April 27, 2016 –Forterra, a regional sustainability nonprofit, and El Centro De La Raza, a leading social justice organization, today announced their partnership in pursuing affordable housing for the Puget Sound region. The two organizations will search for urban properties […]
BOTHELL, February 10, 2016 – Forterra has announced two significant milestones in the campaign to save the Wayne Golf Course from development and — it’s hoped — permanently preserve the area for community benefit, public access, and wildlife habitat. The
Forterra tees up Wayne Golf Course for open space preservation Read More »
Forterra is interested in financing the purchase of the 89-acre Wayne Golf Course to provide the Bothell community an opportunity to creatively structure a permanent preservation strategy to support a variety of publicly-accessible uses and habitat restoration actions which will put the Wayne land at the very heart of the community.
Historic agreement gives community chance to preserve Wayne Golf Course back nine Read More »
It’s strong enough to build high-rises; can it revive a legacy Northwest industry? Before aerospace, software and coffee defined the Pacific Northwest, timber was the industry that fueled our economy. Now, a radical new approach toward sustainable construction — building
Cross-laminated timber: the future of building? Read More »
Ten years ago, the then Cascade Land Conservancy launched The Cascade Agenda, a bold plan to conserve 1.3 million acres of forest and farm land in Washington State while fostering healthy growth in cities and towns. It was big news.
Forterra gets comfortable with cities and small towns alike Read More »
The conservation group Forterra has offered to buy the Wayne Golf Course front nine, 50 acres along the Sammamish River in Bothell, and hold the land three years to give the city time to raise the funds to buy it
Bothell council to take up golf course deal Tuesday Read More »
Farmers markets are very popular in the Puget Sound area, but local farm land is getting harder to find. It’s too expensive for new farmers, and the old ones are retiring. Sixty years ago, life around Ivan Matlock’s farm in
New farmers get help protecting local food’s future Read More »
How to protect rural properties in Kitsap County through legal procedures, such as “transfer of development rights,” will be the focus of a $40,000 study conducted by Forterra, a regional land conservation organization. Read the full article online or download
Study will look at transferring development rights to protect rural areas Read More »
The City of Mukilteo has purchased 98 acres within Japanese Gulch for $5.4 million dollars from the court-ordered Metropolitan Mortgage liquidation trust. The acquisition will permanently preserve the gulch for community park uses and resolve the potential for conflicting industrial
Mukilteo Saves Historic Japanese Gulch for Community Read More »
Kitsap County has purchased 535 acres of forestland and 1.5 miles of shoreline on Port Gamble Bay for permanent conservation. It is the first acquisition of the multi-year Kitsap Forest & Bay Project, and has tremendous community benefit. The purchase
535 acres of Port Gamble Bay protected with community benefit Read More »
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