After an hour-long discussion that led to a handful of agreements last week, King County said it would remove its stop-work order at the Vashon Park District’s fields expansion proj
After weeks of uncertainty, funds for an expansion of a preserve protecting Vashon’s Whispering Firs Bog are now in both the House and Senate capital budgets, according to conservationists who have been following the Legislature.
In fast-growing King County, it’s hard to imagine a more striking piece of property than the wilds surrounding Camp Sealth on Colvos Passage.
A forest of madrone, firs and moss-covered maples climbs from a valley floor thick with yellow skunk cabbage and salmonberry. The expansive landscape includes a dramatic, tree-studded bluff, where down below a cobbled shoreline meanders like a thin, gray ribbon. On a recent evening, the woods were silent, save for the wind and the occasional cacophony of birds.
King County officials have ordered the Vashon Park District to temporarily halt its work on its ambitious sports fields project north of town because the park district appears to have cleared land beyond the limits of its permit.
Vashon’s Healthy Com-munity Network is providing the seed money to launch a new program to help victims of domestic violence, filling a void that has existed for more than two years, when Vashon lost its last Island-based domestic violence advocate.
When Bill Chunn arrived at his small real estate office at the top of the so-called Ferry Hill on Vashon’s north end two weeks ago, he knew right away something was amiss.
The Vashon Maury Community Food Bank has hired a consultant to interview volunteers, staff and board members in an effort to address “questions and concerns” that have surfaced in the last few months, according to a letter issued last week.
Two Vashon women have joined forces and opened up an ecletic shop featuring reclaimed furniture, home decor, local art, fair-trade coffee, design services, space for creating one’s own art and more.
Kathleen Fitch, owner of Vashon’s only office and art supply store, said her new location kitty-corner from Giraffe offers her two key assets in the tough world of Island retail life — parking and visibility.
After years of work, the panel puts forward some substantive proposals.
The Vashon Island School District is facing a $850,000 shortfall in its upcoming budget, a deficit that could climb as state lawmakers grapple with the latest revenue predictions in a state still gripped by the recession.
Tom Bangasser, a controversial Islander who has drawn criticism as well as accolades for his unrelenting use of the Public Records Act to secure documents, narrowly survived an effort to have him removed from the Vashon-Maury Island Community Council board Monday night.
If the King County Council agrees, the University of Washington’s architecture school will set up a “storefront studio” in Vashon Town with an eye towards helping merchants and business owners make Vashon’s main street more visually appealing and economically vibrant.
