Proposed 47 Degree North Project will have less an impact than Suncadia did in the 2000's

 This proposed project 47 Degrees North will have less of impact to the local population then Suncadia resort which was proposed to the population back in the early 2000's.  Suncadia contributes to the local community for events and donate to local non profit organizations.  I am sure that Sun Properties will also do same thing.  This development will also give more competition and lower the price of groceries.  There are two gas stations next door to each other that are $1 a gallon difference.  Cle Elum and Roslyn only have convenience stores with only one major grocery store.  Safeway has been known to keep prices high due to being a monopoly in the area and they also have very little improvement in customer service.  This development will allow another major grocery store in the area which will give Safeway competition and lower the price of groceries in the area.  Cle Elum recently in the past couple of years had two major fast food franchises leave this maybe due to COVID-19.  This will also give a boost to the population.  This development will be done in phases not all at once just like with Suncadia.  This did not change the population of the area.  The area in development is completely in the Cle Elum's city limits.  This means that the Cle Elum Planning Commission and City Council has complete control in how this development will happen.  Citizen input will be crucial to how this development will happen. 

Cle Elum population

As you can see since 1910 Cle Elum has pretty much stayed around the same population.  Recent population as of 2021 the population is around 2,174.  This development make the city larger will also be able to increase the size of the city back in 1886 Cle Elum's founders imagined one day Cle Elum would one day become a Cascade mountain metropolis.  I am not advocating for a Seattle type of metropolis.  I am predicting if the Cle Elum City Council approves this the population by 2030 will be approximately 5,000 in population.  This development will not change the culture and reason people come to Cle Elum to live or work.n  

 

Roslyn population

My prediction is that Roslyn population may not change very much.  Roslyn population has pretty much stayed the same since the 1970's.  The last mine was closed in 1963.  Roslyn has been historical preserved which has been a frontier western town.  In 1989 this town was used in Northern Exposure it was closest to Talkeetna, Alaska without the cold weather.  

South Cle Elum population

Population of South Cle Elum has stayed the same population since its founding.  This development will not change that due to the fact that South Cle Elum has always been pretty a residential community.  The only businesses are home based businesses.  This is how the people in this city want it.  

Please tell the Cle Elum City Council to approve this development this will actually help the city grow better.