Purchase of Crown Hill school is almost complete

If there are no glitches, Small Faces Development Center will be the new owners of Crown Hill Elementary school next week.

In an email sent out yesterday, Executive Director Lynn Wirta says that Catherine Weatbrook, Kathy Brockman and herself “met with the Community of Economic Development and Trade representative to receive the State grant of $908,000.” This money, combined with the $400,000 grant from the City of Seattle “will be paid to the Seattle School District in the next few days to complete the purchase and sale agreement after 3 years of negotiations,” Wirta writes. The sale is expected to close next Tuesday. Formal celebrations will take place in the next few months, although you’ll probably hear some informal cheers this afternoon. The former Crown Hill Elementary School building is one of several surplus properties being sold by the district. (Thanks Lexy for the tip!)