Burien sketches growth vision for busy, diverse Ambaum Boulevard

By  Daniel Beekman   and  Daisy Zavala Magaña  Seattle Times staff reporters BURIEN — He saw this conversation coming. Before Travis Thompson sold out concerts, signed with a major record label and embarked on a European tour, the Burien-raised rapper wrote about change coming to Ambaum Boulevard Southwest. “Won’t always be a man on the corner slinging that roasted

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Shorelines legalizes ‘cottage housing’ clusters north of Seattle

By  Daniel Beekman  Seattle Times staff reporter A new type of housing will be allowed to sprout in Shoreline from now on, though officials aren’t sure whether many developments will actually be built under the city’s new rules. The Shoreline City Council voted Monday to legalize “cottage housing” in low-density zones that are currently dominated by suburban-style

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Seattle’s tiny homes get a big upgrade

By  Greg Kim Seattle Times staff reporter The Seattle Times’ Project Homeless is funded by BECU, Campion Foundation, Raikes Foundation, Seattle Foundation and the University of Washington. The Seattle Times maintains editorial control over Project Homeless content. Faced with a growing homelessness crisis, Seattle’s choices in how it uses scarce land and funding can mean the difference

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Seattleites support denser housing, but only up to a point, survey finds

By Neetish Basnet  –  Data reporter, Puget Sound Business Journal Jun 4, 2023 Updated Jun 5, 2023, 2:54pm PDT More than 80% of Seattle metro area homeowners and renters support building denser housing in their neighborhoods, according to new Zillow research. However, their support is conditional. 2023 SUBSCRIBER STUDY Improve Your Experience By Taking A Short Survey Share your feedback

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Fentanyl has devastated King County’s homeless population, and the toll is getting worse

1 of 11 | A candlelight vigil in December by Women in Black honors homeless people who died in 2022. Deaths by overdose have skyrocketed. (Daniel Kim / The Seattle Times) By  Anna Patrick Seattle Times staff reporter Before the pandemic, most fentanyl-related overdoses reported in the Seattle area involved people with homes. They started

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From farm to BARN: Bainbridge makerspace promotes art accessibility, eyes expansion

   1 of 14 | Grae Drake uses the professional equipment at Bainbridge Artisan Resource Network to create colorful marbles and hide them around Bainbridge. (Kevin Clark / The Seattle Times) By  Sara Jean Green  Seattle Times staff reporter BAINBRIDGE ISLAND — Using a propane oxygen torch that emits a footlong flame, Grae Drake creates swirling

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Now comes hard work of making drug treatment available in WA

Patients line up to pick up medication for opioid addiction at a clinic in Olympia in 2020. Washington’s new drug-possession law increases the penalty for drug possession from a misdemeanor to a gross misdemeanor. Public drug… (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)More  By  The Seattle Times editorial board The Washington Legislature needed extra innings to finally come

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