Japanese Gulch group aims to buy land

Published 2:05 pm Tuesday, May 6, 2008

A Mukilteo conservation group has signed a purchase agreement to buy a chunk of land in Japanese Gulch where a California developer had recently planned to build an industrial park.

Under the agreement, the Japanese Gulch Group has six months to raise $375,000 toward buying the property, and to consider whether it wants to move forward with the land deal. Then, the group would have two years to pay off the remaining purchase price.

Japanese Gulch Group member Richard Emery declined to comment on the price of the land, which is owned by a Snohomish County family.

The group plans to work with the city of Mukilteo and other regional organizations to raise the money for the land acquisition.