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News Archive  
Following are archived articles highlighting ARCH and local housing issues.  Where available, links are provided to the source document. 

2004-07-03
Avondale Park helps homeless  Avondale Park is the first homeless program of its kind on the Eastside: an all-inclusive center that incorporates housing with a full range of the services people need to change their lives.
Leslie Fulbright, Seattle Times Eastside Bureau

2004-03-18
DASH purchases Summerwood in Redmond DASH, A Bellevue-based nonprofit, intends to renovate the 190-unit complex and make it available to low- to moderate-income individuals and families. 
John Savelle, Seattle Times Eastside Bureau

2004-01-29
Government's Best & Brightest Cited for Harvard Award ARCH has been selected as one of 50 of the most creative, forward thinking, results-driven government programs by the prestigious Innovations in American Government Awards.
1-29-04 Press Release, The Innovations in American Government Awards, Harvard University
1-29-04 Press Release, A Regional Coalition for Housing

2004-01-02
Kirkland to weigh 15-home subdivision of smaller dwellings Kirkland residents will get a chance this month to comment on the Stacy subdivision, a housing development that would allow 50 percent more homes than usual.
Nick Perry, Seattle Times Eastside Bureau

2003-10-02
Eastside tries filling an affordable housing gap  Relatively high Eastside housing costs burden even moderate-income workers.  Arthur Sullivan for Seattle Daily Journal of Commerce

2003-08-13
Volunteers hammer out details for Habitat project Volunteers with the interfaith group Together we Build a World Community are helping to complete Redmond Habitat townhomes for low-income residents.
Nick Perry, The Seattle Times

2003-08-07
Home's door open to all incomes  Evergreen Court retirement complex in Bellevue sets aside apartments for seniors with limited means.
Warren Cornwall, The Seattle Times
2003-08-07
Agency to offer 66 affordable housing units  The 66-unit Plum Court Apartments will be converted to affordable housing thanks to a deal pieced together by DASH, a Bellevue-based non-profit.
Nick Perry, The Seattle Times
2003-07-08
Affordable housing set aside in Kirkland
   Plum Court, a 66-unit apartment complex near downtown Kirkland will remain livable for wage earners thanks to the efforts of a lot of people.
Jon Savelle, King County Journal

2003-03-14
Kirkland City officials thinking smaller in push for affordable housing Kirkland is considering the integration of smaller homes, duplexes and cottages to create  less-costly housing.  
Nguyen Huy Vu, The Seattle Times
2003-03-13
New Redmond apartment complex will shelter 58 homeless families Avondale Park, a project of the Eastside Housing Association, will include 50 units of transitional housing, eight emergency shelter units, and three apartments for resident managers.    
Lori Varosh, King County Journal 
2003-02-27
Affordable housing still GMA challenge  Article recommends that local jurisdictions promote more efficient and predictable permitting processes, enact zoning laws that encourage innovative, affordable housing types and encourage infill development. 
Todd Bennett for Daily Journal of Commerce 
2003-01-20
Redmond residents like village by the (bus) bay Village at Overlake Station marks one year anniversary of area's first "transit oriented development" or TOD. 
Natalie Singer, Seattle Times Eastside Bureau
2003-01-06
Architectural design suits seniors Greenbrier affordable senior housing in Woodinville to open February 2003. 
Bronwyn Wilson, The Woodinville Weekly 
2002-09-25
Housing coalition celebrates success, 10th anniversary ARCH celebrates its 10th anniversary with an awards ceremony honoring individuals, a builder's organization and housing developments that represent the variety of projects ARCH is designed to promote.
Lori Varosh, King County Journal
2002-09-26
ARCH recognizes groups for efforts Several Eastside people and groups were recognized for their efforts to create affordable housing. A Regional Coalition for Housing, was formed 10 years ago to address housing needs on the Eastside.
Seattle Times Eastside Bureau
2002-08-24
Dream homes on a starter budget Greenbrier gives Matt and Rachel McGinn an opportunity to leave their one-bedroom Bothell apartment for a home of their own.
Pam Sitt, Seattle Times Eastside Bureau 

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