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GNA Issues "Peninsula People Business Directory" as Part of New Resident
"Welcome Basket"
GNA Board member and longtime local resident Velma Rogers has
completed the Peninsula People Business Directory. The Directory is
part of the GNA’s new “Welcome
Basket,” now available to residents new to the area. The Directory
includes contact information for businesses on or around the Steamboat
Island Peninsula.
Click here to download your copy of the Peninsula People Business Directory.
New Applications
of Note: Click to go to
►Application to amend plans to build an athletic facility at Sexton and
Steamboat Island Road. Click to go to
►150' cell tower near 9604 Hunter Point Road. Click to go to
►Modify existing Special Use Permit to add to the Sunrise Beach School
(3548 Steamboat Island Rd. NW). Click to go to
►Approval request to build a 49-foot long by 12-foot high shoreline
retaining wall at 3430 Gravelly Beach Loop NW. Click to go to
►Subdivide 14.4 acres into smaller lots at 4735 Gravelly Beach Loop NW. Click to go to
► Subdivide 15.5 acres into 3 lots at 4807 Oyster Bay Road
NW. Parcels include a wetland crossing, Class II Wetland and Type V Stream. Click to go to
►A Mitigated Determination of Nonsignificance was issued to construct a
21-foot high stairway, from the beach over a bluff at 3744 Gravelly Beach
Rd. NW.
Click to go to
►
All the applications for which we have documents.
Thurston County Commission Thurston County Commissioners meet every Tuesday
at 2:00 p.m. in Room 280 of the County Courthouse. If Tuesday is a holiday,
the meetings are cancelled for the week.
Click here for their agendas and minutes.
The Griffin Neighborhood Association (GNA) is a registered, nonprofit, nonpartisan
group of neighbors living within the boundaries of the Griffin School District,
Thurston County, Washington.
Any person owning property, a business, or residing in the Griffin area is
eligible to become a member and to participate fully in the Association.
Membership is also open to community groups and students of the Griffin School
District.
Originally organized as the Oyster Bay Neighborhood Association in 1990, we
were registered as the nonprofit Griffin Neighborhood Association in December,
1995.
Mission of the Griffin Neighborhood Association
To help build a community consensus to address major issues confronting our
area, including growth, land issues, habitat, water quality, transportation and
school planning.
The Griffin Neighborhood Association will typically take these steps to reach
community consensus and issue resolution:
Research an emerging issue as honest brokers of information.
Raise awareness within the community of a particular issue using a variety
of communication methods.
Determine the community's opinions and, if necessary, provide a forum for
debate.
Take issues on which there is consensus to the appropriate decision
makers.
Board and Officers of the Griffin Neighborhood
Association
Our
Board is comprised of current members of the Association,
elected by members of the Association present at the Annual
Meeting. Officers are elected from the Board membership by members of
the Board.
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