Port of Port Angeles commissioners Colleen McAleer, left, and Connie Beauvais, third from right, put shovels in the dirt at a groundbreaking ceremony on Sunday for the port’s Marine Trade Center on the former Peninsula Plywood site on Marine Drive. Development of the 18-acre site will include installing utilities, paving and grading. Work is anticipated to be completed before the end of the year. The $10 million project was funded with a $7.3 million grant from the U.S. Economic Development Administration and $3.87 million from the port. From left to right, McAleer; Port Angeles City Manager Nathan West (partially hidden); Clallam County Commissioner Randy Johnson; Clallam County Commissioner Mike French; Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe Chairwoman Frances Charles; Beauvais; Michael Snodgrass, Olympic Peninsula Outreach Director for U.S. Sen. Maria Cantwell; and Haley Schanne, Director of Outreach for 6th Congressional District U.S. Rep. Derek Kilmer.
Breaking ground
Port of Port Angeles commissioners Colleen McAleer, left, and Connie Beauvais, third from right, put shovels in the dirt at a groundbreaking ceremony on Sunday for the port’s Marine Trade Center on the former Peninsula Plywood site on Marine Drive. Development of the 18-acre site will include installing utilities, paving and grading. Work is anticipated to be completed before the end of the year. The $10 million project was funded with a $7.3 million grant from the U.S. Economic Development Administration and $3.87 million from the port. From left to right, McAleer; Port Angeles City Manager Nathan West (partially hidden); Clallam County Commissioner Randy Johnson; Clallam County Commissioner Mike French; Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe Chairwoman Frances Charles; Beauvais; Michael Snodgrass, Olympic Peninsula Outreach Director for U.S. Sen. Maria Cantwell; and Haley Schanne, Director of Outreach for 6th Congressional District U.S. Rep. Derek Kilmer. (Paula Hunt/Peninsula Daily News)
