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Weekly Update – August 8th, 2021
Sunday August 8th, 2021 Strap in neighbors, this is a long one. As the first Tempe YIMBY newsletter, written during the precipice of an eviction crisis and multiple major federal and city initiatives, we have an unusually large amount to cover this week. Some of it will spill over in to next week, but here […]
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A look ahead at Arizona’s housing legislation
From tenant protections to criminalizing homelessness, the Arizona legislature starts thinking about housing. The Arizona Legislature has started 2023 off with a bang, putting forward over twenty bills pledging to finally tackle one of the biggest issues in the state: housing. These bills propose a variety of solutions, such as investments in affordable housing and […]
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Newsletter July 26, 2022
July 26, 2022 Hello Neighbors, It has been 53~ weeks since we published our last weekly email, so we’ve learned our lesson and will not promise how frequently these emails will be. Our hope for the newsletter, like our hope for the new Tempe Streetcar, is that we can decrease the time between arrivals and […]
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2020 Tempe Election Endorsements
FOR COUNCIL: CASEY CLOWES Clowes was the obvious choice even before our straw poll. She is running for council on an explicitly urbanist platform. She looms over the field in terms of policy proposals and other candidates would do well to read over her blog posts and perhaps borrow a few ideas. She understands the […]
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Tempe Proposes Lower Speed Limits
The City of Tempe has recently proposed lowering speed limits throughout the city as part of its Vision Zero plan. This plan seeks to achieve a reduction in fatal and serious crashes. The proposal would lower speed limits on most north Tempe arterial roads from 40 to 35 MPH with slightly lower limits on select […]
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The Tempe Maker District
The Tempe Maker District amendment proposes to re-zone the 600-acre area between Priest, Southern, Broadway, and the Kyrene train tracks. Despite the small area affected, the plan is a bold and necessary step for Tempe to meet its housing and industrial needs for the next 20 years. First, the specifics: The plan would rezone 70 […]
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Explaining The Urban Core Master Plan
The Urban Core Master Plan is a step in the right direction for the city of Tempe.
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