Water to expand Electric City could come from grant

If Electric City is going to grow, it will be in the Osborn Bay area.

The city was approved for an $11,600 grant from the Washington State Department of Commerce Community Economic Revitalization Board to conduct a water feasibility study in the Osborn Bay area with the city providing an additional $2,900 towards the project.

There is land just south of Osborn Bay within city limits, owned by various people, but no utilities there. 

“We’d like Electric City to grow, and that’s the only area to even look at,” Mayor Diane Kohout said at an Aug. 9 city council meeting.

The feasibility study will tell the city if they could drill a new well there, which would allow for future development of residences in that area. 

Kohout said earlier this year that contractors have approached the city about developing city property in that area.