Participate in Public Hearing on HB 1110 in Final Senate Committee Friday 3/31. Your Voice Matters! E2SHB 1110 Middle Housing is scheduled for a Public Hearing in the Senate Ways & Means Committee this Friday 3/31 at 12:30 p.m. If you live in Woodway you are included in this bill as well as Edmonds.  This bill REQUIRES […]

For a mere $100,000 you too can purchase the city of Edmonds as we know it  At least that seems to be the going price according to our State’s Commerce Department. They are offering our city a $100,000 grant to transform 30% of our current single-family zoned property into higher density, multi-family “missing middle” housing […]

Editor: The City of Edmonds is embarking this year on its now once-every-10-year major revision to the Comprehensive Plan. The city, under Development Services Director Susan McLaughlin, is proposing to use an “Equitable Engagement Framework” to solicit input about this revision from communities in Edmonds that may not have participated in the past. Ms. McLaughlin […]

The City of Edmonds has engaged a consulting firm, PRR, at a cost of $72,650, to create what it calls an “Equitable Engagement Framework” (EEF) to solicit input from those in Edmonds who it is alleged have had limited participation in the past in dialogue about public infrastructure and other city programs.  In other words, […]

Tuesday, June 7 at 7pm - Council meeting: Stormwater update approval, Tree Board update, PROS Plan update, Perrinville Creek recovery project Wednesday, June 8th at 7pm – Planning Board meeting: “Equitable Outreach Plan” presentation Tuesday, June 21st at 7pm – Council meeting: Development Services Activity Report on new development in Edmonds   Wednesday, June 22nd 7pm […]

The Seattle Times wrote a strong editorial questioning efforts by Governor Inslee and some in the state legislature to eliminate single-family residential zoning across the state. https://www.seattletimes.com/opinion/editorials/legislature-should-reject-plan-to-upend-single-family-zoning/ One bill, HR 1782, would direct cities with populations over 20,000 (e.g. Edmonds) to allow duplexes, triplexes, fourplexes, sixplexes, stacked flats, town houses and courtyard apartments in ALL […]

Current Research on Outcomes with Upzoning – “Yes in My Backyard” [YIMBY] Gleaned from a Google search done on the words: Outcomes from Upzoning Summaries of articles found: Brookings Institute website How We Rise: The double-edged sword of Upzoning, Jenna Davis – Thursday, July 15, 2021  The double-edged sword of Upzoning (brookings.edu) “However, upzonings have […]

Recently Issued by Save Our Marsh (SOM) and Alliance of Citizens for Edmonds (ACE) Regarding Housing Commission Proposals in a Letter to the My Edmonds News editor: Housing policies must honor unique environmental features of Edmonds

Please join us at our next regular monthly membership meeting, These are held the 4th Thursday of every month from 7:00-9:00pm at the beautiful Edmonds Waterfront Center located at 220 Railroad Avenue in downtown Edmonds. Members, guests, and prospective members are welcome! Updated agendas and Zoom log-in information are provided to ACE members via email. […]