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Commissioners weigh risks and benefits of a private behavioral-health facility proposed for Cowlitz County
Summary
County officials and residents debated a proposed private behavioral-health facility (Emerald City) and Diking District land purchases; concerns focused on whether the facility would bring nonresident clients, strain local services, and how bed allocations would be enforced. No formal vote was taken.
Commissioners and members of the public spent a lengthy portion of Tuesday—s meeting discussing a proposed private behavioral-health facility and recent land purchases by the Diking District, raising questions about local capacity, bed allocation and whether nonresident clients would be returned to their place of origin after treatment.
A resident asked why the Diking District had purchased parcels near the riverfront and whether that ownership affects development.…
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