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CONSULTANTS SELECTED FOR RIDGEFIELD PLANNING GRANT

3/18/2010 12:00:00 AM

For Immediate Release: March 17, 2010

 

 

CONSULTANTS SELECTED FOR RIDGEFIELD PLANNING GRANT

 

Normandeau Associates, an environmental consulting and management firm and Maul Foster Alongi, an engineering, planning and landscape architecture company have been selected by the City of Ridgefield and Port of Ridgefield, as consultants for an Integrated Planning Grant.   The $100,000 grant was recently awarded to the City in partnership with the Port, from the Washington State Department of Ecology.  Monies will be used by the City of Ridgefield and the Port to facilitate the development of a strategic plan defining the needs, opportunities, available resources, formal and informal partnerships, and actions necessary to redevelop and revitalize Ridgefield’s downtown and Lake River waterfront.  The City of Ridgefield will act as lead agency on the grant and funds must be expended by June 30, 2011.

 

 

 

 About the Port of Ridgefield

 

The Port of Ridgefield was formed in 1940 and is charged with bringing economic development to the greater Ridgefield area. The Port district covers approximately 57 square miles, represents over 15,000 constituents and is led by three elected commissioners: Joe Melroy, Bruce Wiseman, and Scott Hughes. The Port is currently evolved with the environmental cleanup and redevelopment of the Ridgefield waterfront, the Ridgefield I-5 interchange Ridgefield rail overpass and other projects.

 

Public meetings are held the 2nd and 4th Wednesday of the month at Port offices located at 111 W Division St. Ridgefield WA.  Meetings start at 3:00 PM.  The public is welcome and encouraged to attend. For more information about the Port, visit www.portridgefield.org or:

 

 

 

Contact:  Michael Williams

Marketing & Communications Manager

                                360.887.3873

mwilliams@portridgefield.org