Yearly Archives: 2007
Housing costs have risen beyond the reach of many
Average Seattle incomes aren't keeping up with rising housing costs and home ownership and rental opportunities are moving beyond the reach of wageworkers.
That fact...
Port officials say no tax increase expected for $300 million Tacoma project
Your taxes won’t increase to pay for the Port of Tacoma’s expansion.
At least that’s what port executive director Tim Farrell and most of its...
Developer scraps $215 million project for former Evergreen Airport
Redevelopment plans for the former Evergreen Airport site in east Vancouver have crashed.
Opus Northwest, the project's developer, has backed out of the proposed $215...
County offered to buy 162 units near Sea-Tac Airport
The Port of Seattle has rejected an offer by King County to purchase and preserve 162 apartments in Burien with rents that are affordable...
What Olympia could learn from other renewal projects
Five years ago, downtown Bremerton was a ghost town. Shops and restaurants had left the city’s center when suburban strip malls opened in the...
Port Gardner Wharf moves ahead
With the sun shining on the glistening waters of Port Gardner Bay and the smell of saltwater commingling with the muted cry of seagulls...