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Puget Sound Business Journal: Seattle millennials want to stay, but affordability might force them out

Overwhelmingly, Seattle-area millennials love living here, and two-thirds say the region is on the right track. Even so, many say they may need to move to afford the life they want. This is from a newly released survey by Seattle nonprofit Forterra, which promotes sustainability by helping community groups buy ...

The Seattle Times: Nearly half of local millennials consider moving as Seattle-area home costs soar again

Big housing-cost increases are taking a heavy toll on millennials throughout the Seattle area, which has retained its title as the hottest housing market in the country. A new poll from a local nonprofit finds that 45 percent of millennials in the Puget Sound region think they will have to ...

KUOW.ORG: How an Arlington subdivision was returned to farmland

Farm becomes subdivision. It's an old story, and one that Arlington hay farmer Andrew Albert has seen a lot. "Happens all the time. Land is farmed for generations, then one generation ends, the other takes over, and they have different ideas, and it's no longer a farm," Albert said. But, ...

The Olympian: Nisqually Reach purchase protects salmon habitat

Some of the last undeveloped shoreline along Puget Sound has been added to the Nisqually Reach Aquatic Reserve. The acquisition of 17.6 acres expands Jacobs Point Park on Anderson Island to 100 acres, making the Nisqually reserve the largest protected marine park in South Puget Sound. “Undeveloped shoreline anywhere in ...

The News Tribune: City of Puyallup completes purchase of Dead Man’s Pond for conservation

Although its eerie name suggests otherwise, Puyallup’s Dead Man’s Pond is home to many living things. From black-tailed deer to blue herons and bald eagles, the pond acts as a home to local wildlife and is part of a larger area of forested wetlands nestled among Puyallup’s suburban developments. It’s ...

The Seattle Times: Saving the Port Gamble Forest, a natural jewel, from development: ‘It’s our heritage and it’s our future’

At six times the size of Seattle’s Discovery Park, the Port Gamble Forest is a close-by recreational jewel, at risk of development. With population pressing in close on these woods and people enjoying them with miles of hiking, mountain bike and equestrian trails, there’s a new vision for the forest: ...
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