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503-738-3569
34154 Hwy 26, Seaside, OR
P.O. Box 2845, Gearhart, OR
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This mural by Gearhart students remains in the building.
School: ‘Keeping the feeling of the old school’
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Morey said he is open to
a variety of potential uses,
which may include work-
force housing, art studios,
performing arts space or a
community health center.
Because of security and
liability issues, the prop-
erty is closed to the public .
A 20-foot gate closes off the
access driveway on the far
western part of the property.
The manufactured por-
table trailers once used as
classroom space are gone.
“If you left them, what
would they look like in 20
years?” Morey asked. “We
spent thousands with dia-
grams to try and save them.
It made no sense.”
Inside the main building,
all unnecessary phone, elec-
trical and cable wires are
gone. The steam heat boiler
is decommissioned and will
be replaced.
People in the commu-
nity have an attachment to
the school and the tradition
it represents, Morey said.
“We’re keeping the feel-
ing of the old school, we’re
not buying it trying to make
it a 2021 building,” he said.
“It’s a 73-year-old building
we want to bring up to date.”
Any proposals would be
contingent on city review
and approvals.
“People want to know
what you’re going to do,”
Morey said. “We’ve always
said we have no idea until
we get in there. It’s too early
to know what we can do
mechanically.”
The covered playground
will stay for the time being
but is expected to be gone
next year, Morey said.
Because of labor shortages,
exterior painting will also be
delayed.
Crews are doing septic
analysis to help determine
what type of housing can
be supported on the remain-
der of the site. Three septic
tanks are being decommis-
sioned and two will remain.
New homes will be sup-
ported by bottomless sand
fi lter systems, which while
more expensive, use less
land and make it easier to fi ll
Gearhart’s housing needs.
The Moreys have off ered
the city use of parking areas
during an August concert,
and have fl oated the idea
that the site could be used as
a temporary facility during
potential construction of a
new fi rehouse.
The couple is seeking a
conditional use permit from
the Planning Commission
for a caretaker unit in the
northern part of the main
building.
The area will be sepa-
rated from the rest of the
main building and have
its own exterior entrance,
Morey said. The unit will
have two bedrooms sepa-
rated by a breezeway from
a shared kitchen and shower
areas.
“The plan is to have two
caretaker teams that will
make 24/7 coverage,” he
said.
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A birdbath is a holdover from the former school.
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Timi Morey planted 96 roses to honor her mother, who died at
96 and was an avid gardener throughout her life.
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Rec center: Environmental study the last step
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a janitor closet nearby. It
includes shared space of
hallways and a men’s and
women’s restroom located
nearby.
Prior to occupancy, the
park district will lease the
service district one of the
classrooms for storage.
The service district
plans to contract out an
environmental study of the
space, looking at the pos-
sibility of mold or other
environmental contami-
nants as well as asbestos.
“That is the last hurdle
to cross,” Archibald said.
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challenges is simply being
upfront with clients to
establish realistic expecta-
tions, Sandersen said.
During her initial con-
sultation, she’ll delve into
lead times and how that can
infl uence the timeline and
cost of a project.
If clients aren’t in a rush,
“they can pretty much get
what they want,” she said.
If they are on a particular
timeline, she’ll direct them
toward alternatives.
That sort of insight into
the market is what Sand-
ersen strives to provide all
her clients when designing
residential and commercial
spaces and helping with
product selection.
“I really focus on lis-
tening to what their needs
are and trying to get them
everything they need to
make that particular project
come about in the way that
they’re thinking,” she said.
Sandersen summed up
her experience as being
“raised in the industry,”
you walk on
our reputation
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Installation
3470 Hwy 101 Suite 102 • Gearhart, Oregon
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R.J. Marx
The Northwest Regional Education Service District will lease a
portion of the Sunset Recreation Center in Seaside.
Cabinetry: Designer uses her insight into the market
particularly the woodwork-
ing end of things.
She’s been designing for
about 18 years, although
it was always under the
umbrella of a larger com-
pany.
Eventually,
she
decided to branch out on
her own.
“Since this was the skill
set I had mostly, we just
decided to go ahead and
pull the trigger on this,” she
said.
She felt it was import-
ant to create a showroom,
since there aren’t many
local establishments where
people can look at samples
of materials or diff erent
products.
“It seemed like there was
a need out here for people
to have a place to go to see
things and get work done,”
she said.
Sandersen
frequently
works in tandem with her
husband Kurt’s business,
KHS Northwest. She helps
with design and materials
acquisition, while his con-
tracting company provides
installation services for
home and business owners
Luxury vinyl planks and tile.
that need them.
He’s worked in the
industry for a long time and
in multiple capacities, from
remediation and restoration
to managing projects and
running a handyman busi-
ness. Now, his main focus
is doing installs alongside
PNW Cabinets.
While they keep their
installation
projects
focused to the North Coast
from Astoria to Nehalem,
Sandersen has established
a much wider service area
when it comes to design.
She’s worked on projects
for clients in Bend, south-
ern Oregon and even Idaho,
providing design services
from afar and then having
materials shipped to them.
Even when designing
remodels or new construc-
tion on the coast, Sandersen
is no stranger to working
virtually with clients. That’s
due in large part to the abun-
dance of second homes and
vacation rentals in the area.
In fact, long-distance proj-
ects comprise about 50% of
her business.
Recently, Sandersen has
also worked with numer-
ous clients who are mov-
ing to the coast and turn-
ing their second homes into
their primary residence.
While those spaces might
have served them well as
temporary vacation homes,
they aren’t suitable for
long-term, daily living —
and that’s where Sandersen
steps in.
“Usability and function-
ality — those are two huge
parts of the project,” she
said. “Everybody stores
things diff erently, or has
diff erent lifestyle needs. It’s
just fi guring out what those
are to get it right for them.”
When she’s able to
accomplish that for a client,
regardless of the type of
project and scope of work,
she fi nds it rewarding.
“I like to help people get
what they envision, what
they want, and make it
all work out so they don’t
really have to make sacri-
fi ces on quality, or color,
or whatever it is they’re
thinking,” she said. “When
they’re happy, that makes
me happy.”
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