[CPEO-BIF] Northwest Maritime Center, Port Townsend, Washington

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

NWMC sets example of community investment

Letter from STEPHEN E. OLIVER
Port Townsend Leader (WA)
February 18, 2009


Residents of Port Townsend will recall that 10 years ago the Northwest 
Maritime Center was a brownfield site closed to all. The collaborative 
effort between the port, the city and the maritime center has been about 
public access from the very beginning.

But "access" is way too mild a word. It is really about creating spaces 
that are attractive, inviting and accessible 24/7.

The shoreline boardwalk, First Federal Commons with the compass rose, 
and the wide second-floor decks are places that residents and visitors 
alike will find irresistible.

Already the forest of telephone poles in the marina and at this end of 
Water Street has been removed. The new maritime center and street 
improvements the city is planning will connect the marina historic 
district with the rest of the city in a powerful way.


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For the entire letter, see
http://www.ptleader.com/main.asp?SectionID=5&SubSectionID=5&ArticleID=23360&TM=59914.75

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
http://www.cpeo.org



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