Federal Way Public Market group asks city to match state funding for feasibility study

The Federal Way Public Market nonprofit asked the City of Federal Way on Jan. 7 to match $77,000 in state funding so the group can complete feasibility and site studies for a proposed downtown public market at the transit-oriented development (TOD) site.

Greg McCann, board vice president of the Federal Way Public Market, described a vision for a roughly 50,000-square-foot market building on the TOD site with covered space, permanent power, cold storage and restrooms; the ground floors could host market vendors while upper floors could include housing, a senior center and childcare. The group said the combined feasibility and site studies and a community advisory process would cost about $150,000; the state has provided $77,000 and the nonprofit requested the city fund the…