Site work and ongoing investments
at the swift center
The Port of Skagit has been working for years to get the SWIFT Center ready for development. As a functional health care facility that provided for all its own needs for decades, it was placed into cold closure for many years until the Port acquired the property.
highlighted work
Environmental Clean-up Activities
Areas at SWIFT that needed clean up:
Laundry Building
Powerhouse Building
Historic Buildings
Former Ward Building and Athletic Fields
Metals in Soil
Maintenance Building
Lead & Arsenic in Groundwater
Cleanup Activities:
2019 – The Pollution Liability Insurance Agency (PLIA) removed ~63.53 tons of contaminated soils at the Maintenance Building
2021 – Washington State Department of Ecology and US Environmental Protection Agency funded the removal of contaminated soils:
~210 tons from the athletic field
~1,554 tons from the ward building
2024 SWIFT Center Projects
•National Guard Expansion to add additional service bays
•Olmsted Park by the City of Sedro-Woolley
•NWIRC Lab@SWIFT in former Telecare building
•Starting to add security cameras to the public areas to replace security services
•Dorm Flat Roof Repairs to prevent additional stucco damage
Deferred Maintenance and Investments
| Total | $4.34M |
| Port | $2.97M |
| Partners | $1.37M |
Total investment into SWIFT Center property as of 2024
