Bellevue City Council adopted Ordinance 6929, renewing Old Bellevue's Main Street design controls with a reworked facade incentive, reviewed a draft business improvement area policy, and started the Bellevue College rezone. Continue Reading
Inside the July Policy Council: AWB's Morgan Irwin maps the 2026 legislative races and the income tax repeal fight, while PSE's Matt Perry details Bellevue's grid capacity study, the planned Vernell substation, and the Oregon-sized power gap coming in 2030. Continue Reading
On July 7 our PLUSH Committee and the BelRed Property Owners Group gave the Planning Commission a consolidated record of what remains unresolved on the BelRed Look Forward LUCA: the mandatory street grid, the 26-foot path standard, and new costs without offsets. Continue Reading
Our June PLUSH Committee recap: Bellevue's Downtown Livability 2.0 code refresh (no height or FAR changes), the push to fix BelRed's rigid 300-foot street grid, parking reform, and a looming electricity-capacity crunch that could throttle Eastside growth. Continue Reading
The June East King Chambers Coalition meeting covered Washington Saves, the new state retirement program launching in 2027; Senator Marko Liias on rising transportation costs and SR 18 safety; and a new AECOM study warning of an electric grid shortfall across Bellevue and Redmond. Continue Reading
Every year, the Bellevue Chamber of Commerce asks a simple question: what are Bellevue voters actually thinking? Answering it well takes a rigorous instrument, a consistent method held steady over time, and the patience to listen even when the answers are complicated. Continue Reading
Every few weeks a new economic ranking shows Washington at the head of the pack, or scraping bottom. Here's the analysis and the tool to help explain the contradiction. Continue Reading
The Bellevue Mobility Coalition met June 17 with city transportation leaders on a proposed $500,000 Transportation Master Plan, a redesigned five-program capital budget, and 17 underperforming intersections, then set its priorities for the city's upcoming budget hearing. Continue Reading
Bellevue is reopening its 2017 downtown code with Downtown Livability 2.0: land use amendments on small-business space, after-hours vibrancy, housing, and Old Bellevue's historic character, with no changes to building heights, floor area, or parking. Continue Reading
The Bellevue Transportation Commission declined to relax the city's V/C intersection performance targets after the Bellevue Mobility Coalition urged the city to study congestion solutions first, directing staff to evaluate engineering alternatives while upholding existing standards. Continue Reading
The Port of Seattle launched its 2027 budget season in Bellevue with roughly 40 East King County leaders. Inside the conversation on inflation, tourism capacity, and a new openness to expanding service at existing airports. Continue Reading
The Bellevue Chamber has joined the Washington Student Success Coalition to prepare for the Federal Scholarship Tax Credit, a new federal program that could direct an estimated $732 million a year to Washington students if the state opts in before the January 1, 2027 launch. Continue Reading
