Come to King County Council’s meeting on April 28th at 9:30 AM on the 10th floor of The King County Courthouse building, 516 3rd Avenue, Seattle. Listen, learn, speak about the trail opportunities on the existing rail line. For more about the meeting and the issues, check out this post on my Kirkland blog and this article…Read More »
I just received the April email newsletter from Bellevue Towers, The LEED certified high rise condos in Bellevue. The newsletter announced the restaurants coming to the complex. (Photo taken a few months ago) Purple Cafe and Wine Bar’sowners will open 3 different restaurants in the complex. The Bellevue Towers will be the home to the 4th Purple Cafe and Wine Bar, after Kirkland, Seattle,…Read More »
This just in my inbox today: Dwell Magazine’s Green Award, is a contest sponsored by Dwell magazine and the American Institute of Architects. Through June 20th, the sponsors are looking for the best “green” or sustainable projects. According to Dwell’s criteria, projects will be judged on the basis of functionality, originality, sustainability, and cost effectiveness. The prize? …Read More »
The Seattle Times had an editorial in the newspaper yesterday summing up some of the latest news on the King County animal shelter welfare debate. Here is a summary of some of the immediate fixes planned and some of the issues discussed in the above link to The Seattle Times: “New cat cages, dog runs, more staff…Read More »
The comments were hot and heavy from many people at last night’s town hall meeting in Burien between the Metropolitan King County Council and King County residents regarding the conditions at King County Animal Shelters. Volunteers at the shelters came out to support shelter workers who work in less than desirable conditions and others came…Read More »
I must have hit a nerve last week. I found a message from Al Dams from King County in my inbox. Al must have read the article I wrote last week about the deplorable conditions at the King County Animal Shelters. It’s been all over the news. Blogs were atwitter about the terrible conditions in…Read More »
Sellers had a 16% chance of selling a condo on Seattle’s Eastside in March of 2008. ( click on 2008 year to date statistics in the link above for a chart showing the condo report) March, 2008 1277 condos for sale, 208 condos sold, 16% chance of selling. February, 2008 1230 condos for sale, 140 condos sold, 11% chance of…Read More »
The chances of selling a home on the Eastside in March 2008 ranged from a low of 7.26% to a high of 21%, with an average 13.5% absorption rate. (The absorption rate is the number of homes for sale in any given month divided by the actual number of homes sold that month.) Here are the real estate statistics for single family home sales…Read More »
Bellevue is the best place to “Live and Launch” in the entire United States, according to Fortune Magazine. Bellevue has a terrific economic climate, natural beauty, a steady supply of hi-tech workers, and traffic! The Seattle/Eastside area is a great place to live, but the traffic wars must be fought everyday. The commute into downtown Bellevue is…Read More »