Seattle Once Again Nation’s Fastest-Growing Big City; Population Exceeds 700,000 Seattle Times | Gene Balk | May 25 http://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/data/seattle-once-again-nations-fastest-growing-big-city-population-exceeds-700000/ “Seattle is back on top. For the second time this decade, we’re the fastest-growing big city in the country, according to…
Is A 15-Minute Ride from Seattle to Portland Possible? Seattle PI | Daniel DeMay | May 18 http://www.seattlepi.com/local/transportation/article/Photos-Hyperloops-super-trains-Can-we-get-11154474.php “Here in Seattle, where traffic seems to plague even the mildest hours of the day or night, we don't even like to…
Silicon Valley North: How America’s Two Tech Hubs are Converging The Economist | Staff | May 11 http://www.economist.com/news/business/21721950-more-ever-seattle-and-silicon-valley-are-joined-hip-how-americas-two-tech-hubs-are “WOULD your region care to be the next Silicon Valley? In most of the world’s technology hubs, local leaders scramble to say…
Who Needs the FCC? Seattle Writes Its Own Broadband Privacy Rule TechCrunch | Devin Coldewey | May 4 https://techcrunch.com/2017/05/04/who-needs-the-fcc-seattle-writes-its-own-broadband-privacy-rule/ “Hardly anyone was pleased by the rollback of the broadband privacy rule last month, opening up the possibility of ISPs collecting…
Sound Transit Formally Launches Massive ST3 Rail, Bus Expansion Seattle Times | David Gutman | April 27 http://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/transportation/sound-transit-formally-launches-massive-rail-bus-expansion/ “Sound Transit on Thursday announced start dates and more detailed schedules for the raft of major transit projects the agency is taking…
See Who from Washington State is in Time Magazine’s ‘100 Most Influential People’ Seattle TImes | Evan Bush | April 20, 2017 http://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/politics/trump-foe-bob-ferguson-among-time-magazines-100-most-influential-people/ “Washington state must have quite a bit of clout in this world, if you believe Time magazine.…
A Seattle-Portland Hyperloop Route is Among 11 High-Speed Transport Proposals Puget Sound Business Journal | Annlee Ellingson (L.A. Biz) | April 6 http://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/news/2017/04/06/seattle-portland-hyperloop-route-series-of-tubes.html “A 173-mile Hyperloop route between Seattle and Portland, Oregon, is among 11 projects pitched during meetings with…
Seattle Tunnel Machine Bertha is Just Days from Breaking Through to Complete Long Journey GeekWire | Kurt Schlosser | March 28 http://www.geekwire.com/2017/seattle-tunnel-machine-bertha-just-days-breaking-complete-long-journey/ “If you’ve forgotten what Bertha, the SR 99 tunneling machine, looks like after all these years, get ready…
Jump in Seattle’s Median Home Value and Rental Price Among Fastest in The Country, Zillow Reports GeekWire | Kurt Schlosser | March 23 http://www.geekwire.com/2017/jump-seattles-median-home-value-rental-price-among-fastest-country-zillow-reports/ “Home values and rents are rising in Seattle faster than almost any other place in the…
13 Lucrative Cities for Tech Workers CNBC | Kelli Grant | March 16 http://www.cnbc.com/2017/03/16/13-lucrative-cities-for-tech-workers.html “If you work in tech, heading to the Bay Area may not be your most lucrative option. New data from LinkedIn and Zillow found 13 cities…