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Valley preps for weed shops By ALLYCE ANDREW
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Above: Si View employees Sara Posey, left, and Emily Ferree check on the playground equipment installed at North Bend’s newest park, the Tollgate Farm Park, scheduled to officially open with a June 10 ribbon cutting. Below: The Tollgate Farmhouse in North Bend is a landmark that may get attention in future renovations.
State competition for golfers, track athletes Page 9
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Vol. 102, No. 2
Tollgate Farm Park to open North Bend farm improvements complete; ribbon cutting is June 10 By ALLYCE ANDREW Staff Reporter
Tollgate Farm Park has been open to the public since the fence came down in early May, but the official ribbon-cutting is scheduled for 3 p.m., Wednesday, June 10, at the park, 1300 W. North Bend Way, North Bend. The city of North Bend owns the 410-acre Tollgate property, but it is operated and maintained by the
Si View Metropolitan Park District under an interlocal agreement, which is good for the next 30 years. “I like to say that it is a unique relationship,” said Si View director Travis Stombaugh, mentioning that the district also runs the city-owned North Bend train depot. “It’s a really good relationship in that we’re maximizing resources.”
The park improvements include paved public access and a parking area off of West North Bend Way, playground upgrades, a mile-long gravel trail, restrooms, a new picnic area, drinking fountains and a striking view of Mount Si from the central meadow.
With recreational marijuana stores springing up around the state, the city of Snoqualmie has decided to play it safe and renewed a third, sixmonth moratorium that was first implemented April 14, 2014. “My perception is we’re in a moratorium to look at the issue. I wouldn’t pre-determine any sort of benefits or negative aspects (of opening stores) until I know (what will happen in Olympia),” said Mark Hofman, Snoqualmie’s community development director. “I characterize it as un-opinionated, to put some regulation in place, to examine a variety of options and then let the city council… through the public process, decide what those chosen regulations will be.” According to the April 7 city council agenda report, it is especially interested in the result of the Kent and Fife cases, attempts to ban recreational marijuana in their cities, as well as upcoming legislative action, which Washington will soon see a lot of. SEE WEED, 3
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