2023 is off to a great start! Building off a busy end of year, we're working on impactful local and statewide policy issues, including transportation, affordable housing, municipal finance, and land use planning.
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BERK’s transportation funding and policy experience includes work for the State, counties, cities, and other local communities.
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BERK projects with Bonney Lake, Lakewood, and Tacoma win at the 2019 Washington Governor’s Smart Communities Awards!
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The City of Seattle is proposing zoning and policy changes that would require all new development in urban villages and commercial zones to either include affordable homes or contribute to a City fund for affordable housing. BERK supported the City’s environmental review of this Mandatory Housing Affordability (MHA) program
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To address housing affordability challenges, many cities are considering new land use policies, development incentives, and affordable housing requirements to increase the supply of housing and meet local needs.
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In early 2018, Seattle Ethics and Elections Commission asked BERK to conduct an independent evaluation of the Seattle Democracy Voucher Program.
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BERK recently delivered an Early Learning Community Assessment for the Puget Sound Educational Service District, to the great pleasure of the PSESD team.
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Following BERK’s independent evaluation of Seattle’s Democracy Voucher Program, City Council passed a key recommendation from BERK’s study.
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In July 2018, BERK celebrated 30 years in business! We were joined at our office by friends, family, partners, and clients - many of whom we’ve had relationships with for decades.
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Starting June 1, Kevin Ramsey, Ph.D. joins the BERK management team as an Associate Principal. In his more than four years at BERK, he has developed a housing needs assessment practice for the firm, which includes high profile projects such as the Seattle Mandatory Housing Affordability EIS and the Edmonds Housing Assessment and Strategy.
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The City of Ellensburg's Housing Chapter for the 2017 Comprehensive Plan Update was selected for the 2018 Governor’s Smart Communities Award under the Smart Vision category. BERK led the Housing Needs Assessment which supported the development of this Chapter.
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BERK attended our annual Retreat May 17-18 at IslandWood on Bainbridge Island. This was our first time at IslandWood as a team and we loved the space and the integration of outdoor learning spaces and communal facilities!
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BERK led a community open house to engage Edmonds citizens around the housing strategy being led by the Edmonds Task Force. Associate Principal Kevin Ramsey Ph.D. was onsite to support the Task Force by presenting findings and answering questions for citizens during the open house.
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BERK has provided technical and policy analysis support to a variety of local, regional, and state clients across a range of transportation modes, including air travel, ferries, highways, and rail and bus transit.
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BERK has a significant body of work on public safety provision at the local level, including cost-of-service studies for cities and counties, facilities planning, and strategic plans.
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