An illustration showing proposed plans for the new Chick-fil-A restaurant coming to 4030 Cordata Parkway in Bellingham.
City of Bellingham
Courtesy to The Bellingham Herald
Here’s your weekly roundup of the latest retail and restaurant activity around Whatcom County:
New retail store planned for Fairhaven
A new retail store, Outdoor Research, has filed a building permit application with the city of Bellingham at 1501 12th St., the previous location of Pizza’zza in Fairhaven. The permit application was approved April 30.
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Bellingham Chick-Fil-A update
Bellingham’s Chick-Fil-A is slowly making progress toward starting construction, according to The city of Bellingham.
“The building permit and public works permits are currently under review, and we expect to have our reviews complete within a couple of weeks, with a target date of May 6,” Blake Lyon, Bellingham’s director of planning and community development, told The Herald.
The new restaurant is proposed at 4030 Cordata Parkway, and once permits are approved, construction can begin.
Visitors walk through tulip fields south of Mount Vernon during the 2024 Skagit Valley Tulip Festival. Robert Mittendorf The Bellingham Herald
Skagit Valley tulip season extended
You now have one more chance to see the Skagit Valley tulips while they are blooming, as multiple farms will remain open for an extra weekend.
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Alyse Smith is a reporter at The Bellingham Herald covering retail, restaurants, jobs and business. If you like stories like this, please consider supporting our work with a subscription to our newspaper.
