The Bellevue Chamber's Transportation Committee met April 2 to hear from WSDOT's Director of Innovative Partnerships Anthony Buckley on the state's emerging public-private partnership program, with brief updates on the King County Transportation Benefit District vote and Sound Transit realignment. Continue Reading
The 2026 Eastside Real Estate Symposium opened with Amazon Public Policy Director Guy Palumbo and CBRE Senior Vice President Bryan Oliver on the forces reshaping the region's housing and office markets. Continue Reading
Washington needs 1.1 million homes over 20 years and currently falls short by tens of thousands annually. The ERES policy panel brought together Senator Jessica Bateman on systemic housing reform, Bellevue Director Nick Whipple on development services improvements and GovStream AI, and Saf Rabah Continue Reading
Since the Wilburton rezone passed in June 2025, developers have submitted applications for over 2,300 housing units in the 300-acre neighborhood. The ERES panel examined the code buildability strategies, MFTE Supercharger, and East Rail infrastructure that made Wilburton a model Continue Reading
Dartmouth economist Andrew Samwick closed ERES 2026 with a keynote on federal fiscal headwinds, AI's real employment impact, and the structural advantages positioning the Eastside for continued growth. Continue Reading
The East King Chambers Coalition met on March 26 for a packed session covering the 2025 legislative aftermath, Saturday's historic Cross-Lake light rail Continue Reading
Bellevue's first full sign code rewrite in decades took center stage at the March meeting of the Planning, Land Use, Sustainability, and Housing (PLUSH) committee, alongside a hard-won victory on the city's Affordable Housing Strategy and a continued push on Multi-Family Tax Exemption (MFTE) reform Continue Reading
The Bellevue Chamber’s PLUSH Committee recently submitted a letter in support of the City’s draft Affordable Housing Strategy, while also encouraging several important refinements. Continue Reading
Last week’s Bellevue Chamber Policy Council meeting made one thing clear: Bellevue is still thinking big. At a time when cities across the region are navigating economic uncertainty, housing demand, infrastructure needs, and public safety concerns Continue Reading
In a March 16 letter to the Bellevue City Council, the Bellevue Chamber of Commerce’s PLUSH Committee urges leaders to pair housing affordability goals with policies that keep new multifamily development feasible. Continue Reading
The 2026 session came to an end at 8:24 pm on March 12th and proved to be among the most turbulent in recent years and may help set the stage for a highly competitive election cycle. Debate over the proposed Millionaire’s Income Tax has begun to reverberate beyond the Capitol, with primary challenge Continue Reading
The Washington Roundtable, Association of Washington Business, Bellevue Chamber of Commerce, Seattle Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce, and Greater Spokane Inc. issued the following statement at the conclusion of the 2026 legislative session: Continue Reading
