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Transit and the Housing Shortage

Bellingham is one of many cities across America considering with renewed vigor the idea of Transit-Oriented Development (TOD) to address...

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Population Projections (and Housing) Should Be a Bipartisan Issue

MRSC states: “Selecting a population projection should represent a data-driven decision that is the cornerstone of long-range planning...

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Why Public Participation in Planning Matters

City planning might sound like something best left to governments and organizations, not something that everyday community members should...

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Population Projections: One of the Most Important Tools for Growth Management

While it’s impossible to predict the future, it’s critical we prepare ourselves as best we can for what future populations may require of ou

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Need Housing? Reassess Bellingham’s UGAs

As of an April 2022 estimate by the Office of Financial Management (OFM), Bellingham was in the top 10 cities for numeric population...

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3 Fundamental Components to Growth Management

Land Use Planning and community development is a multilayered, complex process that when done well, creates a city that attracts...

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