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Booming: Seattle's 15-minute makeover, TikTokers fear ban, what's missing from your neighborhood

caption: Mila Fedorchenko's ideal city, as she built it during the 2023 Seattle Design Festival. The boxes represent different building types. She stacked some on top of each other to make more room for parks. She wants you to know there should be an ice cream shop near every school.
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Mila Fedorchenko's ideal city, as she built it during the 2023 Seattle Design Festival. The boxes represent different building types. She stacked some on top of each other to make more room for parks. She wants you to know there should be an ice cream shop near every school.
Joshua McNichols

Seattle leaders have a plan to turn NIMBYs into YIMBYs. They're betting they can get residents to say "yes in my backyard" to growth if Seattle becomes a 15-minute city. That means changing laws so that everything you need is a 15-minute walk, bike, or bus ride from your home.

This week on Booming, we travel to Georgetown, which could become a 15-minute neighborhood under Seattle's new Comprehensive Plan.

Plus, local content creators are sounding off on federal lawmakers' plan to ban TikTok if it doesn't cut ties with its Chinese parent company. And producer Lucy Soucek makes her Booming debut to share what listeners say is missing from their ideal 15-minute neighborhoods.

A special thanks to all you listeners out there who financially support KUOW. You make this show possible! If you want to help out, go to kuow.org/donate/booming. Thank you.

"Booming" is a production of KUOW in Seattle, a proud member of the NPR Network. Our editor is Carol Smith. Our producer is Lucy Soucek. Our hosts are Joshua McNichols and Monica Nickelsburg.

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