Eastern Washington Growth Management Hearings Board




Driving Directions to Consolidated GMHB Office in Olympia, WA.

From Seattle
Go south on I-5, take EXIT 105 (State Capitol/City Center/Port of Olympia), take 105A on the left toward State Capitol/City Center. Stay straight to go onto 14th Avenue SE, turn right onto JEFFERSON ST SE, turn left onto 8th Street, turn right into the second parking lot on the right. We are located in the 7th Avenue Building to the right of the parking lot, 319 7th Avenue SE, Suite 103, Olympia WA.

From Portland
Go north on I-5, take EXIT 105 (State Capitol/City Center/Port of Olympia), turn slight left onto HENDERSON BLVD SE. Stay straight to go onto 14th Avenue SE, turn right onto JEFFERSON ST SE, turn left onto 8th Street, turn right into the second parking lot on the right. We are located in the 7th Avenue Building to the right of the parking lot, 319 7th Avenue SE, Suite 103, Olympia WA.

Public Records
To obtain public access to public records for one of the Boards, now maintained at the consolidated joint GMHBs' office in Olympia, the respective Board requires at least 24 hours advance notice for provision of the requested records. This is occasioned by continued minimal GMHBs' staffing.

Additional Office Location
In compliance with RCW 36.70A(2) and (6), the Findings, Decisions and Orders of the EWGMHB will be filed at the following location and shall be available for public inspection during normal business hours.

Central Washington University
James E. Brooks Library – Third Floor
Documents/Maps
400 East University Way
Ellensburg, WA 98926-7548

Please contact the Eastern Washington GMHB at 360/586-0260 for additional assistance.

Visits to the Board Offices
Due to minimal Boards' staffing, the Boards' one office (now located in Olympia) may occasionally be closed for short periods of time. To ensure that proper response can be provided to those wishing assistance with viewing or securing a document from one of the Boards, visitors should call first. The main telephone number for the Boards' office is 360–586–0260.

About the Eastern Washington GMHB
Eastern Washington Growth Management Hearings Board (Eastern Board): includes all counties and cities east of the crest of the Cascade Mountains which are required to plan or choose to plan under the Act.

Eastern Board Counties

  • Benton
  • Chelan
  • Columbia
  • Douglas
  • Ferry
  • Franklin
  • Garfield
  • Grant
  • Kittitas
  • Pend Oreille
  • Spokane
  • Stevens
  • Walla Walla
  • Yakima

Board Members

Staff
  • Paulette Yorke, Executive Assistant
  • Julie Ainsworth-Taylor, staff attorney all GMHBs

Contact the Eastern Board
319 7th Avenue SE, Suite 103
Olympia, WA 98501

PO Box 40953
Olympia, WA 98504-0953

Tel: (360) 586-0260
Fax: (360) 664-8975
E-mail to: eastern@ew.gmhb.wa.gov