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Port candidates split on event center; marina infrastructure and transparency top priorities
Summary
At the forum, Port Commission candidates emphasized marina infrastructure and transparency. One candidate backed pursuing a port-managed event center tied to waterfront redevelopment while another urged private development and cautioned about parking and operational tradeoffs.
Port Commission candidates at the Anacortes Chamber forum put marina infrastructure and clearer communication with users at the center of their campaigns, but they disagreed over whether the port should take an active role operating a new event center.
Mary (last name not specified on record), a long-time marine-industry participant who said she has worked 38 years in the marina and served on the Port of Anacortes Marina Advisory Committee, told the forum transparency and infrastructure are the port’s top priorities. “Transparency is a big problem in the port... We have 5 years. We don't have 10. It's a $70,000,000…
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