Finally! Construction is set for five homes along the northern edge of Channel Cove, the Home Trust of Skagit development on Park Street near Caledonia Street and Maple Avenue in La Conner. Executive Director Jodi Monroe says construction will start in January. That is a disappointing two year delay, a result of a long regulatory environmental review before the onset of the coronavirus pandemic, assembling funding and then construction related labor, material and cost complications.

Monroe has been optimistic all along. “It’s a lift of love to get these homes built,” she said Thursday...