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Demolition time for downtown wrecks
in the next issue of our popular WRAP on July 30th.
North Bend buildings, brush and blight all to go BY CAROL LADWIG
Local Lions help homeless children with charity drive Page 15
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Flagger Wally Larson calms traffic along Railroad Avenue in Snoqualmie. Road work in the city’s downtown infrastructure improvement project’s extensive phase 2 gets into high gear this summer, installing new parking from River to Fir Streets and a downtown boardwalk.
Block Party: You never forget your first pony ride, Twinkie contest Page 2
Here we go again
Businesses, drivers navigate Snoqualmie’s Phase 2 BY SETH TRUSCOTT Editor
After a hot, busy Saturday with Thomas the Tank Engine, the grown-ups were navigat-
INDEX Letters 4 5 Scene 6 Obituary 7 Calendar On the Scanner 11 Classifieds 11-14
Vol. 101, No. 9
This week in North Bend is the last for a group of derelict buildings and blackberry bushes on the city’s Main Avenue. Crews with Weber Construction of Snoqualmie were expected to begin clearing the sites at 111 and 115 Main Avenue North on Monday, in a $48,000 project to improve public safety and downtown parking. The North Bend City Council authorized the demolition, brush-clearing and construction of a gravel parking lot on the privately-owned property at its July 15 meeting, allocating up to $40,350 for the cost. Combined with $7,500 for removing asbestos last month (one building had asbestos-concrete siding), the total project cost is projected to be less than $48,000. SEE DEMOLITION, 10
ing their way along the road construction tape and finding Sigillo Cellars. “Some parents were definitely ready for a little wine,” said Vicki Curnutt, tasting room manager at Sigillo tasting room. SEE STREET, 3
City changes zoning for rural feel North Bend adds elbow room for future developments BY CAROL LADWIG Staff Reporter
As North Bend is growing, city officials are reconsidering how
they want that growth to look, and more space is becoming a priority. In a special meeting July 1, the council established interim, or emergency standards for development in low-density residential zones, including an
average lot size of 8,000 square feet (up from 6,500) with a minimum lot size of 7,500 square feet (up from 5,000). The minimum lot width was also changed, to 60 feet from 40. The council also directed the city's planning commis-
sion to review the existing zoning and develop a formal recommendation for updates to the low-density residential zone, for the council to adopt in a future meeting. SEE ZONING, 10
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A run-down building at 111 Main Ave. N. is being demolished this week under a nuisance abatement rule, making room for parking.
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