Like to know sooner rather than later when a significant development project is on the way? Early outreach is one of the recent Design Review program changes that just kicked in, and here’s how to make sure you’re plugged into that early info. First: Keep watch on this new city webpage where projects doing “early outreach” are supposed to be listed. (Thanks to Cindi Barker for first sighting of that.) No West Seattle projects listed yet. Also, the city has a new calendar page for events related to early outreach. These are for events even before a project has its first Early Design Guidance meeting. The process is explained here. Previously, some developers did early outreach, but it was entirely voluntary; now, for projects of a certain size/scope (explained here), it’s mandatory.