Let’s get the word out!
LVT reform makes property tax more progressive, and encourages development right where we need it by punishing speculators sitting on urban vacant land.
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What if Spokane’s existing trail network was branded with signage and maps so that someday the network as a whole could be listed as an amenity on Zillow listings and job descriptions?
Starting a new side project to do just that.
Hit me up if you want to help!
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The most wholesome event of the summer, Summer Parkways, is TONIGHT from 6-9pm.
Come ride/run/walk/roll four miles of closed streets on the south hill!
Visit me at 24th and Post.
summerparkways.com
This take is inarguably correct and people say truly, truly insane things in response.
NEW OP-ED// Op-Ed: Urging Transit Officials to Join the 2026 Week Without Driving
By Anna Zivarts via @theurbanist.org
Walking on the Centennial in Kendall Yards has been much more pleasant this week with the Maple St Bridge closed.
It’s easy to forget how loud and polluting roads like this are until they’re suddenly quiet
Some Spokane politicians want to replace the existing property tax system with one that shifts tax burden from homes, apartments and many commercial properties and place it instead onto parking lots ...
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What the region can learn about economic development from the Methow Valley and Bentonville
Riding the bus regularly can help officials make better policy decisions. Nondrivers Alliance wants your help to invite them to participate in the annual Week Without Driving this fall.
My least popular (and most correct) view is that cars should be automatically limited to the local speed limit. Put the pedal to the floor and you still can't go over 25mph in a residential area.
(15 in Manhattan btw)
They’re voting on the pro committee of Andy Billig and Erik Lowe. That passed unanimously (but I didnt actually hear a vote from French.) now on the motion to add Mike Allen and Rick Romero to the con committee. That passed 8-1 with Dixit voting no
