Letter: CLT Should Be Supported

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We couldn’t agree more that there’s an incredible amount of interest in CLT        (“New Wood Technology May Offer Hope for Northwest’s Struggling Timber Industry,” Jan. 3, page Main 11) and we’re already seeing it here in Washington. 

CLT has been used and tested in a Seattle house and featured in a Bellevue church, both designs by Seattle architect Susan Jones. And we’ll soon see CLT used as a building material for modular K-3 classrooms in five local school districts. 

As a sustainability nonprofit, we see the potential CLT has to offer new economic and environmental opportunities. It’s something that both rural and urban communities can get behind — and that’s something we need more of in our state.

 Leda Chahim



 government affairs director,

Forterra