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Commissioners review three community center site options; port offers 20-acre recreation parcel
Summary
Tumwater parks staff presented three primary sites for a proposed community center — the former brewery/port parcel, two airport-area parcels, and a 20-acre site near Bush Middle School — and described timing, cleanup and access constraints that will determine which site the city can develop.
Tumwater’s Southern Parks and Recreation Commission discussed three candidate locations for a proposed community center and next steps for community engagement and feasibility work.
Parks staff told the commission that the first option — the former brewery/port parcel downtown — is centrally located but faces environmental cleanup, floodplain and railroad-access constraints that would require substantial site preparation. Staff said cleanup would likely involve Ecology and the Washington State Department of Transportation, and that the paved, 10-acre parcel leaves limited room for future expansion.
The second option covers two airport-area parcels on Tumwater…
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