Tag: Bainbridge Island Metro Park and Recreation Department

The Kindred Spirit Mailbox Project is Uniquely Bainbridge!

For infamous “Mailbox Lady”, Denise Stoughton, discovering the Kindred Spirit Mailbox on Bird Island in North Carolina was a magical experience, one she immediately wanted to share with Bainbridge Island.

Denise began her “mailboxing” quest last year after she …

City and Parks Combine to Launch the Much Talked about Lost Valley Trail

Lost Valley Cross-Island Trail Map courtesy of BI Parks and Trails FoundationSome twenty-plus years in the planning stages, the revered and much talked about Lost Valley Trail is inching its way towards reality. The Bainbridge Island City Council recently okayed the Lost Valley Trail project, which is a partnership between the …

The hard working goats were at it again at Blakely Harbor Park!

This isn’t their first visit to Blakely Harbor Park, in 2018, a large herd was brought in to clear blackberry and other invasive weeds from areas of the park that are now replanted with thriving native vegetation. However, there’s …

Poet and Washington Book Award Winner to Speak at Japanese Remembrance Event – This Saturday!

Michele Bombardier - PhotoMichele Bombardier, the island’s first ever Poet Laureate, is quickly bringing poetry to life on Bainbridge Island. “I’m having a blast,” she says, gushing with enthusiasm. “Two things I love: my hometown and poetry.”

Bombardier has pulled off a …

Catching up with the “Mailbox Lady” – Denise Stoughton on her Uniquely Bainbridge Project

Denise StoughtonLast June we published an article on a new Facebook Group called Uniquely Bainbridge/Fabulous Mailboxes and Other Interesting Totems, which was created by interior designer, artist and writer, Denise Stoughton.

A little background on Denise’s fascination with mailboxes: …

Make January 16th a “day on not a day off” and join Bainbridge Island Metro Parks & Recreation District for their annual Martin Luther King Jr Day of Service at Blakely Harbor Park

Blakely Harbor Park tv_ad_mlk_day_12.8.22After a three-year pandemic hiatus BI Parks and its partners, including Blakely Harbor Park’s neighbor IslandWood, Sustainable Bainbridge and the BI Parks and Trails Foundation, are back hosting the annual Martin Luther King Jr Day of Service.…

Join Bainbridge Island Metro Parks & Recreation District Work Parties in 2023

Winter Work Party poster 2023Bainbridge Island Metro Parks & Recreation District 2023 Work Party Schedule

BI Parks 2022 volunteers accomplished so much!  Join them this year to accomplish even more!

More than 800 volunteers worked with the Natural Resources team at Bainbridge Island Metro …

Holiday Events on Bainbridge Island – BIFD Holiday Music Truck, Frosty Paws, Nutcracker performances, Gingerbread Parties, Musical Performances, Winter Walks and more!

BIFD Holiday Truck Schedule - CopyBIFD HOLIDAY MUSIC TRUCK IS COMING DECEMBER 13th through the 24th. Get ready for the holiday magic to come to your neighborhood with the Bainbridge Island Fire Department’s annual holiday music truck. The brightly lit truck spreads …

Local Pickle-ballers Mull Creative Ways to Add New Courts to the Mix

Talk about an ironic twist of fate. Bainbridge Island pickle-ballers find themselves in – well – a bit of a pickle. They have too many active players and not enough courts for them all to play on.

Pickleball paddle at BIHMThe game that …

Updated Holiday Events on Bainbridge Island – Week of November 14th through November 26th.

AHB Individual Artist Grant 2022ARTS AND HUMANITIES BAINBRIDGE Individual Artist Grant deadline is NOVEMBER 15TH, click here for details.

 

BPA logoBAINBRIDGE PERFORMING ARTS –  SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 19th @ 7:30 pm – The Seattle International Comedy Competition returns with ten comedians performing. Click

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