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NAMESAKE – Fred and Margaret Martin, shown with La Conner Mayor Ramon Hayes, were honored at the boardwalk dedication last week, and the pergola at the little waterfront park donated by the Rotary Club of La Conner commemorates the contributions of Fred, who was the town’s pharmacist for generations, a former mayor and one of the club’s first Rotarians. – Photo by Judy Booth
Close to 100 people turned out for the ribbon-cutting celebrating the completion of the first phase of La Conner’s boardwalk, the dedication of a little park and pergola named for Fred Martin, and the start of the next phase that will take the waterfront feature the rest of the way through town.
Elected officials and local dignitaries gathered on May 28 and patted each other on the back for their roles in a project aimed at boosting the local economy.
“All of Skagit County is going to benefit from this boardwalk,” said La Conner Mayor Ramon Hayes standing before the crowd of business owners, f...
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