The parcel was purchased from the Hayashida family, which has stewarded it for generations. It will remain passive open space with recreational trails. The purchase was funded by two generous private donors through the Parks & Trails Foundation.  

The parcel has been transferred to the Bainbridge Island Metro Park & Recreation District. The Park District will have conversations with neighbors prior to the development of trails. 

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Interpretive signage at the yet-to-be named park will share the history of Japanese American agriculture in the Koura Road area. The Hayashidas and other Japanese American families owned land and farmed strawberries there through the mid-20th century, in what is now the Meadowmeer neighborhood. 

The new park fronts both Koura and Miller roads, wrapping around a developed parcel at the Koura/Miller intersection. Protective covenants restrict the property to passive uses and nonmotorized trails.  

“This land has such rich cultural history and many stories to share, beyond its great value for public open space and trails,” said Mary Meier, Executive Director of the Parks Foundation. “We are grateful to the Hayashida family for their stewardship of this property and for the opportunity to purchase it for parkland. Our generous donors made it possible.”

Dan Hamlin, Executive Director of Bainbridge Island Metro Park & Recreation District, added, “This property has been part of our island’s agricultural and cultural fabric for generations, and we’re honored to help preserve that legacy as parkland. We look forward to working with the community this fall to shape trails that honor this history while giving islanders a beautiful new place to connect with nature.”  

For more information: www.biparksfoundation.org, www.biparks.org. 

Due to a Technical Glitch Coyote v Acme Was Postponed Last Sunday and is Re-scheduled for Sept. 6th 

Well, in a twist of fate that could only happen in the movies, the Aug. 30 screening and Q&A of the film Coyote v Acme was derailed by a technical glitch. Sometime earlier that day, the Lynwood Theatre’s sound processor (which, upon inspection was found to have been made by ACME – hahaha!) went kaboom!

The Historic Theatre is working frantically to get things running again and the event is now re-scheduled for this coming Sunday, Sept. 6, at 7 p.m. Bainbridge High School grad and filmmaker Ned Thorne, who’s been involved the production of the movie, is hanging around until then and will do a Question & Answer session following the showing. If the Lynwood is still out of commission, it may be switched to Bainbridge Cinemas, organizers said.

Last Sunday’s show was sold out! Now the question is “Will Acme Stop at Nothing” to attempt to sabotage the show?

A previous story on Coyote v Acme appeared recently in The Island Wanderer: Bainbridge High Grad Ned Thorne’s Long Road to Filmmaking Success and his Involvement in Coyote v. Acme at Lynwood Sunday | THE ISLAND WANDERER

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