Redmond is facing a different kind of challenge. Home to Microsoft and many other fast growing companies, the city has seen its 20-year supply of commercial land nearly consumed in five years. The city found it couldn't provide infrastructure fast enough to meet the demands placed on it by the rapid growth. The urban growth boundaries are working by directing growth to designated areas. It may not be the kind of growth some people anticipated and it's coming a bit sooner than planned, but it's going where the planners said to put it.
Concurrency is another issue.
With or without GMA, local governments continue to struggle with their infrastructure base. Lack of concurrency could prove to be the biggest stumbling block to future growth. GMA has focused attention on the issue but it is not the cause of the problem. The bottom line is that the GMA is making an impact on the way the region grows and promises to do so for years to come.