The Citizens Housing Commission’s 15 policy proposals are scheduled to be presented to Edmonds City Council on Tuesday, March 16. These policy proposals have NOT been designed with our EDMONDS community in mind. Policies primarily reflect Seattle-style housing and planning guides to urbanize and up zone ALL of Edmonds: DO YOU WANT EDMONDS TO LOOK […]

Those recommendations to the Mayor and City Council can be found here:POLICY+PACKAGE+FOR+COUNCIL-Corrected+2.1.21.pdf (squarespace.com) The Commission’s first recommendation addressed what has been labeled as: “MISSING MIDDLE HOUSING in SINGLE FAMILY NEIGHBORHOODS”The Commission recommended that single family residential neighborhoods in Edmonds be rezoned to allow for the construction of duplexes or two-unit townhouses on single family parcels.   This proposal was advanced as […]

As the Edmonds Citizens Housing Commission concludes this Thursday, the Alliance of Citizens for Edmonds (ACE) thanks the Commissioners and alternate Commissioners, for volunteering their time, committing to this aspirational process.  Understandably, the process was made more difficult for all involved due to Covid-19 restrictions, mandating virtual meetings and eliminating the original promise of neighborhood […]

The Alliance of Citizens for Edmonds (ACE) advocates for responsible development in Edmonds that respects and complements the small-town atmosphere and generally low-level architecture of Edmonds. We strongly support public involvement in City discussions. We are counting on the Citizens’ Housing Commission to actively and objectively gather resident input and openly pay attention to that […]