Town wins grants for wastewater treatment, CDBG planning

The Town of La Conner is in line for state funds to help with long-planned upgrades to its nearly half-century old wastewater treatment plant.

Town Administrator Scott Thomas told council members at their hybrid meeting Aug. 23 that La Conner’s application for a Puget Sound Nutrient Reduction grant was successful.

The question is just how much money will arrive here from Olympia.

“Unfortunately,” he said, “we don’t know what we’ll receive in terms of the amount.”

Thomas said the state legislature in its 2021-23 biennial budget set aside $9 million for a grant program to help towns and cities p...