The First-Ever YIMBY Conference Is Happening Right Now

by Heidi GrooverYIMBY = Yes In My Back Yard. steve estvanik/Shutterstock
Right now in Boulder, Colorado, a bunch of urbanists are talking about how to get their cities to welcome more density. It's the first-ever YIMBY (Yes In My Backyard) conference. Sonja Trauss, the founder of the San Francisco Bay Area Renters Federation who was recently profiled in the New York Times, opened the conference today. And, from the looks of it, Seattle is well-represented too.Sara Maxana, one of the organizers o