American Legion Celebrates Memorial Day the Old Fashioned Way, With Ceremony!
Category: Businesses and Community Resources
Island Volunteer Caregivers Community Assessment Survey is Here – Learn How You Can Help!
Island Volunteer Caregivers (IVC) is excited to announce the launch of its Community Assessment Survey called Growing Older on Bainbridge Island: A Community Survey to residents 65+ and older as well as those under 65 with a medical disability.
The …
Bainbridge Community Foundation – Growing a Vibrant Community for Generations to Come
What do trees and nonprofits on Bainbridge Island have in common? The answer: We have a lot of both. On the surface, trees and nonprofits are very similar as they are essential and beneficial to any community. However, just like …
City Manager Blair King to present at BBC on Friday!
Bainbridge Island City Manager (bainbridgewa.gov) Blair King will be the keynote speaker Friday May 13 at the regular Bainbridge Business Connection (BBC) group meeting. The BBC is a loosely-knit amalgam of entrepreneurs and small business people who meet …
Entrepreneur Graeme Esarey’s Quest to Make Sustainable Outdoor Equipment is Impressive!
Graeme Esarey, owner and founder of Ignik, a Bainbridge Island-based sustainable outdoor heating products maker, could be a character in a novel.
Moby Dick comes to mind, with a little bit of Around the World in 80 Days thrown …
City Eying One-Way Streets to Solve Vexing Traffic Flow Problems
Solving Bainbridge’s traffic flow challenges has become a bit of a thorny issue over the past decade, as the island’s population has crept up and commuters and locals find themselves competing for use of the city’s main arterials to drive
The Bainbridge Island Native Food Forest – Open and Free to All – Join Friends of the Farms and their partners for the May Day 2022 work party!
The Bainbridge Island Native Food Forest is located on 13-acres of land at the end of Charles Place NE (off of NE Lovgreen Road). Once part of the Suyematsu family farmstead, where strawberries were grown, it was eventually sold and …
Contracts Awarded to Local Firms for new Bainbridge Police & Courts Facilities
In the past, the City of Bainbridge Island has been accused of favoring outside contractors to perform large city-funded projects. Not this time around.
At at its regular business meeting on April 12, the City Council authorized City Manager Blair …
Earth Day is Friday, April 22nd – Check Out All the Events Happening on Bainbridge Island This Week and Next
Sustainable Bainbridge, in partnership with many other Bainbridge Island nonprofits, is hosting an incredible variety of opportunities, including weed pulls, Earth Day celebrations, recycling talks, climate change education, gardening and tree discussions, free invasive weed education and disposal, and …
Friends of the Farms – Commitment to Farmland Protection and Creating a Locally Focused Food System
Last month The Island Wanderer Blog did a feature on Bay Hay and Feed, and while there, I had the pleasure of meeting one of their employees, Tami Meader, who also happens to be on the board of Friends …
