Representative Larsen has submitted a total of 15 funding requests for important community projects in WA-02 to the House Appropriations Committee.
Under guidelines issued by the Appropriations Committee, each Representative may request funding for up to 15 projects in the communities they represent for Fiscal Year 2024 – although only a handful may be funded. Projects are restricted to a limited number of federal funding streams, and only state and local governments and eligible nonprofit entities are permitted to receive funding. Additional information on Community Project Funding is available here.
In compliance with House Rules and Committee requirements, Representative Larsen has certified that he, his spouse and his immediate family have no financial interest in any of the projects he has requested.
NOTE: The projects are listed alphabetically by Subcommittee.
Agriculture
Ferndale Civic Campus
$3,000,000
City of Ferndale, 2095 Main Street, Ferndale, WA 98248
The funding would be used for construction of Ferndale's new civic center, including a new city hall, municipal court and public meeting space.
Signed Disclosure Letter: Click Here
NWIRC Innovation Center Network
$675,000
Northwest Innovation Resource Center, 2200 Rimland Drive, Suite 210, Bellingham, WA
98226
The funding would be used for renovation and equipment for an innovation center that will create a workforce training and manufacturing incubator.
Signed Disclosure Letter: Click Here
Division 7 Water Reservoir Replacement Project
$216,625
Lake Whatcom Water and Sewer District, 1220 Lakeway Drive, Bellingham, WA 98229
The funding would be used for construction replacing a reservoir that does not meet earthquake safety requirements with two reservoirs that meet these standards.
Signed Disclosure Letter: Click Here
Commerce, Justice, Science
Rapid DNA System
$439,950
Whatcom County Sheriff’s Office, 311 Grand Avenue, Bellingham, WA 98225
This funding would be used to obtain and utilize a Rapid DNA system to enable the sheriff’s office and local partner law enforcement agencies to better access DNA technology for identification of suspects, exonerate innocent persons and improve public safety.
Signed Disclosure Letter: Click Here
Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development
Slater Road Elevation Project
$8,000,000
The Lummi Tribe of the Lummi Reservation, 2556 Kwina Road, Bellingham, WA 98226
This funding will be used to elevate approximately 1,900 linear feet of Slater Road by 12 feet to reduce flooding and congestion.
Signed Disclosure Letter: Click Here
Scriber Creek Trail Redevelopment Phase 3
$5,000,000
City of Lynnwood, 19100 44th Avenue W, Lynnwood, WA 98036
This funding will be used to complete redevelopment (Phase 3) of the existing Scriber Creek Trail, which is frequently inaccessible due to flooding.
Signed Disclosure Letter: Click Here
Edgewater Creek Bridge Replacement
$4,500,000
City of Everett, 2930 Wetmore Avenue, Everett, WA 98201
This funding will be used to finish replacing a structurally deficient and seismically vulnerable bridge over Edgewater Creek on West Mukilteo Boulevard.
Signed Disclosure Letter: Click Here
Concrete Sauk Valley Road Bank Stabilization
$4,000,000
Skagit County Public Works, 1800 Continental Place, Mount Vernon, WA 98273
This funding will be used to stabilize a rural road along the Skagit River that serves as an important connector and alternate route for two major state highways in Northwest Washington.
Signed Disclosure Letter: Click Here
Bradley Road Safety Improvements
$4,000,000
City of Lynden, 300 4th Street, Lynden, WA 98264
This funding will be used to construct safety improvements and multimodal access on an increasingly busy road connecting the City’s high school campus and a new middle school campus.
Signed Disclosure Form: Click Here
NCTA @ Whatcom Extension
$3,380,000
Northwest Career & Technical Academy, 2205 West Campus Place, Mount Vernon, WA 98273
This funding will be used to construct a branch workforce development skills center campus to support expanded career technical education programming for high school-aged students in Whatcom County.
Signed Disclosure Letter: Click Here
Everett Point Industrial Center (EPIC) Green Bridge
$3,040,000
City of Everett, 2930 Wetmore Avenue, Everett, WA 98201
This funding will be used for pre-construction costs for a two-lane bridge with bike lanes and pedestrian walkways, which would improve access to the EPIC Green commercial and industrial development area that the City plans to use as a green technology hub.
Signed Disclosure Form: Click Here
Library Commons Project
$3,000,000
City of Mount Vernon, 910 Cleveland Avenue, Mount Vernon, WA 98273
This funding will be used to support construction costs for the facility’s community room space, a community technology center, and educational rooms for technology training and STEM education.
Signed Disclosure Letter: Click Here
Diking District 7 Fish Passage and Diking Improvement Project
$2,650,000
City of Stanwood, 10220 270th Street NW, Stanwood, WA 98292
This funding will be used to rebuild a failing dike that threatens to flood the entire City of Stanwood and the surrounding agricultural land and restore habitat for a variety of fish species.
Signed Disclosure Letter: Click Here
ARISE Development
$2,500,000
Rise Up Academy, 11229 4th Avenue W, Everett, WA 98204
This funding will be used for pre-constructions costs to expand an early learning center and provide 32 affordable housing units.
Signed Disclosure Letter: Click Here
Coupeville Boys & Girls Club Gymnasium
$2,000,000
Boys & Girls Clubs of Snohomish County, 8223 Broadway, Suite 100, Everett, WA 98203
This funding will be used to construct a new 8,000-square-foot gymnasium at the Coupeville Boys & Girls Club, a new Club location that is scheduled to open later this year.
Signed Disclosure Letter: Click Here
