Editor: The City of Edmonds is embarking this year on its now once-every-10-year major revision to the Comprehensive Plan. The city, under Development Services Director Susan McLaughlin, is proposing to use an “Equitable Engagement Framework” to solicit input about this revision from communities in Edmonds that may not have participated in the past. Ms. McLaughlin […]
Category: Housing
Letter to the editor: State legislation threatens Edmonds’ single-family neighborhoods
Edmonds’ Single-Family Neighborhoods in Grave Peril Serious attempts to end single family zoning in neighborhoods in Edmonds and all of Washington State are moving quickly in the Washington State Legislature. If you value your single-family home and your neighborhood, including trees and open space, it is imperative that you contact legislators immediately to let them […]
Protect Our City — Cherish Edmonds. New Website Launched Providing Resources About Local Housing Issues
We are very pleased to announce the launch of a website focusing on Housing issues in Edmonds. https://housing.aceedmonds.org/. What everyone needs to know. The concerning recommendations from the government-appointed Citizens Housing Commission. Why residents should be very concerned about proposals to eliminate single-family housing zoning across Edmonds and other ideas created during the COVID shutdown […]
IMPACTS OF HOUSING PROPOSALS IN EDMONDS- LET’S TAKE THE TIME TO FULLY UNDERSTAND IMPACTS AND VET THEM TOGETHER AS A COMMUNITY
In case you missed it, in the recap of the final Edmonds Citizens Housing Commission (CHC) meeting, the flagship recommended policy to emerge from it, with a slim majority vote, is to upzone the entire town of Edmonds and eliminate all single-family zoning. This is Policy #1, Missing Middle Housing in Single-Family neighborhoods. This two-house-per-lot […]