LA CENTER — Inside La Center’s newly revamped Wheel Club Community Center on Tuesday, Mayor Tom Strobehn thanked 20th Legislative District lawmakers for securing $250,000 for the project to remodel the building, as well as $400,000 for downtown infrastructure work.

He also praised the legislators for sponsoring and passing House Bill 1039 .

That legislation, signed by Gov. Bob Ferguson in May, will allow La Center to utilize wastewater infrastructure installed nearly a decade ago to provide sewer services to the Cowlitz Indian Tribe’s nearby reservation lands.

In the past, Washington’s Growth Management Act prevented cities from providing urban public services, such as water and sewer, to areas outside their urban growth boundaries.

HB 1039, sponsored by 20th District Reps. Peter

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