schedule to add climate to the GMA and close the GMA sprawl … Continue reading
February 7, 2022
Week of January 31st: Legislative Update
Image of livable, inclusive community titled Legislative Update We’ve got a pretty short update this week and here’s why: another one of our priority bills, SB 5042, passed out of the Senate! 🎉🎉🎉 SB 5042 is our bill to close a nasty loophole … Continue reading
January 31, 2022
Week of January 24th: Legislative Update
It’s official: HB 1099, our climate update to the GMA, officially passed out of the House of Representatives! Let’s take a moment to celebrate. 🎉🎉🎉So what happens now? In the short term, we get a bit of a breather. HB 1099 now … Continue reading
January 24, 2022
2022 WA Can’t Wait: Op-Eds and Articles
Here is our most up-to-date list of articles and op-eds written about our 2022 WA Can’t Wait Campaign: Articles The Bellingham Herald Crosscut The Urbanist The Bellingham Herald The Seattle Times The Urbanist The Urbanist The Washington Observer Op-Eds and … Continue reading
January 19, 2022
Week of January 17th: Legislative Update
The Washington state legislature convened this week for the start of the 2022 legislative session. As a reminder, the 2022 session is what’s called a “short” session, meaning we have just 60 days to pass our priority legislation. Things are … Continue reading
January 17, 2022
Week of January 10th Legislative Update
Today marks the first day of the 2022 legislative session and Futurewise is here to win. We’re here to finish what we started in 2021, as well as highlight some new priorities for you to follow. It’s a short session … Continue reading
January 10, 2022
Week of January 10th Legislative Update
mage of diverse walkable and bikeable community with text reading Legislative Update Today marks the first day of the 2022 legislative session and Futurewise is here to win. We’re here to finish what we started in 2021, as well as … Continue reading
January 10, 2022
Victory: Protecting Farms in the Sammamish Valley
Image: Aerial shot of farm plots in the Sammamish Valley The Growth Management Hearings Board rules in favor of Futurewise and Friends of Sammamish Valley’s appeal of the King County wineries, breweries and distilleries ordinance. In 2019, King County adopted … Continue reading
January 5, 2022
Franklin County Appeal Summary
For the past 30 years, Futurewise has successfully protected farmland in Washington state by containing growth through the implementation of the Growth Management Act. For the last two years we’ve suggested the City of Pasco not encroach farms, but to … Continue reading
November 15, 2021
We are looking for new Board members!
Get on board to shape Washington’s future Futurewise is Washington’s only non-profit that works statewide on land use issues. Our work crosses the urban/rural divide—we encourage growth in cities to create healthy, affordable, low-carbon communities and we protect our state’s … Continue reading
November 9, 2021