Carston Curd
@carstonc.bsky.social
Local Geologist, "Avowed Urbanist" 🏳️🌈 he/his; current Bothell Council Member; views mine, personal account.
Piloting is a means of delay when you don’t have the political will for progress.
NEW STORY // Bothell Advances Citywide 20 MPH Residential Speed Limit
Story by Ryan Packer via @theurbanist.org // 🔗 www.theurbanist.org/2025/11/11/b...
Story by Ryan Packer via @theurbanist.org // 🔗 www.theurbanist.org/2025/11/11/b...
Bothell Advances Citywide 20 MPH Residential Speed Limit » The Urbanist
# Lowering speed limits on residential streets to 20 mph has already been implemented in cities like Seattle, Portland, and Tacoma, and has been associated with a significant drop in high-end speeding...
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November 11, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Piloting is a means of delay when you don’t have the political will for progress.
A HAZARD is a swimming pool of sharks.
A RISK is choosing to swim in that pool.
Disasters are NOT natural.
A RISK is choosing to swim in that pool.
Disasters are NOT natural.
NEW: After Oregon’s record-breaking fire season in 2020, lawmakers wanted to map out which properties were most at risk. But anger from homeowners escalated quickly.
How the Rapid Spread of Misinformation Pushed Oregon Lawmakers to Kill the State’s Wildfire Risk Map
After Oregon’s record-breaking fire season in 2020, lawmakers wanted to map out which properties were most at risk. But anger from homeowners escalated quickly.
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August 7, 2025 at 12:57 PM
A HAZARD is a swimming pool of sharks.
A RISK is choosing to swim in that pool.
Disasters are NOT natural.
A RISK is choosing to swim in that pool.
Disasters are NOT natural.
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Bothell Councilmember Curd understands that we can fiercely care for our natural environment AND fiercely care for people through housing. We too believe both people and planet are important. Thank you Councilmember Curd for your vision, service, and belief in our campaign!
July 25, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Bothell Councilmember Curd understands that we can fiercely care for our natural environment AND fiercely care for people through housing. We too believe both people and planet are important. Thank you Councilmember Curd for your vision, service, and belief in our campaign!
Bothell neighbors have skills. Clean out your garages!! I want to see bike tuning, yarn spinning, cat cleaning, art sharing, kombucha brewing, tax preparing, floral arranging, tamale supplying, trophy engraving… or whatever your specialty is!
The Bothell City Council just voted 5-1 to drop all minimum off-street parking requirements at the same time that they approved the legalization of neighborhood cafes and corner stores everywhere in the city.
July 9, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Bothell neighbors have skills. Clean out your garages!! I want to see bike tuning, yarn spinning, cat cleaning, art sharing, kombucha brewing, tax preparing, floral arranging, tamale supplying, trophy engraving… or whatever your specialty is!
Shouldn't the orca appeal people know astroturfing sheds tire wear particles which affect salmon?
In two filings this month, appellants trying to slow down adoption of Seattle's 20-year growth plan took their plea to King County Superior Court. Both requests were speedily dismissed, likely keeping the appeal door closed until after the plan is adopted.
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Judge Dismisses Last-Ditch Challenges of Draft Seattle Growth Plan - The Urbanist
# Quick decisions by a King County Superior Court ruled that two separate challenges to the One Seattle Plan's environmental review will have to wait until the Seattle City Council makes a final decis...
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May 29, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Shouldn't the orca appeal people know astroturfing sheds tire wear particles which affect salmon?
Councilmembers from Seattle are welcome to come out to Bothell, stand at the edge of the urban growth boundary and see what their policies are doing on the other side of the line. It's connected.
Moore says: "it is disingenuous [to say] if we don't build density, then we're going to sprawl. We are constrained by the Growth Management Act. If we don't have density in Seattle, we're not going to sprawl out because we're constrained by state law. So, that's a red herring, frankly."
May 1, 2025 at 2:58 AM
Councilmembers from Seattle are welcome to come out to Bothell, stand at the edge of the urban growth boundary and see what their policies are doing on the other side of the line. It's connected.
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Know what kills orcas? Sprawl and cars. Not dense housing in walkable neighborhoods
February 6, 2025 at 4:05 AM
Know what kills orcas? Sprawl and cars. Not dense housing in walkable neighborhoods
Removing parking mandates doesn’t mean parking doesn’t still get built! It just means cool new places aren’t banned because they need to get creative with their footprint.
Washington's coolest cities support parking reform, pass it on.
>Bellingham
>Port Townsend
>Spokane
>Bothell
>Shoreline
>Bellingham
>Port Townsend
>Spokane
>Bothell
>Shoreline
January 24, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Removing parking mandates doesn’t mean parking doesn’t still get built! It just means cool new places aren’t banned because they need to get creative with their footprint.
If this is your first winter at >47°N, stay in line; it’s gonna be brighter from here on out! Happy Solstice 🌅
December 21, 2024 at 3:19 PM
If this is your first winter at >47°N, stay in line; it’s gonna be brighter from here on out! Happy Solstice 🌅
Downtown Bothell Fire Station 42 is open for folks to charge devices today until 7PM (priority for medical devices). I'm grateful for neighbors checking in on each other and helping out during the extended power outage.
November 22, 2024 at 5:33 PM
Downtown Bothell Fire Station 42 is open for folks to charge devices today until 7PM (priority for medical devices). I'm grateful for neighbors checking in on each other and helping out during the extended power outage.
Feeling so inspired seeing red Kokanee spawning in a creek near Lake Sammamish today! 🤩
November 19, 2024 at 6:07 AM
Feeling so inspired seeing red Kokanee spawning in a creek near Lake Sammamish today! 🤩
Grew up with a backyard creek; I never saw or thought about local spawning until I started working in salmon recovery a few years ago, overcome by awe & emotion about their persistence. It's a transformational experience everyone should see!!
Sorry, not sorry, I’ve lived in the Pacific Northwest for decades of my life yet never saw salmon spawn until a few years ago — so it is a wonder to me.
October 27, 2024 at 7:30 PM
Grew up with a backyard creek; I never saw or thought about local spawning until I started working in salmon recovery a few years ago, overcome by awe & emotion about their persistence. It's a transformational experience everyone should see!!
First kermit in town ✅
October 20, 2024 at 12:51 AM
First kermit in town ✅