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The town of Bellingham, WA is facing perhaps its biggest project yet: to clean up and build up 137 acres of waterfront property. Bellingham is facing many challenges, and has to answer the question of how to deal with the historical properties currently sitting on the site. In this piece, we hear from historians, politicians, and activists--all of whom feel strongly about the direction of the waterfront property. With such complex problems, will we be able to find one solution that pleases everyone?
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Piece Description
The town of Bellingham, WA is facing perhaps its biggest project yet: to clean up and build up 137 acres of waterfront property. Bellingham is facing many challenges, and has to answer the question of how to deal with the historical properties currently sitting on the site. In this piece, we hear from historians, politicians, and activists--all of whom feel strongly about the direction of the waterfront property. With such complex problems, will we be able to find one solution that pleases everyone?
Transcript
Sitting in the living room of my family’s house in Bellingham, Washington and looking out the window, you can watch the billowing fog banks roll over the San Juan islands. Walk out the front door, turn right, and boom: snow-capped mountains in British Columbia and glimpses of Bellingham Harbor. Take a stroll around the neighborhood, and there’s Mt. Baker peeking through the trees. As a relatively new west-coaster, I’m still amazed at how much I feel a sense of place in Bellingham: that feeling of awe and reverence that comes standing smack in between island chains and snow-capped mountain ranges. It’s a pretty remarkable place, and that’s a big part of why my family made the cross-country trek to move there.
The view gets even better when you take the short walk from my house down to the water. You can trace the edge of the Bay and watch ships come in and out of the harbor. When my fam...
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Musical Works
| Title | Artist | Album | Label | Year | Length |
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| Yamaha | Selwyn-Lloyd | 00:00 | |||
| Je vais à la mer | Nataly Dawn | 00:00 |
