News and Updates
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| New Site Chosen for REQ 09/10/2008 |
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| The REQ has selected a new site in south Lewis county and asked the Public Facility District to move forward with purchasing the property. |
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| Wetland Mitigation Project at Port of Chehalis 05/22/2008 |
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| Wetland mitigation is a major issue facing development in Lewis County. The Port of Chehalis is working on a $1M grant to create a wetland bank to allow additional development of the Chehalis Industrial Park. Read the Chronicle story at this link. |
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| Grant for Upgrade to Airport 05/06/2008 |
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| This article appeared in the Chronicle on May 6, 2008 - regarding upgrading the county airport just north of Toledo. Attention has turned once again to south county, and this is a welcomed improvement. |
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| Port of Tacoma Looking at Exit 63 Location 03/24/2008 |
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| Reprinted from The Daily Olympian. The Port of Tacoma has expressed interest in two potential sites near The REQ Center development for a possible cargo facility. Click the link above for additional information. |
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| HB 3151 Signed by Governor 03/04/2008 |
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| HB 3151 was signed by Governor Gregoire on Monday, March 17. This bill adds two years to the "start construction" deadline for the Public Facility District which was requested in order to accommodate the land use process required to build the REQ Center outside of the flood zone in a Master Planned Resort. A special thank you to Rep. Gary Alexander, the prime sponsor of the bill, Sen. Dan Swecker and Rep. Richard DeBolt of the 20th district. Also sponsoring the bill were Rep. Sam Hunt, Rep. Jim McCune, Sen. Pam Roach and Sen. Marilyn Rasmussen. Thank you to all for your efforts on behalf of The REQ Center - and a special thank you to Rep. Ross Hunter for the "seahorse" endorsement. |
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| Longview Daily News Story on PFD 01/14/2008 |
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| The Longview Daily News has been a consistent supporter of The REQ Center, and we want to thank Erik Olson for this news story on the Public Facilities District. |
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| Disaster Strikes Lewis County 12/06/2007 |
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| A massive rain storm swamped the hills of Southwest Washington at the beginning of December and the result was the worst flooding ever recorded in the Centralia-Chehalis area - a disaster mounting in the hundreds of millions of dollars of damage. This came on the heels of a warning in the Chronicle of 11/16/07 (see below). This terrible event underscores our decision to site The REQ Center out of the flood plain. This decision has created serious land use and zoning issues, which we have been working on diligently. In spite of these challenges we know our decision was the correct one. |
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| Flooding Issue Revisited - Important Reading 11/16/2007 |
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| UPDATE - Dec. 3 - flooding hits Centralia and Chehalis. Please read. Throughout the process of developing our plan for The REQ Center, the issue of locating at the county fairgrounds always surfaces. We made a determination for a variety of reasons that this was not suitable - a major reason is highlighted by this article on flooding. Must reading for all responsible Lewis County citizens. |
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| PFD Board Chosen 08/15/2007 |
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| This article from the Chronicle announces the formation of the PFD and gives a brief biography of the board members selected by the Lewis County Commissioners. |
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| Governor Signs The REQ Center Bill 05/17/2007 |
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| A special thanks to Erik Olson and The Chronicle for all their support during the legislative session. This article made the headline on May 16, the day after Governor Gregoire signed the supporting legislation. |
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| Governor Signs Bill in Support of REQ Center 5/15/2007 |
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| The announcement from Rep. Gary Alexander on the Governor's signing of HB2388. |
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