To get an idea of the scope and size of Vashon Allied Arts’ proposed arts and performing complex at historic Center, imagine a building taller than Island Lumber and almost as long as a football field pushed right up against the road with an asphalt parking lot larger than Island Lumber’s.
Does Vashon really have a drug problem? This is a question I have wondered for the past 17 years of raising kids on this island. I know from research that there is a higher level of experimentation with drugs among Vashon teens when compared to the state averages, but does this constitute a problem? The article, “Teen substance use still above average on Vashon” in the May 17 issue of The Beachcomber indicates that perhaps it does not.
It was with some anxiety and dismay that I read the article in The Beachcomber about Vashon Allied Arts moving…
