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Local youth-sports groups tell Lacey planners zoning rules risk displacing programs
Summary
Representatives for a regional youth football league and a gymnastics program told the Lacey Planning Commission they must relocate unless the city helps them secure zoning relief for a building that otherwise meets their operational needs.
Two local youth-sports operators told the Lacey Planning Commission on May 14 that they are facing displacement because a potential new space does not meet the city’s zoning rules.
Tim Plares, who identified himself as representing TCYFL, said the league and an affiliated gymnastics program run by Julia (surname not specified) both currently occupy leased warehouse space that their landlord will not renew. “We have about 5,000 participants, throughout the year, throughout Thurston and and some of the surrounding areas,” Plares said, adding that Julia’s program has “about 400 participants.”
The two said they have identified a building behind Hummingbird Scientific on Commerce Street that would fit their operational needs with no tenant improvements, but the site is zoned “light industrial” rather than the…
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