The King County Fire District project required the site identification and acquisition of 3 total acres, involving 12 separate property owners in an urban infill location. The owners included several non-residents, several initially-unwilling sellers, one property held in estate, and one owner judged legally incompetent. There were two levels of SEPA action for each of two sites, several required public hearings for a Conditional Use Permit, a street vacation hearing with City Council, and additional discretionary public meetings with an active local resident population. New Ventures Group prepared documentation in support of the applications for SEPA, Conditional Use and Street Vacation.

This project was successful for four reasons:

1. We accomplished a very difficult task in locating and acquiring the best sites possible given the response needs of the Fire District.
2. The sites were acquired within the budget, despite rising land prices
3. The acquisitions were made with minimal "neighborhood dislocation," a qualitative and quantitative measure of the impact on neighborhoods. No condemnation was threatened, a minimum number of long-term residents moved, sellers were happy, etc.
4. It was accomplished on time.