SEKIU – The state will fund half of a $100,000 economic prognosis of Olson’s Resort and other recreational components of the Clallam Bay/Sekiu community.
The news that reached the community on Wednesday, however, didn’t please everyone.
Olson’s Resort is one of the few surviving economic mainstays of the two villages on the Strait of Juan de Fuca.
Its closure would be another blow to the hamlets that have lost a bank, a pharmacy and a grocery.
Nevertheless, some people are even more fearful that county, state or federal parks might acquire the resort and prevent its commercial development.
A group of Canadian investors had approached Arlen and Donalyn Olson to build condominiums on the land their family has owned for 70 years.
The Olsons put off the offer, preferring to work with agencies who could purchase and put it into public trust, preserving it for sport fishers.
The Canadians reportedly have bought another site nearby and are testing the stability of its soil.
Property upland of the Strait is notoriously prone to landslides.
