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Public Facilities District presents master plan to expand Cowlitz County Events Center; seeks county bond support for phase 1
Summary
The Cowlitz County Public Facilities District (PFD) presented a master plan to expand and upgrade the Cowlitz County Events Center, including a proposed multipurpose arena, hotel site, equestrian improvements and RV-park upgrades. The board was asked to have the county finance committee evaluate issuing bonds for phase 1 and to begin amending the
Bob Gregory, project manager for the Cowlitz County Public Facilities District, presented the PFD’s preferred master plan for the Cowlitz County Events Center and asked the county to review debt-financing support for phase 1 improvements.
Gregory and PFD board members described a multi-phase plan that retains the fair and core event-center functions while adding facilities intended to increase year-round events and regional economic impact. The preferred concept includes conference-center renovations and a modest 3,500-square-foot expansion, a hotel site adjacent to the existing center, a new 40,000-square-foot multipurpose sports-and-exhibit building on roughly 7 acres west of Seventh Avenue, equestrian-area upgrades, RV-park renovations, improved wayfinding and storage, and a community plaza to link a future hotel with the event center.
Gregory summarized stakeholder outreach (event users, entertainment and sports groups, hoteliers, businesses and local governments) and said survey work and benchmarking showed demand…
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