November or December, 1989

WSDOT reveals in a KPQ radio interview that it is dropping the appeal and will sell the land as surplus.Bob Parlette, who vividly recalls hearing that radio interview, attends a meeting of the Chelan-Douglas Land Trust held to discuss the potential of preserving the east side right of way from development. He and others suggest campaigning for a trail on the east side. Parlette and CDLT member Gordon Congdon Sr. are named co-chairs of what would be called the Complete the Loop Coalition.For political reasons, it is kept separate from the CDLT and the Save the Riverfront Committee.