House Appropriations Committee Advances New Federal Funding to Support Affordable Housing & Jobs on Tacoma’s Hilltop
Kilmer Led Effort to Ensure Appropriations Committee Approved $4.5 Million in Federal Funding for Two Projects
Kilmer Led Effort to Ensure Appropriations Committee Approved $4.5 Million in Federal Funding for Two Projects
Michelle has been at the helm of Forterra since 2018 but has been with the organization for 28 years, most of her professional career.
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Forterra says it closed last month on its purchase of land near Gold Bar from Weyerhaeuser. SEATTLE — A Seattle-based land conservancy has purchased 0.3 square miles of land from a timber company to preserve the popular Lake Serene Trail.
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Forterra purchased 190 acres of land in September to permanently preserve a popular hiking trail near Index, Wash. Editor’s note: The attached video originally aired August 16, 2017 when Forterra learned the Lake Serene trail was in jeopardy. Land conservancy
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The hiking trail, east of the town of Gold Bar, travels through thick timber to Lake Serene, a spot at the foot of Mount Index. Seattle-based land conservancy Forterra closed last month on its purchase of 190 acres of land
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The mayor of Hamilton, Washington wants to up and move the town center to avoid future flooding. Hamilton, Washington has a history with floods that runs nearly as deep as the town itself. Founded in 1877, it’s first major flood
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Protecting our land and water used to be above politics. It should be again. Iroquois wisdom held that we should think ahead seven generations. Today, too often, we seem challenged to think ahead even one. The consequences fall not only
People priced out of Seattle have long turned to South King County. But things are changing. Amid Tukwila’s dreams of transformation, penthouses at one new development go for $6,000 a month, while immigrants who invested in the city when few
A hike to Lake Serene brings hard-earned rewards Getting to Lake Serene might just be the best day hike in the world, given the mix of hearty exercise, conifer-tinged fresh air, sweeping views and, of course, the big payoff at
But supporters say there is a scarcity of areas where the purchased development rights can be used. ARLINGTON — Third-generation farmer Andrew Albert knew of a time when more than a dozen dairy farms dotted the roads to his family’s
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