Why does Seattle create a comprehensive plan?
Seattle is taking on one of the more contentious issues to regularly pass through city hall: the Comprehensive Plan. That plan dictates where and how the city will add more people.
And previous plans concentrated new apartments and condos along busy streets with access to transit.
But why do cities like Seattle have to engage in this planning exercise at all? It goes back to a law called the Growth Management Act.
Guests:
Joe Tovar, Associate Professor in the planning department at the University of Washington and Western Washington University
Karen Wolf, Interim Program Director of the…
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