Government Affairs: Seattle - Washington Chapter

Seattle - Washington Chapter

DEMOGRAPHICS

	2000 Projected Population	2005 Projected Population	Percent Increase	2010 Projected Population	Percent Increase
Seattle - King County	1,686,000	N/A	N/A	1,833,000	8.71
State	5,820,955	6,177,058	6.11	6,602,713	6.89
Population Rank	By 2000 Washington is projected to be the 15th most populous state in the US, by 2025, the 13th with 7.8 million people.

TYPE OF REGIONAL GOVERNANCE
Regional Governance

INFRASTRUCTURE FINANCE
Broad-based Boudaries determined by county

TRAFFIC CONGESTION:
Urban Mobility Study: The 2004 Annual Mobility Report

SIERRA CLUB STATE RANK:
2000 Sprawl Report

STATE BROWNFIELDS PROGRAM:
EPA Brownfields Initiatives in Region 9

CURRENT GROWTH MANAGEMENT TECHNIQUES:
Techniques Description
Regional Growth Boundaries Boundaries determined by county

PROPOSED LEGISLATION AND/OR INITIATIVES:
NAIOP's Government Affairs Department has undertaken an aggressive program to monitor legislation (password required) at state capitals across the country where we currently have chapters. To view current legislative activity in your state click here to be directed to NAIOP's state legislative monitoring service. (Please contact the Assistant Vice President for State and Local Affairs, Steve Gallagher, to obtain the password.)

ADDITIONAL RESOURCES:
Search for current smart growth news in the following papers.
Seattle Times
Seattle Post Intelligencer

Chapter Contact: Richard Leider
Spieker Properties
(425) 453-1600