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Lessons from Seattle: Advancing Transit-Oriented Development in Honolulu.

www.honolulu.gov/dhlm/lessons...
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November 12, 2025 at 6:27 PM
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🧱Retrofitting buildings in preparation for our region’s next big earthquake will save lives!🧱

Learn more about the #FixtheBricks campaign and Washington House Bill 1810 to support statewide retrofitting of Unreinforced Masonry (URM) buildings: aiawa.org/wp-content/u....
FIX THE BRICKS with a damaged car underneath a rubble of bricks. A brick wall is in the background.
October 23, 2025 at 9:56 PM
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✨ Nearly 10 years, 75 projects, and still growing.

Seattle’s Equitable Development Initiative is entering its next chapter, guided by community vision and shared accountability.

Learn more about our Strategic Planning opportunity: procurement.opengov.com/portal/seatt....
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October 20, 2025 at 6:03 PM
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We are seeking motivated graduate students for three exciting internship opportunities! These roles offer hands-on experience in urban planning, data analysis, community engagement, and housing policy.

Apply by 4:00 p.m. on October 28: www.governmentjobs.com/careers/seat...
OPCD Opportunity Now Hiring. The OPCD logo is on the bottom right. Two wavy lines are in the background.
October 10, 2025 at 5:22 PM
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Mayor Harrell is recruiting an Urban Designer to join the Seattle Design Commission!

We're looking for an urban designer to elevate the design of City capital projects and more. Experience in publicly funded development, policy, or plans is preferred.

👉Info: dailyplanit.seattle.gov/urban-design...
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September 19, 2025 at 5:16 PM
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Do you have a cultural preservation or anti-displacement project in the Chinatown-International District that needs additional support?

👉🏽 Apply to be involved in our place-based group by October 17.

www.seattle.gov/opcd/current...
C-ID cultural preservation or anti-displacement project? New technical support opportunity. Info session: Tues, Sept. 30, 11am. App due: Fri, Oct. 24, 5 pm. An illustration of a pavilion is in the background.
September 17, 2025 at 11:14 PM
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We are seeking a consultant to help lead the charge on engagement for our Lid I-5 project! Create and support an advisory group, connect with impacted communities, and more.

✍🏽 Proposals are due Tuesday, September 30, 2025 4:00 p.m.: procurement.opengov.com/portal/seatt....
Graphic with text overlay on a photo of downtown Seattle I-5 freeway with Freeway Park and high-rise buildings in the background. The text reads: “RFP OPEN. Due 9/30. Submit your proposal. Downtown I-5 Lid Engagement Consultant.”
September 10, 2025 at 7:22 PM
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The City seeks community leaders to apply for an open seat on the Indigenous Advisory Council, a nine-member commission that ensures Native voices help guide the future of the City of Seattle.

👉🏽 Apply by November 3: forms.office.com/pages/respon...
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September 10, 2025 at 5:07 PM
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South Seattle ❤️ The Graham Block Party is Sept 27! Celebrate with food, music, family fun & a chance to learn more about the future Graham light rail station 🚋

📍 MLK & S. Eddy St | 11–3

Info: grahamblockparty.eventbrite.com
Graham Block Party! In bold block letters, with an illustration of a light rail car. Below are illustrations of people walking, biking, and playing along a path. One person is in a wheelchair playing with a basketball. Another person walks their dog. Below the illustration it says: Saturday, September 27, 11:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m., MLK Jr. Way & Eddy St., free.
September 2, 2025 at 3:22 PM
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We are working with the community to plan for the neighborhood surrounding the future Graham Station being built by Sound Transit. Along with @seattledot.bsky.social we are developing a Station Area Plan built on a community-identified vision.

Take our survey by August 31: tinyurl.com/GrahamSurvey1
Graham Street Station Area Planning - help shape the future of the neighborhood surrounding the future light rail station at MLK and Graham! And illustration below shows people playing, walking, biking, with a metro bus and a light rail car on each side. An illustrated map shows the area around the site of the future Graham St Station.
August 25, 2025 at 4:34 PM
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Our Equitable Development Initiative Request for Proposals is open! This year we'll continue to fund existing EDI projects to close gaps and help projects enter operations and fund new projects for both capacity building and capital.

Apply by Sept. 29: www.seattle.gov/opcd/current....
RFP open, EDI funding opportunity, applications due Monday, September 29, 11:59 p.m. In the background a sun peeks behind clouds.
August 20, 2025 at 6:22 PM
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Our Equitable Development Initiative 2025 Request for Proposals is now open! This year we will continue to fund existing EDI projects to close gaps and help projects enter operations and fund new projects for both capacity building and capital.

For more info: www.seattle.gov/opcd/current....
RFP Open, EDI Funding Opportunity, Applications Due Thursday, September 25 at 11:59 pm. In the background is an image of a sun peeking behind clouds.
August 12, 2025 at 5:31 PM
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We have developed a list of consultants for Equitable Development Initiative grantees and others pursuing community real estate projects that will help develop strong projects and organizations.

Visit our Grantee Resources page to learn more: www.seattle.gov/opcd/current....
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July 17, 2025 at 7:06 PM
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We are thrilled to join our Waterfront partners to celebrate the opening of Pier 58 on Friday, July 25! A community celebration will take place from 4-8 PM on Seattle’s waterfront by the Seattle Aquarium. Come dance, play and meet some beloved local mascots at this free family-friendly event.
Dance, learn and play at the Pier 58 opening event on July 25 from 4-8 pm. Family-friendly event, free and open to all. An illustration of a crab and a fish are at the bottom with the following website: waterfrontseattle.org. The illustration shows two people in the foreground, one wearing a helmet that looks like an octopus, the other wearing a costume on their head that looks like a starfish. Two other people are dancing in the background, next to a playground structure that is shaped like an octopus. Birds and the sun are in the air. A bird's eye view of the newest playground structure on the waterfront, next to the ferris wheel located at the top of the photo.
July 11, 2025 at 5:45 PM
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Why Does This House Have a Skybridge?

Developments with a skybridge or hallway connecting two homes have been popping up all over Seattle in recent years.

Our planner Nick Welch provides some insight in this New York Times article: www.nytimes.com/2025/06/27/r....
A house with an attached skybridge to a smaller unit. A car is parked in the foreground.
June 30, 2025 at 8:00 PM
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We are working with the community to plan for the neighborhood surrounding the future Graham Station built by @sound-transit.bsky.social. Along w/ @seattledot.bsky.social we are developing a Station Area Plan built on a community-identified vision.

Fill out our survey: www.tinyurl.com/GrahamSurvey1
Graham Street Station Area Planning – help shape the future of the neighborhood surrounding the future light rail station at MLK and Graham! Below the text are illustrations of people walking, taking transportation, playing, driving and biking. Below the illustrations is a planning boundary map of the neighborhoods surrounding the proposed light rail station.
June 26, 2025 at 10:55 PM
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"Entering a home is not a binary shift but a layered transition—from the shared space of the street, through semi-public thresholds, into the private world within. The nature of that transition varies widely across cultures and geographies."

Via fivedot: www.fivedotarch.com/blog/front-y....
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June 26, 2025 at 4:12 PM
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Today, the Select committee on the Comprehensive Plan will be hearing public comments on two pieces of legislation: the One Seattle Comprehensive Plan and the Permanent HB 1110 Legislation.

Visit seattle.gov/council/issu... for more info and to sign up for comment.
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June 23, 2025 at 5:06 PM
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ICYMI, our Director @ricoque-opcd.bsky.social was chair of an award jury for Congress for the New Urbanism. See a complete list of the awardees here: www.cnu.org/publicsquare....
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June 16, 2025 at 11:09 PM
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The Seattle Design Commission will hold its final meeting on SR 520 on June 5, 1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m, with focus on the proposed Roanoke Lid.

For more information and how to join the meeting, visit www.seattle.gov/designcommis....
A map of the proposed Roanoke Lid area.
May 29, 2025 at 8:13 PM
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An Audio Recap of The Urbanist’s ‘Future of Seattle Housing’ Panel, courtesy of @theurbanist.org: www.theurbanist.org/2025/05/16/a.... Our Long Range Planning manager Michael Hubner was a panel member.
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May 21, 2025 at 6:20 PM
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This initiative applies new urbanist thinking to light pollution in rural/suburban areas, and more.

The Congress for the New Urbanism (CNU) Charter Awards jury recently recognized Groveland for its innovative approach to light pollution.

This map shows Groveland's lighting retrofit inventory.
A map with markers that note where lighting inventory is installed.
May 9, 2025 at 6:34 PM
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In 2023, Groveland, Florida became the first certified International Dark Sky Community in the state and the Southeast US. While that may sound like a description for a Black Mirror episode on Netflix, it's quite completely the opposite.
Two photos shows an active lightpost in the evening as cars drive by, and a storefront at night with both lighting on the building and from a lampost.
May 9, 2025 at 6:34 PM
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We are hiring for a Real Estate Development and Program Implementation Manager on our Equitable Development Initiative team!

Apply by May 13: www.governmentjobs.com/careers/seat....
OPCD Opportunity Now Hiring, with OPCD City logo on the lower right hand corner.
April 22, 2025 at 4:16 PM
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Our engagement superstar Aja Hazelhoff will be joining @betterblock.bsky.social university for a six month project focused on community powered urban design. Congrats Aja! 🚀

More info: betterblock.org/bbu
April 15, 2025 at 7:06 PM