March 2014 Vol. 27 No. 3
The Voice of Kitsap Business since 1988
Coffee Oasis opens in Port Orchard, pg 23
All decked out for spring Owners Kim Campbell and Eric Kleiva stand on the new front deck of the Port Gamble General Store & Café. Besides adding the deck for outdoor dining, they are completing a remodel that enlarged their kitchen and will add a bar and second dining room , expanding their business to the entire first floor of the historic building.
Alternative to gas tax, pg 33
Inside Special Reports: Retirement Lifestyles, pp 8-17 Law for Business, pp 31-33 People, pg 2 Real Estate, pg 23 Human Resources, pg 28 Technology, pp 29, 30 Automotive, pp 34, 35 Editorial, pp 36-38 Home Builders Newsletter, pp 19-22
Remodel will add bar, second dining room in historic Port Gamble general store building By Tim Kelly, Editor In one of Port Gamble's most notable historic buildings, there are two walk-in vaults built in the 19th century for the office of the timber company that owned the thriving town. Those vaults, as heavy and sturdy as banks of that era would have had, once sat behind an imposing counter with bars across
Kite & Lightning owner Bill Hickner, right, talks with Scott Houmes at Silver City Brewery in Silverdale while checking the restaurant’s energy control panel.
the front, in the office where mill workers would come to collect their wages in silver in the early years before the company paid in script. The vaults are being repurposed and soon will be used to store wine bottles and beer kegs in a new bar at the Port Gamble General Store & Café.
Cover Story, page 4
Rodika Tollefson photo
Bainbridge tech company caters to building energy management By Rodika Tollefson When staff at Silver City Brewery in Silverdale arrive to work in the morning, no one has to worry about going around the building to turn on lights or regulate the thermostat. Nor do they need to worry about adjusting controls or turning on air conditioning as the outside air
temperature changes. All those functions, along with others related to the kitchen and refrigeration systems, are performed automatically — thanks to an energy management system developed and installed by Bainbridge Island tech company Kite & Lightning. Monitoring, page 14