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Could Bellingham Become the New Ballard?
Free lending library in Bellingham, Washington's Lettered Streets neighborhood. Shocking! That's the consensus of house prices in the prime area of Ballard these days. Actual thinking there would every be a "prime" area in Ballard was beyond my conception when I was growing up there in the mid- 1960s. After 30 or 40 years of steady decline, Ballard hit bottom in the 1980s and bounced back up with a vengeance. As part of Seattle's urban village growth plan, Ballard has benefitted from streamlined entitlements and early investments spurring both commercial and residential growth. Of course, the…Read More
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Monumental Mistep
WHAT NOT TO MONUMENT! "Light Farms" is one of our favorite executions of a 'sense of arrival' noted on an awards judging trip to California. I was driving through my Bainbridge Island community the other day and took a familiar turn to go past a new small subdivision about mid-Island. This development is one I have been watching with great interest as it looked like the land plan and home plans are quite compatible with their surroundings. Then as I rounded the corner, there it was… a brand new ENTRY MONUMENT rivaling any you might see adorning a Mill Creek,…Read More
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The Sky is Falling..The Sky is Falling...
Today's Seattle Times featured a story by reporter Nina Shapiro on the effects of Amazon on its hometown. Wow… it was like Chicken Little crying the "sky is falling…." Lot's of talk about traffic congestion and soaring home prices. Horrible, horrible news…. Or was it? As someone who's actively looking for a new home inside the city of Seattle, I can relate to how hard it is going to be to pay more and get less. But, I could be looking in Snohomish…. or Bellingham. Why are we looking in Seattle? Because it's a very liveable city, and because employers…Read More
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The Sky is Falling..The Sky is Falling...
Today's Seattle Times featured a story by reporter Nina Shapiro on the effects of Amazon on its hometown. Wow… it was like Chicken Little crying the "sky is falling…." Lot's of talk about traffic congestion and soaring home prices. Horrible, horrible news…. Or was it? As someone who's actively looking for a new home inside the city of Seattle, I can relate to how hard it is going to be to pay more and get less. But, I could be looking in Snohomish…. or Bellingham. Why are we looking in Seattle? Because it's a very liveable city, and because employers…Read More
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Bruce Woodstrom Named New Home Council 'Legend' at Tribute Awards
A legend is an old man with a cane known for what he used to do. I’m still doing it. Miles Davis (1926 – 1991) On Thursday, November 1, 2012 Bruce Woodstrom, co-founder of Fusionhappens, LLC was inducted, in front of a large crowd of his peers at Bellevue’s Meydenbauer Center, as a “Legend” by the members of The New Home Council. Bruce is pretty used to award ceremonies. He’s also pretty used to winning. Winning is one of the things Fusion is known for. But this evening, Bruce was caught off guard and quite visibly moved by the recognition. …Read More
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Bait and Switch?
For several months on our near daily walks, Dorothy and I pass this sign. Since I am a big fan of anything that expands the availability of new homes to those who need some help, I was excited to see what looked like a great deal of care in the architecture and land plan for this new work-force housing community. Looks pretty cool doesn’t it? I’ll bet that’s what the City of Bainbridge Island planners thought too when they approved the project. Ferncliff Village is now well underway with homes in all stage of completion. And the prices? The Ferncliff…Read More
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Who Dunnit?
https://youtu.be/uYTH_Yce1HY I’m moving. Getting prepared is kind of a pain. Packing means digging through some family history. Last night I took a trip down memory lane. Memory lane is a place where I advise one to be very cautious. It’s fraught with detours and lots of baggage you thought you’d rid yourself of years ago. I did have one or two pleasant surprises in the form of a couple of video tapes from yesteryear. Remember the Beta format? Thank God, Flying Spot, the video transfer house in our building, remembered. One of those videos went up on our website this…Read More
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There is Now Scientific Proof that Urban Village Life Makes People Happier, Healthier and Wealthier
“The Orenco Station study is probably the first to show, in an academic study, such a big difference in social activity between a new urban community and a comparable suburban development. Also, it is the first to show such high rates of walking to stores.”New Urban News, September 2009 http://www.newurbannews.com/14.6/sep09newurban.html In the late 1990s, the Fusionhappens creative crew led the team working with developer Rudy Kadlub on the branding and marketing of Orenco Station, just west of Portland in the Hillsboro area.Orenco Station was one of the Northwest’s first TODs (Transit Oriented Development) with its own stop on the new…Read More

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