The pulse of Alder Creek, Washington
Your town is deciding things right now.
Groundwire gathers the meetings, permits, proposals, and slow signals of one place and turns them into something you can actually read — what is happening, why it might matter, what is still uncertain, and what a person can do before the window closes.
Where your input is welcome now
Full calendar →Open comment periods, surveys, and hearings — ordered by how soon they close.
Carver Library renovation: closing the funding gap
Council decides July 14 whether to bridge a $1.9M construction-bid gap or re-scope the library renovation.
City Council regular meeting — July 14
Next council meeting: the library funding decision headlines, plus a first look at fall budget priorities.
Route 77 corridor redesign survey
Transit authority is choosing between three designs for the main east–west bus corridor; a public survey closes July 25.
Dockside District rezone: mixed-use up to 6 stories
A proposal to rezone 14 acres of old waterfront industrial land for housing, shops, and public shoreline access.
Also on the wire
Everything else the town is working through — including the slow, quiet items that usually get noticed too late.
Mill Creek culvert replacement and fish passage
The failing culvert under Cedar Street will be replaced with a fish-passable box culvert; Cedar closes for ~6 weeks in August.
Granite Flats: 214-unit apartment application
A four-building, 214-unit apartment project on the old quarry site is in design review; the next public meeting is August 12.
Tree protection ordinance rewrite
A draft ordinance would require permits to remove large trees and set retention minimums for development sites.
FEMA floodplain remap: lower Mill Creek & Dockside
FEMA's draft flood maps expand the mapped floodplain by ~40 parcels; an appeal window is expected this fall.
Data center application on the Summit industrial parcels
A 42 MW data center campus has been proposed for the Summit Road industrial area; review is just beginning and much is unknown.
Parks levy renewal heading to the November ballot
Council voted to place a 6-year parks maintenance levy renewal on the November 3 ballot, at a slightly higher rate.
Rising nitrate readings in wellhead monitoring wells
Two of six monitoring wells show slowly rising nitrates — still well below limits, but trending in the wrong direction.
Sixth Street sidewalk gap: petition and repair backlog
A resident petition put the Sixth Street sidewalk gaps on the public works ranking list; a volunteer walk audit is scheduled.
Hazel Elementary crossing improvements funded
The Birch & 9th crossing gets a flashing beacon, curb bulbs, and a raised crosswalk — construction before school starts.