Monday, April 23, 2007
Time For A Progress Report From SEED
With the money former county commissioner Tim Botkin has secured and has committed from the Feds, the state legislature, the Port of Bremerton, Kitsap County and all the other 100 percent taxpayer-funded sources, SEED should be approaching the $4 million mark in funding.
Meanwhile all a Google search for Kitsap SEED finds is a link to the Port of Bremerton, with a small number of press releases, and a defunct website for the project itself.
With that kind of money at stake, isn't it time Botkin named the companies he's actually got signed on the dotted line for this project, the number of prospective jobs they'll bring to Kitsap County, and when we can expect to start seeing them -- before he gets any deeper into the taxpayer's pocket?
THE ABOVE ARTICLE POSTED BY West Sound Politics @ 4/23/2007 08:40:00 AM
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Projects like SEED are very important components in the fabric of economic development tools for Kitsap County real estate. I would hope that the sponsors of SEED would look for more partnership with the private sector to find capital and fee simple land to attract energy companies to locate in Kitsap.
The planning process for the area commonly known as SKIA remains a major obstacle to the development of new enterprises in the South Kitsap area as recently demonstrated by a courageous attempt by the EDC to help Palmer Marine stay in Kitsap County in competition with attractive offers of buildings and land in South Carolina.
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Jim Freeman
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