Futurewise

This month, join us at Hellbent Brewery with our friends at Share the Cities and District 5 Seattle Council candidate Nilu Jenks. Come gather with friends, get your comp plan updates, and find out how you can join our quest to get more housing, of more types, in more places, for more people!

✨✨ Post-Session Celebration! ✨✨

Legislators adjourn today, and Futurewise is celebrating a successful session for our bills! Bring a friend or come to connect with your neighbors, we’ll be celebrating at Hellbent Brewing next Wednesday at 6!

Futurewise Meet & Greet Happy March, y'all! With the next Phase of our Comp Plan underway, our focus will be shifted to upzoning in "Centers and Corridors", otherwise known as Neighborhood Centers and Transit Corridors. Upzoning in these areas is one way that we can boost transit, give way for more trees, grow small busine...

With the days dwindling in here's what's left to pass of our priority agenda this year:
🏡 STEP Housing - HB 2266
🛗 Smaller Elevators - SB 5156
🛤️ Rural Freight + Sprawl - SB 5820
🏘️ Rural ADU regulations - HB 1345

And we'll be working right up until the final deadline! More on the blog

Legislative Update Week 8: Last Chance to Get Our Bills Across - Futurewise Happy March! Do you feel like February flew by in a blink? We do. This short 60-day session is in its final two weeks, and we’ve got a few bills left to pass.

The sun is coming back out 🤞 and so are we, and we need volunteers (for Saturday!)

We’re out at farmers markets talking to neighbors about the Comprehensive Plan, and how the public can impact the city’s vision and planning for OUR future.
We need your help! Learn more and sign up for a volunteer shift for a market near you-
https://futurewise.salsalabs.org/FebruaryandMarchCCCTabling

Coming up next week in Queen Anne, have you registered so we can save you a seat? 👀 https://shorturl.at/BG56F

Comp Plan Happy Hours:
Every month, we pop up at a different neighborhood bar for a low-pressure way for folks to get more engaged in Seattle's comprehensive planning process- a wonky, local government process that impacts every aspect of our daily lives from your sidewalks and bike lanes, to public transit infrastructure and housing availability.
Grab a drink, meet some neighbors, and learn more about what the city is up to

With love from the Futurewise Program Staff! 🫶🌹

Washington has a lot to celebrate today! 💙💚

~including~ some important middle housing bills making their way through the House and on to the Senate.

Don't worry, we'll be keeping an eye on while y'all get outside for some celebrating and some vitamin D 😎

North Queen Anne, we’re coming to you next for our monthly comp plan happy hour! 🍻
RSVP here: https://shorturl.at/BG56F
Every month, we pop up at a different neighborhood bar for a low-pressure way for folks to get more engaged in Seattle's comprehensive planning process- a wonky, local government process that impacts every aspect of our daily lives from your sidewalks and bike lanes, to public transit infrastructure and housing availability.
Grab a drink, meet some neighbors, and learn more about what the city is up to.

is back for a busy week 4, and we're expecting a few chances to take action on our 2026 Growing Together priorities.

First quick action you can take- email your lawmakers to keep the STEP housing bill moving
Click here to email your reps- https://shorturl.at/mzAiS

STEP Housing bills are moving on both sides of the Legislature - and the Senate will be hearing its version - SB 6069 - next Wednesday in the Senate Committee on Housing.
You know what that means! We need to flood the committee hearing with PRO Sign-ins - it just takes a minute, click here to sign in support before Wednesday-
https://app.leg.wa.gov/csi/Testifier/Add?chamber=Senate&mId=33747&aId=169041&caId=27638&tId=3

Time to mobilize!
HB 2266 will remove barriers to building more critical housing types like emergency shelters and transitional housing. Take a quick action and email the House to urge them to vote this bill out of committee and keep it moving ⏩

https://futurewise.salsalabs.org/houshousing2266/index.html