Whatcom County Council was busy on Tuesday, October 25 dealing with the county’s biggest current issue: growth.

Two Birch Bay developments, Horizons at Semiahmoo and Horizon Village at Semiahmoo, were approved unnanimously. Horizons will feature 417 to 477 homes on 149 acres while Horizons Village will feature 170 homes and 80,000 square feet of commercial space.

At the same meeting, a building moratorium at Lake Whatcom was extended for an additional 6 months. The building moratorium was put in place while the county worked on a plan to clean up the lake which is the main source of drinking water fror Bellingham. Depending upon whose “science” one believes, the lake may or may not be polluted. Properties larger than 5 acres are exempt from the moratorium.

In light of these two rulings, perhaps the people of Whatcom County will solve the growth issue themselves by simply moving out of Bellingham and into other Whatcom communities….then again, maybe not.