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The Olympia Design Review Board approved the design plans for a new affordable housing development at 527 Franz Anderson Road SE, which would provide 71 units of permanent supportive housing for …
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“Pets are humanizing,” said actor James Cromwell, who added, “They remind us we have an obligation and responsibility to preserve and nurture and care for all life.”
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A developer proposing a new affordable housing project at 505 Union Avenue SE is exploring options to reduce development costs through potential frontage improvement exemptions under the city's …
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On Tuesday, the Olympia City Council approved an interlocal agreement with multiple jurisdictions to advance a regional housing and land capacity analysis.
The agreement involves collaboration …
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Olympia’s Hearing Examiner approved the plan to subdivide 3.31 acres at 1515 Middle Street SE into a 16-lot townhome subdivision subject to modified conditions focused on public safety and …
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The Thurston Board of County Commissioners (BOCC) agenda-setting meeting on Tuesday, February 6, was marked by discussions surrounding the annual Point in Time Homeless Census and the Right of Way …
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By JC Medina
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2/7/24
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The Olympia City Council approved the proposed 2024 work plans for the Land Use and Environment Committee, Community Livability and Public Safety Committee, and Finance Committee yesterday, February …
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By Lorilyn Lirio
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2/7/24
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Thurston Regional Planning Council (TRPC) discussion of the housing needs assessment and proposed allocation methodology, TRPC member Hilary Seidel urged the staff Friday, January 2, to consider …
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A proposed affordable housing development by the South Puget Sound Habitat for Humanity at 2502 8th Avenue SE in Olympia would face significant unexpected costs as city staff outlined extensive off-site …
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by Jerry Cornfield, Washington State Standard
Mobile home parks are coming up for sale and there are signs that a new law giving residents a chance to buy them is working.
Since mid-July, …
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1/29/24
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Today I was privileged to interview seven unsheltered individuals who live in Olympia. It was part of the annual, federally mandated PIT Count – Point in Time census – organized here by …
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The Olympia Land Use and Environment Committee met on Thursday, January 25, to discuss the potential update to the city's rental housing policies.
Housing Program Specialist Christa Lenssen gave …
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If there is a "housing crisis" then we need more rentals. For there to be more rentals, there must be more investors willing to tie up and risk their money. For that to happen, the …
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The Olympia City Council explored various housing solutions and strategies to increase access to affordable homeownership.
At a meeting on Tuesday, January 23, Paul Knox and Sam Green of …
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Three community organizations will receive a total of $640,000 funding in Treatment Sales Tax (TST) funds over two years to provide services in Thurston County.
The grants for the three …
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At 3 a.m. on November 21, 2005, two Olympia police officers knocked on Dee Hampton’s front door. They had come to give her news that no parent ever wants to receive: Her daughter, Sara, …
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Last Tuesday morning found Perry Onorio standing in front of the Olympia Union Gospel Mission at 5:15 a.m., braving the wind and rain, as he served several gallons of coffee to about 30 …
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By JM Simpson
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1/19/24
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Tumwater Hearing Examiner Mark Scheibmeir approved the binding site plan of Yorkshire Apartments, a 21.7-acre apartment complex to be built between Tumwater Boulevard and Israel Road.
Scheibmeir …
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Olympia's Hearing Examiner Mark Scheibmeir has recommended approving an amendment to the Evergreen Park Planned Unit Development (PUD) that would enable mixed-use commercial and multifamily …
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