MARK SOLLITTO
33 Years of Results in
Conservation, Land Use
and
Public Affairs
Experienced,Consensus Based Sustainable Solutions
OLD ways of building new subdivisions that
convert the black gold of our farms and forests to asphalt and roofs is not sustainable in the 21st Century.
Six million people now reside in Washington State-four million in the Puget Sound Basin. Population projections for the Puget Sound Basin by the PSRC estimate there will be several hundred thousand new residents arriving over the next 20 years. That growth must be directed into our cities where the capacity exists to provide basic public services.
The quality of life and the future of the Puget Sound Region and Northwest depends on the design and implementation of strategic landscape level policies that create compact communities and protect our local farms and forests through:
Six million people now reside in Washington State-four million in the Puget Sound Basin. Population projections for the Puget Sound Basin by the PSRC estimate there will be several hundred thousand new residents arriving over the next 20 years. That growth must be directed into our cities where the capacity exists to provide basic public services.
The quality of life and the future of the Puget Sound Region and Northwest depends on the design and implementation of strategic landscape level policies that create compact communities and protect our local farms and forests through:
- Conservation Development through Incentive Zoning
- Transfer of Development Rights
- Purchase of Development Rights
- Fee Simple Acquisition
- Conservation Easements
- Rural Clustering
- Land Trades
- Public and Private Grants, plus
- other tools that create or protect sustainable values
MAINTAINING SOURCES OF FRESH LOCAL SEAFOOD, DAIRY PRODUCTS, FRUITS AND VEGETABLES ARE PART OF THE SUSTAINABLE FOUNDATION FOR THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST.
Sustainable Friends of Mark Sollitto
Bill Ruckelshaus
Jim Ellis
Charles Royer
Louise Miller
Rachel Bianchi
Gene Duvernoy
Bill Knutsen
Mary Norton
joan Burlingame
Mark Boyar
King County Executive
Dow Constantine
King County Councilmember
Larry Phillips
Terry Williams, Natural Resources Director, Tulalip Tribe
