Growth management has created high costs for real estate in Washington. With a less robust employment market, and the potential migration of large employers like Boeing (can Microsoft be far behind?) out of state, we could be in for some slow times in Washington State. But, we've gotten the government that has been voted for, so the public will have to change their minds on priorities before we see change.
Dan Beardslee of Erlandsen Engineering has been writing some great articles on impact fees, funding infrastructure and potential solutions in the Wenatchee Business Journal. Unfortunately, the articles are not available on their web site so I cannot link to them. Dan runs the local office in Chelan and often contributes
Yesterday, there was an Associated Press article about states and local governments dumping impact fees during the recession. They're finding impact fees are a big deterrent to - read more about impact fees in Chelan County
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