May 30 One of the busiest communities in the county for issuing new single-family building permits is not Olympia or Lacey, which for years showed strong annual growth in that category, but Tumwater, which is about half the size of both cities. Tumwater issued a record number of permits in 2020 and appears to be on pace to exceed that total this year. The county also had a busy 2020 and it, .