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August 16, 2024
DES hosting hybrid public meeting to share design features.
A 5th Avenue Bridge conceptual rendering from an aerial view, showing Capitol Lake flowing into the Budd Inlet.

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August 16, 2024
DES hosting hybrid public meeting to share design features.
July 09, 2024
Capital Lakefair will bring an estimated 200,000 visitors to Heritage Park and the West Capitol Campus.
May 20, 2024
Two permitted events will bring crowds and noise to the Campus in honor of veterans' service.

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Learn how DES helped the city increase its plant capacity, also making it cleaner and safer for the community and environment.
Learn how DES helped the Washington State Department of Commerce lease a net-zero office space for its Spokane-based business operations.
The Department of Natural Resourced turned to DES to find a space to better accommodate hardworking firefighters.

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