$16M homeless complex once rejected for east Pasco finds new Tri-Cities home union-bulletin.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from union-bulletin.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
State Commerce Pumps $97Million Into Housing Projects
Tuesday, the Washington State Department of Commerce made this announcement, that $97million in grants and loans for what they called affordable housing across the state. The information release read in part: These funds will help provide an estimated 1,404 multifamily rental units/beds, 121 homes for first-time homebuyers, 86 units of modular housing, and 74 units in cottage-style communities. $85.3 million of funding comes from the state’s Housing Trust Fund, with $11.7 million provided through the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) HOME and National Housing Trust Fund programs, also managed by Commerce in Washington state.
Commerce Dept. Grants Money for Electric Ferry Development
The Washington State Department of Commerce announced this week $8.9 million in grants from the DOC will be allotted for 14 new EV (electric vehicle) charging stations and projects in WA state. And yes, one of them is an Inslee pet project, development of an electric ferry.
The projects are slated for Bellingham, Tacoma, Port of Seattle, Port of Longview, Seattle City Light, Spokane (for 51 charging stations in the county) and some of the money will be spent to being development on an electric ferry.
Yes, Gov. Inslee announced as part of his climate change budgeting, he wants to develop an all electric ferry, capable of carrying 28 cars and 150 people. It would be in Skagit County, operating ferry service to Guemes Island.
The scoop on cow power
Anne Basye Wednesday, December 16, 2020 5:15 AM
Since 2009, half a million kilowatt hours of electricity have been produced on Beaver Marsh Road.
The source of that power? Cows.
While the plant just north of Summers Drive still produces up to 750 kilowatt hours a day – enough to power 550 homes – seismic shifts in energy policy and dairy farming are affecting its business plan.
Co-founders Kevin and Daryl Maas of Mount Vernon started Farm Power Northwest with federal and state grants plus startup funds from local investors, including this reporter’s family.
Once online, Farm Power’s Rexville anaerobic manure digester began converting methane gas captured from cow manure into electricity. A lucrative contract from Puget Sound Energy, plus carbon offset credits and tipping fees from companies that contribute food waste helped Farm Power Northwest build four more biodigesters adjacent to dairy farms in Lynden and Rainier, Washin
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