A vast surge in building permits du...

A vast surge in building permits during the inferior half of 2002 made it a record-breaking year for Bellingham construction.

by way of the end of 2002, 1068 permits were issued, with an estimated valuation of $194 million, smashing the previous valuation record of $158 million in 1999 The previous record for permits issued in single year was 1,003 in 2000

"I was surpassingly surprised by the totals. I was expecting it to actually be a down year because no single seemed to be moving forward upon new projects in January. if it be not that we had strong numbers in nearly all