The most recent issue of the Columbia Basin Herald newspaper has an article predicting a full blown housing boom for Quincy, Washington.   Quincy has promoted themselves with the slogan "Opportunities Unlimited" for many years.  Perhaps this has become a self-fulfilling prophecy. 


Is Quincy the next boomtown in our backyard?  Will you, too, be looking at the homes for sale in Quincy section of the newspaper or on the internet?   Quincy is about 30 miles south of East Wenatchee, so similar in distance from Wenatchee as Leavenworth (which is 25 miles west).

Here is an excerpt from the article:

" QUINCY -- Local officials here fully expect to experience a housing boom in the next two years as 800 new homes are constructed, jumping sharply from the past when a robust year of growth meant 15 homes were built.

The city is also trying to expand its growth management area to gain more control of valuable real estate surrounding this community of about 5,400 people, enabling it to supply municipal services to future industrial residents.


In less than a year, the city has been thrust into a technology explosion. It has become the envy of economic development boosters throughout the Northwest.


Yahoo! Inc. broke ground here last week on a jumbo data center. Microsoft Network is already well under way building its largest ever data center. The two Internet heavyweights, along with others who are considering a move to Quincy, are attracted to the area's inexpensive power. But Quincy also has cheap land, sits 10 miles north of Interstate 90, and has a 40-acre intermodal facility with direct rail links to Seattle and Tacoma. "

For full text of the article, click here.


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