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Mountain View plan on agenda Council to mull approval for space rearrangement have more efficiently.” The Port Townsend City Council will consider approval of the plan at 6:30 p.m. Monday at historic City Hall, 540 Water St. If the plan is given the OK, then the city will recruit contractors, City Manager David Timmons said. He said $1.2 million remains of a $3.6 million construction bond that voters approved in February 2015.
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PORT TOWNSEND — A new plan for the reconfiguration of the Mountain View Commons will rearrange the space in a way the city hopes will benefit all of the tenants. “We’ve seen the plan and are pretty excited about this,” said Chief Mike Evans of the Port Townsend Police Department. “We’ll have a little less space but will be able to use what we
Adding a $415,150 community block grant brings the budget for plan implementation to $1.6 million. Timmons said this amount will cover the renovation project. The plan was completed by Rolluda Architects of Seattle for about $8,000, according to Alex Wisniewski, parks and recreation director. Wisniewski hopes construction will begin this summer and that it would be completed at the end of 2017. The Mountain View at 1919 Blaine St. was leased by the Port CHARLIE BERMANT/PENINSULA DAILY NEWS Townsend School District to the Port Townsend Police Sgt. Troy Surber fills in a report city in 2009 to house nonprofits while in the station’s break room, which was once the and the police station.
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PORT ANGELES — Plans to land a West Coast League baseball team in Port Angeles next year will step up to the plate beginning this week. The city’s portion of a proposed Civic Field use agreement with Matt Acker of Lacey, already owner of the West Coast League’s Kitsap BlueJackets, should be ready for review by the City Attorney’s Office by Friday, city Parks and Recreation Director Corey Delikat said last week. He said Acker will then go over it before it goes back to the City Attorney’s Office. The agreement could be ready for City Council review by June. Marc Abshire, Port Angeles Regional Chamber of Commerce executive director, said he views the arrival of a West Coast League team as the latest sign that the city is seeing a resurgence in business. TURN
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USA Today has designated Port Townsend as the seventh most scenic coastal town in the nation because of views such as the wide water at the end of Taylor Street.
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Port Angeles Parks and Recreation Director Corey Delikat at Civic Field, where a West Coast League team could be playing home games beginning in June 2017.
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tourism numbers and the town’s profile. “We are really excited about placing seventh,” said Port Townsend Marketing Director Christina Pivarnik. “It’s always nice to get this kind of coverage, but USA Today is so respected, making it special.” The contest began at the end of March and lasted five weeks. Vote totals were not disclosed, but USA Today posted daily standings on its www.10best.com site. Port Townsend held seventh place for most of the competition.
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Pivarnik received notification of results in an email from USA Today on Wednesday. “Since your nomination was carefully made by an expert panel, and the public voted for this honor, you have earned some serious bragging rights,” the email read.
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