Articles from May 2010

WSF Money Could Help Improve Bainbridge Public Dock, Waterfront Amentities

From the Kitsap Sun (May 6, 2010)
The fate of a much-debated Eagle Harbor acre is in Bainbridge Island’s court. Washington State Ferries, which owns the parcel beside its maintenance yard, will help transform it if islanders can decide what they want.
Islanders told ferries director David Moseley last summer they needed to have a “community conversation” [...]

Sustainable Business Spotlight – Classic Cycle

Classic Cycle, 740 Winslow Way East, Bainbridge Island, WA. 98110,  (206)842-2565. www.classiccycleus.com

Owners Jeff Groman and Els Heyne are employing sustainable business approaches that not only are good for the environment but good for business:
Environmental

Saving used bike chains and sending them to a company in Oregon that makes products out of them and we sell those products [...]

What is The Natural Step?

The Bainbridge Island Chamber of Commerce has adopted the principals of The Natural Step as part of a larger effort to become a more sustainable organization and, in turn, work with other partners to make our community more sustainable environmentally, economically and socially.
The Natural Step was developed in Sweden in 1989 by Dr. Karl-Henrik [...]

Putting Sustainability to Work on Bainbridge

The Bainbridge Island Chamber of Commerce  held its second Sustainability Forum on April 26, 2010 at IslandWood. More than 60 people attended the half-day session.
The Forum followed the Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors’ unprecedented move last November of passing a resolution binding the organization to following the tenets of the “Natural Step” process. We are the first chamber [...]