Category: News
Innovative affordable housing design for homeless youth, workers
An affordable housing property is getting some national attention for its innovative design. The Marion West is a mixed-use affordable housing property in the University…
Diversity award, new article on Latino business for García-Pabón
WSU Metro Center’s José García-Pabón, associate professor in Extension Community and Economic Development and Latino Community Studies and Outreach specialist, has earned National Association of Community Development Extension…
Invest in Resilience Before Disaster Strikes
Low-Income Communities Are Especially Vulnerable Across the nation heatwaves, droughts and floods have become more frequent and more severe, increasing risks to people, homes, and…
The Uninhabitable Earth
Famine, economic collapse, a sun that cooks us: What climate change could wreak — sooner than you think. It is, I promise, worse than you…
Mapping Average Commutes from Anywhere in the Seattle Area
WNYC recently released an interactive map of commute times across the U.S., based on data from the Census Bureau. Zeroing in on the Seattle area, it…
Three Keys to Inclusive Growth
Recently, a jury in Minnesota acquitted the police officer who shot and killed Philando Castile during a traffic stop last summer, sparking renewed anger over…
Revised Community Revitalization Plan
Executive Summary Arlington and Darrington are small communities in the foothills of the Cascades, located about one hour north of Seattle, and linked inextricably by…
Tacoma’s doing something different on homelessness
Like Seattle, Tacoma has a homelessness problem so severe that city leaders have declared a state of emergency. But the city is taking a different approach…
Seattle is Denser Than 90% of Large U.S. Cities
There’s been a good deal of recent attention to Seattle’s continued growth spurt. The Upshot column in the New York Times points out that we’re also one of…
Oregon equal pay legislation heads to Gov. Brown
Legislation that will ensure women are paid the same rate as men for the same work is headed to Oregon Gov. Kate Brown for her…