City to Work with Business, Tourism, Residential Communities with Goal of Improving Local Oversight, Lodging Connections on Bainbridge Island In response to a presentation made by City Manager Blair King at last week’s May 16 City Council Study Session, council members began to consider whether …
Faced With Pressing Community Needs, Policy Process Deadlines, Council Members Open the Door to Move Island Forward At last week’s City Council Regular City Council Meeting, council members voted on several important measures that serve to further long-established and identified public needs by residents, city …
At the April 18 Bainbridge Island City Council Study Session, in response to advocacy from the Chamber and strong feedback from the business community, council members will discuss recommended changes to BIMC 8.24 – the ‘Single Use Foodware and Waste Reduction’ Ordinance. The changes would …
UPDATE 02/21/23: At the February 14 meeting, City council voted 5-2 not to consider the Haggar Scribner Project as a separate, parallel planning process to the ongoing considerations of updates to city code. Council subsequently voted unanimously to detach the project from next year’s Comprehensive …
Pleasant Beach Village: No More Rooms At The Inn? After declaring an Emergency Moratorium blocking the new development of inns in Neighborhood Centers, City Council members held a required public hearing Jan. 24th. Following more than an hour of public comment – mostly about a …
In the 2022 legislative session, a healthy $15M state budget allocation was made to enable attracting more film, television, and commercial production of all kinds. Consequently, WA Filmworks (the state’s official film agency office) is now all staffed up and embarking on a renewed mission …
Does Kitsap County need a new passenger-only ferry route connecting the existing docks in downtown Bremerton and Winslow? As reported in the Kitsap Sun this week, the out-of-the-box transportation idea that is a new Bremerton to Bainbridge foot ferry made its public debut as the …
The Bainbridge Island Chamber of Commerce and Bainbridge Youth Services are joining forces to create Work Ready Bainbridge – a new eight-week summer employment and workforce certification program connecting local youth employees (ages 16-24) with employers and the local business/nonprofit community on Bainbridge Island. Program …
As a nice follow-up to last week’s demographic data for Kitsap County in the new US Census of 2020, the County is now accepting comments on the latest draft of the Kitsap County Buildable Lands Report. For local residents, the Report contains two kinds of …
[UPDATED September 7, 14 – after each Special Planning Commission Meeting] [UPDATED September 28 – after third Special Planning Commission Meeting] The much discussed Wintergreen Project has finally passed enough muster with the Island’s Planning Commission to be approved on a split 5-2 vote. A …