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Anacortes resident urges council to rethink event center financing amid multimillion-dollar gap
Summary
At the Aug. 4 Anacortes City Council meeting, resident Courtney Orrock urged the council to reevaluate the proposed downtown event center after presenting calculations showing a multimillion-dollar funding gap if the project is financed primarily with lodging-tax revenues.
At the Anacortes City Council meeting on Aug. 4, 2025, Courtney Orrock of Anacortes urged the council to reassess the proposed event center’s design and financing after presenting calculations she said show a multi‑million dollar shortfall.
Orrock told the council the project was presented last week with a build cost of $9,000,020.24 and that adjusting for construction inflation raises that figure to “at least 9 and a half million dollars.” She said the proposal relies on lodging‑tax revenue for debt repayment and that current projections leave a substantial gap.
Orrock presented the council’s own lodging‑tax numbers: projected lodging tax…
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