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FRIDAY, AUGUST 3, 2012
As a man fishes last Friday off Lake Washington, Harbour Village Marina and the Kenmore Industrial Park sit left and center. ANDY NYSTROM, Bothell-Kenmore Reporter
Lake water quality is a concern in Kenmore MORE PHOTOS ONLINE… kenmore-reporter.com
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World Golf Hall of Famer JoAnne Carner reacts after missing a putt on the first hole last Sunday at the Swing for the Cure LPGA Legends Tour event at Inglewood Golf Course. See page 8 for story. ANDY NYSTROM, Bothell-Kenmore Reporter
McMenamins closes deal on Bothell property BY ANDY NYSTROM anystrom@bothell-reporter.com
From left to right, Mike and Brian McMenamin discuss their plans for transforming Bothell’s Anderson School Building into a brewpub/hotel two years ago. Reporter file photo
About three years ago, Mike and Brian McMenamin tapped into the city of Bothell with a proposal to operate one of their famed brewpubs/hotels at the downtown Anderson School Building on Bothell Way Northeast (State Route 527). In July 2010, the Oregon-based brothers greeted city officials and the public and discussed their plans for the 70room hotel and entertainment complex, which is slated to feature a restaurant, pub, movie theater, live-music space, spa,
garden, pool and meeting room. On July 20, the McMenamins sealed the deal on a purchase-and-sale agreement (PSA) for more than $7 million in cash and non-monetary compensation for the 5.41-acre site, which features the old Northshore Pool that Bothell residents can use for free for 15 years. “McMenamins is a deeply respected Northwest family business with a proven track record of restoring historic buildings and transforming them into regional attractions for food, lodging, cinema and live performances. The people of the city of Bothell are about to [ more BOTHELL page 7]
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ment is going to be studied, Altose said. On a recent Friday afternoon, There are times when a group of kids squealed Elizabeth Mooney wants with laughter while they to approach visitors at leaped off the dock and Log Boom Park in Keninto the water as several more and inform them men fished nearby and that the water may not a trio of friends be safe. picnicked with Larry Altose their dog. of the DepartSOUND OFF “The water is ment of Ecology ON THIS STORY: fine; the conWWW.KENMOREnoted that ofcern is with the REPORTER.COM ficials at nearby sediments,” said Harbour Village Ching-Pi Wang, Marina have Ecology site found dioxin contamimanager. nation in the sediment On the Harbour Vilthere, and Mooney fears lage scenario, Mooney there may be a similar — a Kenmore resident situation at the park who has a master’s along the shore of Lake degree in fisheries from Washington, where the University of Washpeople often wade in ington — feels that, the water and take their “The key is in making dogs for walks. sure that we can someAn advisory sign how figure out where has been posted at Log the source of those Boom that says the sedi[ more KENMORE page 6] BY ANDY NYSTROM
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