The City Council on Tuesday unanimously approved selling Tacoma’s Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. branch library to a local medical company for $700,000 — but not without some reservations.
As expected, the City Council on Tuesday unanimously approved selling Tacoma’s Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. branch library to a local medical company for $700,000 — but not without some reservations.
It wasn’t that the council wasn’t happy to sell the property to Lizotte P&O Associates — the sole bidder for the low-slung concrete block building at South 19th and Cedar Street in Central Tacoma.
The second of two Tacoma library branches shuttered two years ago due to budget cuts has finally been sold – well below its $400,000 appraisal.
The second of two Tacoma library branches shuttered in 2011 due to budget cuts has finally been sold – well below its $400,000 appraisal.
As the state prepares for today's release of draft rules to control the marijuana market, Pierce County is slowly developing its own plans to zone where pot can be legally grown, processed and sold.
The University Place City Council has approved a tax incentive it hopes will kickstart development in and around Town Center. Developers who apply and are granted the incentive won’t have to pay property taxes for eight years on new apartments or other multifamily housing units. They still will have to pay taxes on land used for retail or other commercial development.
Benton County's second-largest city is updating its code to reflect the state's new marijuana rules.
The Richland City Council on Wednesday gave initial approval to an ordinance amending the sections dealing with pot and drug paraphernalia. The changes aren't a done deal -- they must come back to the council once more for a final vote.
Richland is the latest local city to take the step. The Kennewick City Council made similar updates to city code at a meeting in December, and Pasco and West Richland officials are expected to consider doing the same soon.
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