http://noisetank.com/hugeasscity/2008/03/20/housing-political-courage-and-thinking-outside-the-box/ Smart Growth defined: Making the car an option, not a necessity.* Thu, 04 Dec 2008 04:59:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.2 http://noisetank.com/hugeasscity/2008/03/20/housing-political-courage-and-thinking-outside-the-box/#comment-1122 Tue, 25 Mar 2008 06:32:06 +0000 http://noisetank.com/hugeasscity/2008/03/20/housing-political-courage-and-thinking-outside-the-box/#comment-1122 Joshua, I think you're really on to something with your idea for a "Seattle Sustainable Development Commission." Maybe this would be a good subject for SGCI to focus on. Joshua, I think you’re really on to something with your idea for a “Seattle Sustainable Development Commission.” Maybe this would be a good subject for SGCI to focus on.

]]> http://noisetank.com/hugeasscity/2008/03/20/housing-political-courage-and-thinking-outside-the-box/#comment-1121 Tue, 25 Mar 2008 06:28:45 +0000 http://noisetank.com/hugeasscity/2008/03/20/housing-political-courage-and-thinking-outside-the-box/#comment-1121 [...] This unlikely location of all this affordable housing is the result a strategy to redevelop 3.5 acres that the City acquired during the construction of I-90. It is a good example of how all the planets need to be aligned for affordable housing projects to succeed. As proposed here, Seattle could well use a development authority to help affordable housing projects leverage all the available incentives, as well as to advocate for new and improved incentives. [...] […] This unlikely location of all this affordable housing is the result a strategy to redevelop 3.5 acres that the City acquired during the construction of I-90. It is a good example of how all the planets need to be aligned for affordable housing projects to succeed. As proposed here, Seattle could well use a development authority to help affordable housing projects leverage all the available incentives, as well as to advocate for new and improved incentives. […]

]]> http://noisetank.com/hugeasscity/2008/03/20/housing-political-courage-and-thinking-outside-the-box/#comment-1119 Tue, 25 Mar 2008 02:12:34 +0000 http://noisetank.com/hugeasscity/2008/03/20/housing-political-courage-and-thinking-outside-the-box/#comment-1119 Oh, I forgot to shoot back examples in your area. Apologies. Part of my problem was remembering what few examples there were back there. I'll bore you with one here in a few weeks, soon after my coo-duh-grass. Oh, I forgot to shoot back examples in your area. Apologies. Part of my problem was remembering what few examples there were back there. I’ll bore you with one here in a few weeks, soon after my coo-duh-grass.

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