If you’ve driven through the UW Arboretum lately, you’ve probably seen them: several dozen black and white yard signs, all carrying the same message: “Protect the Arboretum. Stop the Developers.”
The developer in this case, as you may have heard, is Darren Kittleson. And the reason he’s persona non grata with members of the Arboretum Neighborhood Association is because he wants to build houses on two prime wooded lots and enlarge an old stone house on a third lot at the intersection of Arboretum Drive and Arboretum Lane.
In other words, smack dab in the middle of one of the most prized urban parklands and ecological research laboratories in America.