NEWS Nora's: Special events, meetings — it‘s what‘s happening in your neighborhde 23 WIS Communities STANWOOD: Plans for a major truck stop near I-5 run into area opposition/23 ‘ Granite Falls stirring with a quiet growth 3y CLAIRE TUOHY- MORGAN Harald Writer he Granite Falls area is quietly growing, as new businesses, new houses and new people gradually settle there. “We've definitely had an influx of good new businesses,” said Dean Steinke, president of the Granite Falls Chamber of Commerce. “There‘s definitely the influx of new people in the area, new homes in the town itself, plus the outlying growth." Steinke sees the rural town‘s proximity to the rivers, mountains, Everett, shopping centers and entertainment as attractions, along with an “excel- lent" school system and the kind of small town atmosphere where people know their neighbors. Granite Falls Mayor Jim Raymond said the community is revitalized, with citizens coming together, talking, agreeing and working together. The Granite Falls School District will build and open in 1994 a second elementary school, its first school outside the city, with some of the funds from a recently approved 57 million bond issue. The district grew by 9.1 percent just last year, to 1,380 students, and the state predicts 367 more district students by 1997, accord- ing to spokeswoman Kathy Grant. Developers are planning hundreds of new homes in the area, Grant said. Raymond said two proposed developments in the town itself could total 118 new homes. The town‘s population has grown from 1,140 to 1,395 through annexations within the past year, Raymond said. Many new residents commute to jobs elsewhere. a trend Grant said the district has seen for several years. Mick Morgan. owner of Rochon's Timberline Cafe, said traffic has definitely increased. “It‘s amazing how many cars are coming out of the woodwork to go to work in the morning," he said. Morgan said his customer traffic is also still slowly growing each month. “There’s an influx of a new generation of people in Granite Falls who want to raise their families in rural surroundings," said Mitchell's Pharmacy owner Wayne Christianson. Nancy Wilkinson, Sherwood Community Services executive director, moved to Granite Falls in June after finding her ideal §e 5R5”, back page. this section The Harald/JIM LEO Mitch and Heather Buchholz in iron! at the Railroad Station store they built. Town, area see variety of businesses opening with many more on the way By CLAIRE TUOHV- MORGAN Herald Writer everal new busine$es opened in and around Granite Falls this summer and more are proposed. The Red Apple Market. 5 full service grocery store, is the first of three tenants in phase one of the new Granite Country Square inside town, while the Railroad Station outside of town houses a variety of small businesses, Moved by the scenery and the dream of owning their own business, Heather and Mitchell Euchholz bought a site just west of town and built a new building they call the Railroad Station, to honor the town’s train heritage and their location on the old railroad right of way. The Whistlestop Gift Depot opened there last month. joined by a fruit Stand, a plant nursery and an upstairs dance studio. Three more shops. a florist, landscape center and puminy an ice cream parlor, back page,» this section , Author: , Accession/Object ID: 2004.83.6, Object Name: Print, Photographic, Title: , Description: Granite Falls stirring with a quiet growth-Mitch and Heather Buchholz in front of the Railroad Station store they built.-8/9/93, OCR Text: NEWS Nora's: Special events, meetings — it‘s what‘s happening in your neighborhde 23 WIS Communities STANWOOD: Plans for a major truck stop near I-5 run into area opposition/23 ‘ Granite Falls stirring with a quiet growth 3y CLAIRE TUOHY- MORGAN Harald Writer he Granite Falls area is quietly growing, as new businesses, new houses and new people gradually settle there. “We've definitely had an influx of good new businesses,” said Dean Steinke, president of the Granite Falls Chamber of Commerce. “There‘s definitely the influx of new people in the area, new homes in the town itself, plus the outlying growth." Steinke sees the rural town‘s proximity to the rivers, mountains, Everett, shopping centers and entertainment as attractions, along with an “excel- lent" school system and the kind of small town atmosphere where people know their neighbors. Granite Falls Mayor Jim Raymond said the community is revitalized, with citizens coming together, talking, agreeing and working together. The Granite Falls School District will build and open in 1994 a second elementary school, its first school outside the city, with some of the funds from a recently approved 57 million bond issue. The district grew by 9.1 percent just last year, to 1,380 students, and the state predicts 367 more district students by 1997, accord- ing to spokeswoman Kathy Grant. Developers are planning hundreds of new homes in the area, Grant said. Raymond said two proposed developments in the town itself could total 118 new homes. The town‘s population has grown from 1,140 to 1,395 through annexations within the past year, Raymond said. Many new residents commute to jobs elsewhere. a trend Grant said the district has seen for several years. Mick Morgan. owner of Rochon's Timberline Cafe, said traffic has definitely increased. “It‘s amazing how many cars are coming out of the woodwork to go to work in the morning," he said. Morgan said his customer traffic is also still slowly growing each month. “There’s an influx of a new generation of people in Granite Falls who want to raise their families in rural surroundings," said Mitchell's Pharmacy owner Wayne Christianson. Nancy Wilkinson, Sherwood Community Services executive director, moved to Granite Falls in June after finding her ideal §e 5R5”, back page. this section The Harald/JIM LEO Mitch and Heather Buchholz in iron! at the Railroad Station store they built. Town, area see variety of businesses opening with many more on the way By CLAIRE TUOHV- MORGAN Herald Writer everal new busine$es opened in and around Granite Falls this summer and more are proposed. The Red Apple Market. 5 full service grocery store, is the first of three tenants in phase one of the new Granite Country Square inside town, while the Railroad Station outside of town houses a variety of small businesses, Moved by the scenery and the dream of owning their own business, Heather and Mitchell Euchholz bought a site just west of town and built a new building they call the Railroad Station, to honor the town’s train heritage and their location on the old railroad right of way. The Whistlestop Gift Depot opened there last month. joined by a fruit Stand, a plant nursery and an upstairs dance studio. 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