The Fort Worden PDA raised millions from private and public sources, borrowed millions more, hired scores of people and set out to transform the park into a regional venue for “life-long learning.”
It didn’t work
Founder Dick Spady believed in
keeping it simple. While other hamburger outlets added variations like bacon burgers, fishwiches and chicken burgers, Dick’s stuck to classic hamburger and cheeseburgers.
City Council President Sara Nelson’s proposal would permit about 1,000 housing units just south of T-Mobile Park on two blocks within the special stadium district, reviving an old debate
“It Takes Chutzpah” has a serious goal, offloading what Wyden has learned and what works. Wyden has lived by the premise that anything worth doing is worth doing with enthusiasm.