January 2013 Vol. 26 No. 1
The Voice of Kitsap Business since 1988
Workplace implications of legalized marijuana, page 30
New year, new management? Port of Bremerton will decide soon whether to turn over management of the Bremerton Marina to a private operator
Using MRI body scans as a diagnostic tool, page 9
Inside Special Reports: Healthcare Quarterly, pp 8-15 Human Resources, pp 30-33 People, pg 2 Technology, pg 18 Real Estate, pg 23-25 Financial, pp 26, 27 Environment, pg 28 Automotive, pp 34, 35 Editorial, pp 36-38 Home Builders Newsletter, pp 19-22 By Tim Kelly, Editor The Port of Bremerton commissioners might soon select a private operator to take over management of the Bremerton Marina, because the controversial $34 million facility loses nearly $400,000 a year. But would any businessman be able to turn things around financially if the port expects a new manager to operate the unprofitable marina the same way it's been run since it opened in 2008? That's a question raised by some
interested parties who have reviewed the conditions in the port's Request for Proposals. "It's a beautiful marina, it's very well built and well maintained. And that's a phenomenal boating area out there," said Kirby Scheimann of Texas-based Marinas International, who came to Bremerton for a Dec. 12 site visit the port arranged for parties interested in responding to the RFP. "But the RFP certainly has some challenges to it." Cover Story, page 4
Short move, stylish changes for popular salon By Rodika Tollefson Port Orchard’s Sugardaddy’s Salon completed its move in December to a roomy second-floor space at the corner of Bay Street and Sidney Avenue — but it wasn’t the usual move to a “bigger and better” location. Sure, the salon is now all on one level, where at its previous Salon, page 4
Sugardaddy’s coowners James Harris (right) and Tim Waibel, along with general manager Lisa Chavez, were the creative minds behind the salon’s redesign in its new location. Photo by Rodika Tollefson