Development

  September 2018

Is Governors Point Wildlife Habitat Threatened?

by Laura Leigh Brakke

The headline in The Bellingham Herald (February 25, 2018) announces that Governors Point is preserved and then goes on to state that public access is determined to be the way to this end. Therefore, one must ask what is being … Continue reading →

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  September 2018

A Condensed History of Governors Point

Compiled by Laura Leigh Brakke

1947  Pacific Reality (Larrabee) sells land to Lee Simenson Logging Company. 1953  Governors Point Development Company forms, buys land, logs the land and installs water pipes. 1958  Carl Sahlin buys out all other partners of Governors Point Development Company. 1961  … Continue reading →

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  July 2016

City Will No longer Hear Issues on Forest Street Housing Development

by Ian Lilley

900 N Forest Street — once a church is now a construction site. The site is across the street from the Orchard Terrace Apartments. The project planned in 2014, is for a luxury student housing project constructed by the Rael … Continue reading →

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