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Port expects Bellingham waterfront proposals by mid-July

BELLINGHAM - Prospects for a central waterfront renaissance should be clear by mid-July, when the Port of Bellingham expects to receive serious proposals from developers interested in a 10.8-acre portion of the site in and around the Granary building...

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Waterfront's impact on downtown Bellingham could be issue

BELLINGHAM - The negative impacts of a booming waterfront on downtown businesses is emerging as a concern as waterfront redevelopment plans get public scrutiny.
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Bellingham waterfront could be big and tall if market permits

BELLINGHAM - If the central waterfront is built up to the maximum extent that a proposed plan would allow, the city would have a skyline worthy of the name for the first time in history.
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More mercury found, boosting cost of Bellingham waterfront cleanup

BELLINGHAM - Environmental cleanup excavations are turning up more mercury than expected in a small area of the old Georgia-Pacific Corp. mill site, and that could add as much as $1.4 million to the project's cost.
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Scott Walker won't seek reelection to Port of Bellingham Commission

BELLINGHAM - Port of Bellingham Commissioner Scott Walker announced Tuesday, April 16, that he will step down when his term is over at the end of this year, ending a 22-year run on the port commission.
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Port says waterfront development plans will be safe

BELLINGHAM - Port of Bellingham and city staffers have assured the city's Planning and Development Commission that waterfront cleanup and building plans will be safe, and the Washington Department of Ecology will be checking those plans to make sure.
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Bellingham council ready to proceed on Whatcom Waterway park project

BELLINGHAM - The City Council is ready to approve a deal with the Port of Bellingham to use state grant money for development of a new Whatcom Waterway Park, after city staffers took steps to ease concerns that the project might mean doom for the old red brick digester building on the old Georgia...
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Doubts linger about Cornwall landfill cleanup on Bellingham waterfront

BELLINGHAM - State and Port of Bellingham officials say final cleanup of the Cornwall Avenue landfill will make the site safe for public use, but concerns linger about an earlier decision to dump Squalicum Harbor dredge spoils there.
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Advocates renew call for living wages on Bellingham waterfront

Environmentalists and labor leaders say they expect to keep on pressing for specific language in waterfront development plans to ensure that the estimated thousands of new jobs there are "living wage."
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Another light turnout to comment on Bellingham waterfront plan (Politics Blog)

The Bellingham Planning Commission started its second comment session on waterfront redevelopment plans at 7 p.m. Thursday, March 28, and by 8:15, everyone who wanted to talk had been to the microphone.
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Concern over big G-P building delays city-port deal on waterfront

BELLINGHAM - After City Council member Jack Weiss raised concerns about possible demolition of the old digester building on the Georgia-Pacific Corp. mill site, the council agreed to a two-week delay on approval of a deal with the Port of Bellingham to move ahead on waterfront planning work.