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Friday, February 15th, 2008

Port to hold another meeting in Thurston County

Posted by Kelly Kearsley @ 05:38:16 pm

The Ports of Tacoma and Olympia are holding another public meeting Wednesday regarding the proposed South Sound Logistics Center.

The meeting is scheduled from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. at the Worthington Center at Saint Martin's University.

It will include an overview of the SSLC project, why it's being considered and answers to questions raised by citizens during a meeting last month.

The port commission will take public comments for the rest of the meeting. No decisions will be made at the meeting.

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