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Resident urges community backing and nonprofit stewardship for Eagles Hall

3090750 · April 23, 2025
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Summary

A long-time resident urged the city and community organizations to support formation of a nonprofit to restore and reuse the historic Eagles Hall; he said state preservation staff have expressed interest and left his contact information for residents.

Robert Festa, an Anacortes resident of 15 years, used the public-comment period at the April 21 council meeting to seek community support for a proposal to rehabilitate the local Eagles Hall under nonprofit stewardship.

Festa said he has been in repeated conversations with the local intermediary for the national Eagles organization and that trustees have suggested the…

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