A coalition of housing developers, community organizations, childcare providers and educators today broke ground on the Mount Baker Redevelopment and Rainier Rising Early Learning Campus. The 3.8-acre project is expected to create 400 affordable apartments, provide high-quality childcare and be home to a first-of-its-kind early childhood learning center. By bringing affordable housing, early learning and community resources together, families will be better supported. This development, across the street from Sound Transit’s Mount Baker light-rail station, creates a unique, transit-accessible place…
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Where curiosity meets community
At UW Tacoma, undergraduate students have ample opportunities to engage in research that tackles complex questions and creates tangible community solutions. When you imagine scientific research, what do you see? Chances are, you’re picturing sprawling laboratories filled with highly specialized equipment and researchers working late into the night. Depending on the project, you’re not too far off. At the University of Washington Tacoma, however, research takes many forms and often starts somewhere more familiar: a lingering curiosity that won’t go…
Meet Seattle’s first indigenous planner
Tim Lehman (Northern Arapaho) didn’t set out to become Seattle’s first Indigenous planning strategist. As a teen, he was drawn to the hands-on craft of masonry. It wasn’t until his time at the University of Washington (UW) — and a FEMA-supported coastal hazard mitigation project — that he discovered a love for design. That turning point launched a career grounded in equity, environmental justice and community-rooted planning. After earning dual master’s degrees in urban planning and landscape architecture from the…