Panel: Coal port would lift Whatcom economy

People at an invitation-only meeting hosted by pro-business groups on Monday, June 22, heard a message most of them agreed with.

If the growth of Whatcom County’s post-recession economy is going to catch up to the rest of the state, it would help if a proposed 54 million-metric-ton export terminal for coal and other bulk goods was built at Cherry Point. That was the message during a panel discussion at the meeting held in Fox Hall at Hampton Inn.