{"id":1928,"date":"2026-05-27T12:47:57","date_gmt":"2026-05-27T19:47:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wallawallatrends.org\/newsletter\/?page_id=1928"},"modified":"2026-05-27T12:47:57","modified_gmt":"2026-05-27T19:47:57","slug":"feb2026_newsletter","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wallawallatrends.org\/newsletter\/feb2026_newsletter\/","title":{"rendered":"Walla Walla Trends Newsletter – February 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\"Washington<\/div>

Washington State Zoning Atlas<\/a><\/h3>
Building Smarter in Walla Walla<\/h6>
There's a lot that goes into planning a city, and zoning laws play a major role in the process. Zoning laws dictate much of the layout of a city by separating it into chunks and deciding what can be done in those chunks. One of the biggest uses for this information is...<\/div>Read More<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div> <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t
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\"Measles<\/div>

Measles Vaccination Rates in the US<\/a><\/h3>

Walla Walla is Well Defended<\/h4>
In a post-COVID world, our relationship with vaccination is much different to how it was pre-pandemic. Unlike the very recent COVID-19 pandemic, measles is a disease humanity has struggled with for...<\/div>Read More<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div> <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t
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Global Emigration Rates<\/a><\/h3>

Where are People Moving?<\/h4>
The organization Our World in Data contains information on a variety of topics, ranging everywhere from life expectancy to poverty and carbon emissions. One that stands out is their tool tracking migration in nearly every...<\/div>Read More<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div> <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\t\t\t <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Housing Affordability Appears to Have Stabilized, but County Housing is Still Not Affordable<\/a><\/h3>
Watching housing prices has become an American pastime. Websites like Zillow and Realtor.com offer often irresistible temptations to check the latest estimate of our and our neighbors\u2019 houses. I doubt that Walla Walla homeowners are immune to this urge...<\/div>Read More<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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