Locals question Center Street apartments

In a two-page memorandum to La Conner’s town council Dec. 6, planner Michael Davolio provided a status update on the proposed 20-unit apartment development at 306 Center Street. This followed 12 correspondences from residents by the Dec. 1 deadline in response to the town’s November public notice of preliminary determination of non-significance. A thirteenth letter came Dec. 8.

Davolio noted council members “have been inundated by comments from residents regarding this proposal.”

To briefly summarize comments, artist Maggie Wilder shared her concern that a “rich and diverse community (is) disa...