Governor Pledges Russell Money for Sauro Site/Davita (15. January 2010, 12:29 by Derek Young) ~ Ahh ... the Old Cleanorama

Governor Christine Gregoire just made a little announcement at today’s Tacoma-Pierce County Chamber of Commerce’s City Center Luncheon. What was it? Well, do you remember the $700k the governor’s office added to the Russell package – that multi-jurisdictional mega package that attempted to keep Russell in town? We noted it like this:

WA Economic Development Strategic Reserve Account
Direct Cash Contribution from Gov’s Office
$700,000 (State)

We all know how that worked out … The Governor just told the luncheon audience that the money will now go to rehab the Sauro site and pave the way for an expansion of Davita. Nice.

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That one was way off my radar, but still welcome news (and $). Does anyone know if that is enough $ to finish the cleanup job?

1 | Posted by Tacoma1 | Jan 15, 12:43 PM

Cool!

They sure have worked on that site a lot.

I am not sure what they need to do next.

At any rate, Gregoire has been pretty good for Tacoma with the rehabilitation of the Joy Building as well.

2 | Posted by Erik B. | Jan 15, 12:52 PM

@ Eric B
I agree, but then, she should be good to us. If I recall correctly, Seattle and Tacoma voted for her. The rest of the State voted for the other guy. She should send us flowers daily.

3 | Posted by Tacoma1 | Jan 15, 12:56 PM

I think that the cleanup job is complete. For about month this fall, a crew was out there everyday hauling out old dirt. The pit has now been filled with gravel and leveled flat. They put a real fence around the whole thing and got rid of that temporary, flimsy fence. I would love to see some construction start soon!

4 | Posted by :o) | Jan 15, 12:58 PM

Nice.

Now we wait for the first beams to go up on the building that will finally end Wells Fargo’s 40 year reign as the tallest building in downtown.

5 | Posted by Thorax O'Tool | Jan 15, 08:11 PM

Excellent! Much better investment than the 600k the city spent tearing down the Luzon.

6 | Posted by Mortey | Jan 15, 09:31 PM

The actual clean-up of hazardous stuff on the site is complete. The $700,000 is for additional infrastructure improvements to make the site development-ready

7 | Posted by downtown | Jan 19, 06:35 PM

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