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First Saturday Art Walk celebrates
11 years of art, food and merriment
Artwalk from Page 1A
• Beach Books, 616
Broadway - Celebrateing
Independent Book Store
Day May 2 with exclusive
pieces available. In addi-
tion to featuring an encore
group show by the Green
Cab Artist Collective.
• Fairweather House
and Galley, 612 Broad-
way - Presenting OPEN
WINDOWS, an exhibit
that promises to be a font
of originality and innova-
tion by artists Christine
Trexel, Peggy Stein, Zi-
fen Qian and Neal Maine.
In addition, a duo, Mar-
ga Stanley and Kimberly
Reed, resident artists and
friends, will demonstrate
a Painting Seaside LIVE
event.
• SunRose Gallery, 606
Broadway - Features an
eclectic mix of amazing
mosaics, mixed media, re-
cycle art and artistic wom-
en’s accessories & jewel-
ry, local and regional.
• The Tea Spot, in Sea-
side’s Heritage Square
at 21 N. Columbia St.,
Suite 101 - A downtown
five-minute walk towards
the beach, Jason and
Chevonne Karol’s Tea
Spot offers the art of tea.
• River Inn at Sea-
side 531 Avenue A - A
two-minute walk across
the Necanicum Bridge,
the part hotel, part gallery,
presents Lee Munsell’s
oil on canvas work de-
picting the Seaside Cove
and Tillamook Head.
has been suggested, is one
of the few and most prac-
2 percent in each locality, tical solutions. It poses a
with the proceeds to go to problem, however, that is
the convention center; or a similar to one associated
combination of a 2.75 per- with the convention cen-
cent business improvement ter expansion, Kilday said.
district tax on restaurants, Where will people park
retail sales, gas and grocer- and how much disruption
ies along with a smaller in- will be caused to the down-
town area during the con-
crease in lodging taxes.
No one is optimistic an struction phase? The large
agreement could be reached public parking lot near the
with Cannon Beach and As- center likely would become
toria, and the community re- a staging area for expan-
sponse to the other options sion construction and could
has been overwhelmingly be overrun with equipment
and materials for months,
negative.
“We don’t believe the Kilday said.
For those reasons, the
(sales) tax is a viable solu-
tion,” Kilday said. “Quite committee is considering
frankly, I don’t think anyone an alternative to expansion,
on the committee thought is which would be to work
within the center’s current
was good idea.”
Additionally, if munici- footprint and manipulate or
pal lodging tax is increased renovate the space to serve
by 6 percent, or to 14 per- the present needs.
“I think we’re pulling
cent, it will put Seaside’s
tax far above other near- away from the expansion as
by jurisdictions. Cannon we saw it,” Kilday said, and
Beach’s municipal lodging commission member Tim
tax is 7 percent, Astoria’s is Tolan agreed.
“Because the reaction
9 percent and Warrenton’s
is 12 percent. Portland’s was very negative, we
municipal tax is 6 percent, backed off from the expan-
but guests also have to pay sion,” said Tolan, who also
a 5.5 percent tax that goes serves on the expansion
to Multnomah County, and committee. “We’ve had
some establishments that good participation as far as
have 50 or more rooms pass input from the community,
on their 2 percent Portland and we’re taking that real
Tourism Improvement Dis- seriously.”
The committee knows,
trict fee to guests. Guests
in all localities pay an ad- Tolan said, that any expan-
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support from downtown
goes to the state.
Overall, Kilday said, he businesses. The city has
felt the study was “a poorly asked a planner to review
done feasibility study.” The the center and see if the
expansion committee asked idea has potential. A project
C.H. Johnson Consulting to of that nature also would
research and develop more carry an undetermined ex-
funding options for the city pense.
Vandenberg agreed they
to consider, Kilday said.
Those results will be report- are looking to see what ad-
ditional square footage of
ed to the committee soon.
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priority, he said. The feasi-
bility study and the commu- decision or a recommenda-
nity’s subsequent reaction to tion (to City Council), we
it illustrated the need to ad- don’t really have anything
dress the downtown parking concrete at this point,” he
issue separately. Doing so, said. “Everything is still on
he said, is not a responsibili- the table.”
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themselves or the city.
Constructing a multi- project and funding source,
tiered parking structure, as within three to six months.
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Lee Munsell’s oil on canvas work depicting the Seaside Cove and Tillamook Head.
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ACT Enterprises L.P., of Cal-
istoga, Calif., has purchased the
61-unit Guesthouse Inn & Suites
and Weiss’ Paradise Suites &
Rentals in Seaside. Guesthouse
General Manager Steve Coletta
said the sale of the economy mo-
tel by Heritage Hotels was final
on April 2.
“It sounds as if everything
will remain the same in terms of
branding and amenities for now,”
he said.
Guesthouse employment stood
at nine in April, but Coletta said
it ramps up during the summer.
Paradise offers a variety of rent-
al properties in Seaside.
KATHERINE LACAZE PHOTO
Paradise Suites
Convention center
expansion committee
looks at alternative
sources of funding
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Guesthouse Inn & Suites
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577 18th St. Astoria, OR 97103 by
May 11th.
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