DRA SeattleDecember 26, 2019seattle, holidayComment

Merry Christmas, Seattle

DRA SeattleDecember 26, 2019seattle, holidayComment

While we did not get everything on our wish list in 2019, we are optimistic that 2020 will be a better year!

Happy Holidays to you and yours, and thank you for your continued support.

DRA Seattle

fairness and justice, Residential Dev Standards, LivabilityDRA SeattleMarch 20, 2019seattle, changeComment

Seattle is Dying

It's a harsh title...I'll admit to you that I wrestled with the name for some time. Too dramatic, I wondered? Too dark? In the end I went with it because I believe it to be true. I believe that Seattle is dying. Rotting from within.

-Eric Johnson, KOMO News

fairness and justice, Residential Dev Standards, LivabilityDRA SeattleMarch 20, 2019seattle, changeComment

fairness and justice, LivabilityDRA SeattleJuly 03, 2019seattle, seattlecitycouncil, justice, seattlejusticeComment

District 7 Council Candidates Answer Key Questions

After researching all of candidates in the District 7 Seattle City Council race, attending a number of Candidate Forums, and talking with the five we thought were best aligned with our values and downtown livability, we emailed each of them a list of five key questions and asked for short, succinct answers. Below are the answers we received, in alphabetical order, without edits:

fairness and justice, LivabilityDRA SeattleJuly 03, 2019seattle, seattlecitycouncil, justice, seattlejusticeComment

District 7 Council Candidates Answer Key Questions

Design Review, fairness and justice, Livability, Residential Dev StandardsDRA SeattleDecember 05, 2019seattlejustice, seattle, seattledesignreview, seattlelight, seattlelivabilityComment

Seattle SDCI “snookered” again on 5th & Virginia!

It’s now eighteen months after the Hearing Examiner remand on daylighting and health, and the Applicant is just trying to muddy the water with their latest study in order to “ snooker” the SDCI into approving this unhealthy design, rather than make improvements available to them under the law that would yield a design that would work for everyone.

Design Review, fairness and justice, Livability, Residential Dev StandardsDRA SeattleDecember 05, 2019seattlejustice, seattle, seattledesignreview, seattlelight, seattlelivabilityComment

Seattle SDCI “snookered” again on 5th & Virginia!

Livability, Residential Dev Standards, AlleysDRA SeattleJanuary 02, 2020seattle, seattlepolitics, seattlecitycouncil, seattlelivabilityComment

Happy New Year, Seattle!

As our new Downtown Seattle Council member, Andrew Lewis, is sworn in, we look forward to a New Year with a new City Council that is more responsive to citizens’ legitimate concerns and priorities for a livable community.