The fourth open house to discuss options for the redevelopment of the large National Guard Armory site in Interbay is tonight (Oct. 1) at the National Nordic Museum.
The state-owned site, located just behind the Whole Foods on 15th Ave W in Interbay, is being considered for redevelopment as it’s no longer an ideal location for the National Guard. The open house will be held by the Washington Department of Commerce Interbay Public Development Advisory Committee at the Nordic at 6pm.
The advisory committee is tasked with studying possible reuses for the National Guard Interbay site, assuming the Guard will be able to relocate to a new site. The Interbay site was built in 1974, and the facility has been deemed insufficient. According to the Department of Commerce, it doesn’t meet current National Guard Readiness Center requirements for mission support. Over 600 personnel are based at the site, which they say isn’t ideal for commuting or deployment of large military equipment in and out of the city.
This is the fourth open house held by Commerce. According to the department, the committee will provide a report to the legislature and the Office of the Governor with recommendations for each of these areas by Nov. 15.
You can learn more about the project here.
Thanks Angie Herb Gerrald for posting about the open house in the My Ballard Group!
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“Over 600 personnel are based at the site, which they say isn’t ideal for commuting”
Meanwhile just next door Expedia determined their site is ideal for 4,500 daily commuters. hmmm
Yeah, that Expedia thing will prove to be a really, really bad idea.
Big difference is that Expedia doesn’t need to deal with the crazy logistics of deploying 600 guards, equipment and vehicles in a moments notice during bad traffic.
But yeah, that Expedia garage is a monstrosity. Curiously, that monstrosity of a garage breezed through the same SEPA/EIS process that’s been holding up the BGT for years.
Truth – that is SO true!