The plan’s intent is to help visitors and residents move around and through the town more efficiently, with less signage confusion and clutter, through what the council’s adopted resolution calls a “cohesive approach.”

The Wayfinding Plan was developed this past summer by Jaimie Richards,…

Tammi Laninga, an associate professor of urban and environmental planning at Western Washington University, acknowledged there can be resistance among community members to zoning changes that increase density or loosen restrictions in their neighborhoods.…