September 2011
Sunrise Coffee brewing great things Roasting specialty coffee on the peninsula for 25 years
Luncheon Speakers Jefferson County Chamber of Commerce luncheon meetings are held at the Port Townsend Elks Lodge, 555 Otto St., at noon each Monday, federal holidays excluded. Everyone is welcome!
Sept. 5 – Happy Labor Day! No meeting Sept. 12 - Tom Stone
The President of the Port Ludlow Village Council discusses the council’s role and what it represents to the county.
Sept. 19 - Jill Andrews
Certified Folder distributes brochures and other publications and media on the Washington State ferries. Andrews will discuss marketing and brochure design for a tourism based market. Sponsor Peninsula Credit Union
Sept. 26 - Jerry Thuotte
The brains and the brawn behind the The Port Townsend Aero Museum talks about why the building is more than an airplane museum. We “inspire the future while preserving the past” through a unique youth education program.
You may not know this but Sunrise Coffee has been roasting in “The Port of Port Townsend” since 1985, over 25 years. For the last 13, Sue Ohlson has been Sunrise’s owner and “master roaster.” If the wind is right you can follow the aromatic plume of roasting coffee beans right from the Visitor Information Center, across Sim’s Way and a hundred yards or so into The Port’s main entrance down 10th Street and discover one of Port Townsend’s best kept secrets. “We all follow the plume to Sue’s shop every morning and try out whatever beans she’s roasting that day,” says shipwright Brian Wentzel, a Freyja Boatworks owner. “Her wonderful smile, positive energy and fabulous gourmet coffee keeps us going throughout the day. Every three or four months we all show up and load and stack into her shop all of this green coffee from around the world. It’s a lot of fun and we get free coffee.” “I love being here in the “Port,” Ohlson says. “My neighbors are the shipwrights, the welders, the metal workers, marine designers and the boat builders that work here. When I need help with my shipments or the repair and maintenance of my equipment these guys are here for me and I love them all.” And this tall, long haired woman, often dusted with fresh ground specialty coffee, is much loved by her neighbors. An Illinois native, Ohlson moved to Port Townsend in 1995 and at one time held down three jobs - delivering fl owers for Holly’s Fine Flowers, helping out at Jim Sherwood’s veterinary clinic and running her own Sue’s Speedy Weeding service. She was driving a bus for Jefferson Transit when she shook hands with former Sunrise owner Christopher John and bought the business with roasting time and coffee beans. The rest is history.
Sue Ohlson is Sunrise’s owner and “master roaster.” She shook hands with former Sunrise owner Christopher John and bought the business with roasting time and coffee beans. In 2008, she commissioned local artist Max Grover to design her logo and brand with seven original paintings of her most popular roasts. Max Grover is now working on some new paintings and new labels are in the works. Also in the near future is a brand new website designed by Frank DePalma and his team at Totera Web Systems. Sunrise Coffee’s wholesale accounts stretch from Port Townsend to Forks. “We’re in the Port Towsend Co-op,
the two QFC’s, Sunny Farms, and many restaurants and shops all over the region. My coffee can compete with any found on the other side of Puget Sound and beyond,” she says. “To know my coffee is to love my coffee and I’m grateful to my loyal clients who have kept me going all these years. I love this place and this community has given me much to be thankful for,” Sue says, “and I want my fresh, local, organic coffee to be a part of everyone’s Sunrise.”
Let’s have a conversation and bridge generation gap By Kim Aldrich President To YP or not YP, that is the question. Our new Young Professional’s Network is up and runKim Aldrich ning. As is to be expected, there is a lot of energy in the group and a buzz of excitement. So what does an Old P like me do? I attended the YP kickoff event last month as President of Chamber and specifically to introduce Teresa Verraes, our Executive Director. As I walked in, I saw several grey heads and thought, “Oh no! Is this going to work?” You see the point of the YPN is to give younger professionals a place to meet each other and share their experiences. Happily, in a short period of time, more and more under 45’s showed up and in three different conversa-
tions I heard the exclamation, “I had no idea there were so many young people here!” What a great discovery. While I was there it became obvious to me this was not my place, and like Bilbo in the Lord of the Rings, after I said my piece I made sure I disappeared. My children are grown and I’ve been married a very long time, so conversations about how to juggle business and dating, or business and family life are not conversations I need to have. I felt like the Oldster respectfully (and gratefully) going upstairs and letting the young’ns sit up late. That being said, like many of you, this is the group to whom I would like to market. Under 45s are buying homes, having children, repositioning themselves financially and creating those lasting business relationships that become so important. So how do I reach them, respectfully?
to meet some of the 30 or so artists who display in the gallery plus meet To the rest of Jefferson County, the “Artist Of the Month,” whose the image of Port Ludlow is someart hangs for one month in Columtimes that of a convenience center bia Bank. with gas station and post office, two The Artists’ League has for some banks, two real estate companies years been displaying art as part of and a church. The reality is that Port the “revolving Merchant exhibits” Ludlow has much more to offer in in the following locations: Active both the “upper and lower villages.” Life, Home Instead, Mats Mats The Port Ludlow Artists’ League Chiropractic, Port Hadlock Medihas been and is constantly trying cal Clinic, Port Ludlow Community hard to dispel the “don’t blink or Church, Coldwell Banker and Coyou’ll miss it” image. lumbia Bank Conference Room. Local artists are trying very In 2009, the Inn At Port Ludhard to let it be known that the low invited the league members to Port Ludlow Artists’ League, now display their art in The Inn during numbering 99 members, maintains the month of December. As a follow an art gallery adjacent to Columbia up, in 2010, the League was again Bank in the upper village. On the invited to continue displaying art first Friday of every month, the and jewelry in the halls and meetgallery hosts a “First Friday Recep- ing rooms of The Inn and the artists tion” which is open to the public have been collaborating with The and provides a chance for visitors Inn’s General Manager, Debbie 2 September 2011 Jefferson County Chamber Newsletter
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Gallery Walk Olympic Music Festival Sizzling Summer Sidewalk Sale Labor Day 1st Tuesday Salon Wooden Boat Festival JeffCo Farm Tour Wheel-In Drive-In Closes Autumnal Equinox Port Townsend Film Festival Wednesday Farmers’ Market Closes
Enter the Leaderhip Council. How many of you feel like you have information to share with other business people? How many of you would be willing to pass that knowledge on? And how about finding the “new blood” that will take over that piece that Upcoming Events you are passionate about? The Jefferson County Chamber 10/1-2 Kinetic Sculpture Race of Commerce will be creating a 10/6 Girls’ Night Out series of forums or conversations 11/5-6 6th Annual Woodworkers’ Show specifically for that purpose. Call 12/3 Community Tree Lighting it mentoring, wisdom council, or a 12/31 First Night leadership council, the idea is the 1/1 17th Annual Polar Dip in Nordland same. 1/21-22 4th Annual Tango Festival Let’s identify those individu1/27-29 8th Annual Strangebrew Festival als who are willing to converse 2/4 21st Annual Shipwrights’ Regatta about what has worked and what 2/9-26 16th Annual Playwrights’ Festival doesn’t, where to go, and what to 3/16-18 2nd Annual Spring Boating Symposium avoid. Let’s integrate all Chamber members so we are helping 3/16-18 30th Annual Kitemakers’ Conference each other succeed and create 3/17 10th Annual JeffCo Community Garage Sale a buzz about what is happening 3/23-25 Victorian Heritage Days here, in Jefferson County. Please call the Chamber Office, 385-7869, and let us know if you are interested in participating!
Ludlow artists extend invitation to visit By Jeanne Joseph
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Wardrop ever since. This association has been a fruitful and enriching partnership for the artists and the Inn. Every two months new paintings and jewelry are changed out. The fall of 2011 promises new and exciting promotions at The Inn and each artist will be creating equally exciting pieces to align with The Inn’s promotions. As a Chamber of Commerce member, the PL Artists’ League would like to extend an invitation to all Chamber members to be our guest at our “First Friday Receptions” from 4 to 5 p.m. in the Columbia Bank and 5 to 6 p.m. in the gallery next door. Refreshments are always served while you browse and socialize. We look forward to seeing you all. Jeanne Joseph is the Gallery Manager and Wanda Mawhinney is the PLAL President.
Vote on amended bylaws at chamber lunch Sept. 12
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Let’s celebrate our abundance By Dr. Molly Force One of the most interesting things I ask each of my patients to do is to fill out what I call “the wheel of health.” Each of the sections of this “wheel of health” pie-chart deeply influences your daily wellbeing and ultimately your Dr. Molly Force individual health. Try it. Take a pen or pencil, and shade in the areas where you feel fulfilled. Not only does this exercise help me understand what areas you need the most support in, it calls your attention to those areas. Each person is unique, and the wheel is very subjective, changing with mood and current stressors. It is optimal when all of the sections are equally fulfilled. By surveying “the wheel of health” for each and every patient, I find out how they are feeling about their current economic situation. Stress is a determinant of health and money is often a determinate of stress. In this way, I get an insider’s view through my work of what is happening with the economy. When I sit down with my patients one-on-one in an atmosphere of complete confidentiality, their emotions of fears and joys eventually tend to surface. Of course, this is a safe place for these feeling to be shared as my oath as a physician keeps their information both private and sacred. In the last six months, I have heard more and more financial stress and worry within my pa-
tient population. With the current economic hardships we have to come together as a community to support each other. Overall, it seems that it has taken about two years for the downward slump of the economy to fully ripple out to our peninsula. We must band together. Ask yourself, how can I provide for my community? I believe this is the key to success that will keep us afloat. I love this idea that local is the new organic. “Buy local” - this slogan is popping up everywhere. Our purchasing power is a phenomenal tool, yet let us not limit the idea of our support to only be monetary. Last week, I moved my practice location. For a physician, a move is a huge deal. Not only do I have to let my patients and clientele know, I must inform labs, vendors I use for my natural medical dispensary, pharmacies, licensing agencies, insurance agencies, move my tools, including my extremely heavy exam table, and the list goes on. What I found during this move was that when I asked, I received. You, my community members, embraced my transition, making it seamless. Dr. Douwe Rienstra and his fantastic staff of the Monroe Street Medical Clinic have graciously allowed me to share space, while I work to create an integrative and holistic healing center for my practice, Prosper Natural Health. When I announced my move, I sent an email to my patients asking for their input and guidance on appropriate spaces available in Port Townsend as
well as their vision of what a collective wellness center could provide for our community. The responses have been superb. What I am realizing is that we have an abundance here on the Olympic Peninsula. Although the economy is struggling, as a community we have both tremendous opportunity and capability. Rather than focusing on what we are lacking,
we will greatly benefi t from celebrating the assets surrounding us. From our farm-fresh local foods and waterways fi lled with salmon (truly a superfood!) to our immensely eclectic talents, the tapestry of our efforts when woven together is incredibly powerful. Dr. Molly Force is the Secretary for the Jefferson County Chamber of Commerce.
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tions to participate in the Green Power Program: you can purchase 100 percent Green Power or purchase a specific amount of Green Power each month (a minimum purchase of $4 per month for a total of 320 kilowatt hours (kWh)). An energy efficient household that uses 800 to 1,000 kWh per month can cost as little as $10 to $12 in addition to your regular electric bill to be 100 percent green. To sign up for Green Power and be entered to win your own solar electric system, visit PSE. com/SolarSweepstakes or call a PSE Energy Advisor at 1-800-562-1482, Monday through Friday, between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m.
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Jenny Jo Clothing opened its new showroom and chamber members helped celebrate. Pictured are Chamber Executive Director Teresa Verraes, Judy Cavett, Fairwinds Winery, Linda Allen, Pam Lampman, Joe Bayley, “Here” Landscaping, Sandi Bird, Life Care Center, Karen Anderson, VIC, Vi Koenig, PT Laundromat & Car Wash, and Tim Lambert and Sheryl Morgenstern of Itali Lambertini goldsmithing and Daddy’s Muesli. Jenny Jo Allen did the honors cutting the ribbon. resident of Port Townsend, many kinds of found fi bers Jenny lives in a little log cabin into beautifully functional with her husband and three designs for women and children. children. Jenny Jo Clothing’s new She recently completed a contract with the rock star showroom is located at 800 W. Park Ave. #1, Port musician Jack Johnson for Townsend (in the business 100 skirts refashioned from their overstock concert t-shirts park near Goodwill) from Tuesday thru Friday 10-4, available at www.JackJohnSaturdays at the Farmer’s sonMusic.com. Market from April thru Jenny Jo’s new line JennY Jo CLoTHing October 9-2, phone (360) features eco-friendly tops Jenny Jo Clothing (forand refashioned T-sKirts with 643-1712, and on line www. merly Madrone; regenerated water-based screen prints jennyjoclothing.com. clothing) is launching a new designed by local women line of women’s apparel as artists. Jenny Jo Allen is a well as a new name and a one-woman design, manufacnew location with a permaturing, and sales team. nent showroom! She joined the Chamber It all began in 2007 when of Commerce because of Jenny Jo Allen made an the personal invitation from adorable sweater dress from a Teresa to come to the Young shrunken sweater to keep her Professionals Network kickbaby daughter snuggly warm. off event where she learned By 2008 her refashioned about the benefi ts of being clothing for women and a Chamber member and children was in high demand. the new programs that are Now Jenny Jo transforms being developed. An 18-year 4 September 2011 Jefferson County Chamber Newsletter
SUmmeR HoUSe DeSign Here at Summer House Design we carry an eclectic mix of the new, the unusual, the old and the interesting in home and personal accessories. We want our mix of products to engage our customer’s curiosity, creativity, and sense of humor. We are trying to create an experience for each customer. It’s the way our unexpected groups of products play off each other that makes us unique; the vintage juxtaposed with the new; putting a set of Danish mid-century mugs next to locally roasted Sunrise Coffee; a vintage gnome fi gurine next to new French glasses with gnomes on them. You can find us at 930 Water Street in Port Townsend, Wash. We joined the Chamber of Commerce because we are excited about it’s future under the able and progressive leadership of Teresa Verraes. moVaBLe CaBinS Movable Cabins are designed and built by Brahdy and Brahdy in Port Townsend. These portable
Chamber members were on hand to cut the ribbon at Brahdy & Brahdy Movable Cabins. Pictured are Chamber Executive Director Teresa Verraes, Arendt Spencer and Brendon Piskula, Steve Mofit of Brahdy & Brahdy Custom, Karen Anderson (VIC), Carol Duffy, Holcomb Hideaway and Vi Koenig, PT Laundromat & Car Wash. living spaces make a great offi ce, studio, guest cottage or rental. There are multiple fl oor plans that can be customized. They come ready to use with plumbing and electrical included, using only the fi nest materials and custom craftsmanship. The elegance of bamboo fl oors and concrete coun-
tertops is combined with sturdy engineering to last in any location. From the backyard to the weekend getaway, Movable Cabins will indulge your imagination and add value to your investments. You can learn more about Movable Cabins by Continued on Page 5
New members Continued from Page 4 visiting movablecabins.com or feel free to call Brendon Piskula at 360-385-5956 for a free consultation.
The grand opening of Power Trip Energy’s new shop featured salmon by In Season catering, live music by Southbound, an all-electric Nissan Leaf, and electricity courtesy of the sun.
Power Trip Energy
Earlier this year solar power specialists Power Trip Energy Corp. moved into a new shop and offi ce in the Glen Cove industrial park at 83 Denny Ave. The 1,600 square foot building provides expanded offi ce, shop and storage facilities for the company and the one acre building site provides additional room for growth. The building was donated by David Holland and disassembled and reconstructed on site. The building currently features a 2.34 kW solar array consisting of Silicon Energy solar modules made in Marysville, Wash. and a Level II electric vehicle charging station. Power Trip Energy is an electrical and general contracting fi rm specializing in solar photovoltaic (PV) installations. The company has installed more than 225 grid-tied solar PV systems on and around the Olympic Peninsula since 2003. The company was founded by Port Townsend High School class of 1986 graduates Andy Cochrane and Steve Carr. The company now has seven full time employees, six of whom are PTHS graduates. Grid tied Photovoltaic (PV) systems generate electricity from sunlight. sThis power is used by the system owner and excess electricity is fed back to the utility which results in lower monthly power bills. Federal tax credits and annual production incentive payments are also available. To learn more about solar power, visit the company’s web site at powertripenergy.com or call the offi ce at 360-643-3080. The company’s offi ce is open from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday. Visitors are welcome but encouraged to call ahead as company representatives are often in the fi eld.
YPN affair The Chamber’s Young Professionals Network held its kickoff event at the Cotton Building in Port Townsend. About 150 people showed up and the most common remark was “I didn’t know there were so many young people in business here.”
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Hilton guides Clemente studies By Patience Rogge Lela Hilton, Academic Director of the Jefferson Clemente Course in the Humanities, has been involved with educational efforts focused on marginalized communities throughout her career. She received her undergraduate degree in Environmental Education and her graduate degree in Adult Education from Antioch University in Seattle. Her experience teaching at the Women’s Center at North Seattle Community College and her empathy with non-traditional students and their particular needs attracted her to the Clemente Course, the free college humanities program for low-income adults which she was instrumental in bringing to Jefferson County 11 years ago. The Clemente Course began in Manhattan in 1995 as an outgrowth of research conducted by Earl Shorris into the root causes of the unending cycle of family poverty. Shorris hypothesized that people who were unable to take advantage of cultural opportunities were destined to remain marginalized from society for generations. To understand the foundations of civil society, the study of philosophy taught by the Socratic method would develop critical thinking and writing skills and give people a sense of the power of education, he concluded. Bard College extended six academic credits for students who went on to college. The course now is taught all over the world.
It is available free with tuition, books, child care and transportation provided. Locally, Clemente Course has been offered for five and a half months on Tuesday and Thursday evenings from 6 to 8:30 p.m. at the Jefferson Community School, 280 Quincy Street, Port Townsend. The course is rigorous, involving serious reading and challenging discussion, but has a very low drop-out rate. Hilton stated that half of the graduates have enrolled in college, and that she has witnessed remarkable growth in self-esteem and the ability to avoid risky behavior in all of the students. Many have developed their own businesses. Her hope is to extend outreach to rural areas of the county and to work with other underserved populations, such as battered women, homeless teens and juvenile offenders. Jefferson Clemente is an independent foundation with an IRS 501(c)(3) designation and is supported by donations from individuals and foundations and fundraisers. In the past, Jefferson Clemente was funded in part by the Jefferson Education Center. However, due to state budget cuts, this support is no longer available. Now Jefferson Clemente must depend heavily on the local community to stay viable. Chimacum’s Finnriver Farm hosted a benefit “farm-based” lecture series in its continuing support of the course on five consecutive Tuesday evenings, July 12 to Aug. 9.
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Coffee Talk - Wednesday, Sept. 7 – 8 to 9 a.m. - Resort at Port Ludlow, 1 Heron Rd., Port Ludlow. After Hours - Tuesday, Sept. 13 - 5:30 to 7 p.m. - Port Ludlow Village, 62 Village Way, Port Ludlow. Ribbon Cutting - Thursday, Sept. 8 at noon - Home Instead and Lexar Homes, 94 Kala Square Place, Port Ludlow. Ambassador’s Meeting - Thursday, Sept. 15 at Mus Kan Restaurant, 2330 Washington, Port Townsend. YPN Test Lab: Networking 101 from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Sept. 9 at the Port Townsend Community Center in Uptown Port Townsend across from Aldrich’s. Do you struggle with how to “pitch” yourself and your business in a way that feels comfortable and effective? Join us and learn how to make the most of each networking opportunity! You’ll have the opportunity to practice networking in a safe space, build confi dence and be prepared for your next mixer.
Lela Hilton, Academic Director of the Jefferson Clemente Course in the Humanities,received her graduate degree in Adult Education from Antioch University in Seattle. Coming eVenTS On Sept. 14, Joe and Cindy Hill Finnie and Scott and Jennifer James Wilson will host a reception at the Bishop Hotel from 5 to 7:30 p.m. to benefi t the Clemente Course. The evening will feature a brief video about Clemente, students telling their own stories and delightful refreshments. On Sunday Nov. 13 at 1:30 p.m., the popular NPR program “Says You!” returns to the Chimacum High School Auditorium with two shows back to back as a benefi t for Clemente. “Quips on the Quimper –A Community “Says You!” will enlist local wits to
play the game along with members of the regular cast. Online tickets are available through Key City Public Theater in Port Townsend. Premier Tickets are $50, these include seating in the fi rst six rows and an invitation to a post-game reception at the Undertown in Port Townsend. Festival Seating is $35. Tickets are also available at Quimper Sound. You must come into the store to purchase your tickets. No phone sales and check or cash only. For all of these events, contact Hilton at 360-7320007 or hiltonl@olympus. net for reservations or information.
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Woodworking school passing on preservation skills Everyone’s invited to annual woodworking show and the fabulous Woodworkers Ball
international reputations. Lawson aspires to reconnect local craftspeople with the greater community. On Oct. 1, in partnership with the Northwest former powerhouse, was Natural Resources Group, By Patience Rogge converted into useable the school will host the space. The school formal- Local Lumber ConferWhat would you do if ly opened in March 2008. ence. “Everybody is aware you loved wood, moved into a house that had a big The Historic Preservation of the local foods movebasement and had a friend Program was added to its ment. We buy local food from local farmers, why who gave you woodwork- offerings the next year. In collaboration with not use lumber grown loing tools? the Washington Veterans cally?” asks Lawson. “The For Tim Lawson, Conservation Corps, the purpose of the conference Executive Director, Port is to start the conversaTownsend School of Wood- school began a program working, the answer was to that has trained scores of tion about how we can use people, including veterlocal resources, market eventually leave the softthem, and make people ware industry, take a course ans, in the craft of restoraware of what we have at the Center for Furniture ing historic structures. Washington State Parks, right here.” He points out Craftsmanship in Maine Peninsula College, and the value of alder, a tree and fi nally move to Port that grows in abundance Townsend, where he helped the school have estabto found the Port Townsend lished a collaboration that in the Pacific Northwest, enables people to earn as an under appreciated School of Woodworking resource. Lawson is buildwith John Marckworth and college credits through Tim Lawson, Executive Director, Port Townsend School of Woodworking, helped found the the program. Last year, 65 ing a relationship with Jim Tolpin. Port Townsend School of Woodworking with John Marckworth and Jim Tolpin. After extensive market people earned certificates the Northwest Maritime from Peninsula College Center and the Northresearch, the school held ”Historic preservation transitioning out of the annual woodworking show its first classes in rented by completing a course in west School of Wooden is not just wood. There military to give them to be held the first weekspace at Fort Worden State the art of historic window Boatbuilding to promote are many other materials skills to take back to their end in November, prePark in 2007. The initial restoration which included partnerships in training in and traditional crafts that communities.” To help re- ceded on Friday evening building storm sashes the crafts and trades. success of those first six are involved. We have to alize this goal, the school by the Woodworkers Ball, from scratch. In the long term, Lawclasses, which drew 86 figure out how to rescue is establishing a Historic a black tie and Carhartts Looking forward to son looks at restoring the participants, led the trio those traditional skills and Preservation Advisory affair, at USO Building in 5,000 square foot Buildto realize that their shared a busy future, Lawson Fort Worden. This year’s ing 365, the former motor pass them on, to train the Board, which will offer dream of a woodworking has plans to grow the guidance and support. event will be a pot luck school by offering more pool building, to use as a next generation before it school in Port Townsend is too late. It would be Lawson invites the followed by music and short courses as well as training center for preserwas doable. With encoura perfect fit for veterans community to attend the dancing. 12-week intensives. He vation skills. He states: agement from Park Manager Kate Burke, who saw is proud that the school its potential as integral to draws people from all over the United States the transition of the Park and Canada and is able into a lifelong learning center, the school became to exist on the revenue Chamber Staff Executive Board Directors Vi Koenig Newsletter Advertising it generates. Its faculty a member of the Parks Sara Radka PT Laundromat Jordan Eades Executive Director The Leader Partners. Building 315, the boasts woodworkers with President Hope Roofing Terra Tosland
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Event Coordinator Laura Brackenridge admin@jeffcountychamber.org 385-7869 VIC Manager Karen Anderson info@jeffcountychamber.org (360) 385-2722
Kim Aldrich Cobalt Mortgage Vice president Fred Obee The Leader Secretary Molly Force N.D. Prosper Natural Health Past President Kris Nelson Siren’s Pub Treasurer Kathryn Brady Brady Chiropractic
Chuck Russell Valley Tavern Ron Ramage Quimper Inn Linda Streisguth Puget Sound Energy Judy Cavett FairWinds Winery Carol Woodley Hadlock Realty & Hadlock Hotel Debbie Wardrop Resort at Port Ludlow
Worldmark Club Piper Diehl Ludlow Bay Wellness Spa Nancy McConaghy Coldwell Banker Bill Wise Team Jefferson
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Mountains, water, trails drew Conklin By Karen Anderson Bill Conklin is a man of experience and ideas. This is a man with no boundaries, but experience enough to know his limits. He’s eased into retirement well by slowly cutting his 200 mile cross-country, intercontinental hikes to simple 10 mile hikes in the area. So if you want to know about an inter-state hike or bike ride, he’d be the one to ask. Ideally you would ask questions about Port Townsend history too. While chatting over a salad at Jordini’s downtown, Bill gave us a brief history lesson on Port Townsend and Washington State based on his extensive knowledge, love of local history, and active volunteerism with local organizations. Bill has spent time with the Commanding Officers’ Quarters at Fort Worden, and Jefferson County Historical Society Museum, as well as Centrum, the Jefferson Land Trust, Jefferson County Library and the PT Visitor Information Center
where he enjoys meeting and talking to people about current and past Port Townsend. The PT VIC is also where he goes to keep on top of what’s going on in town. Bill grew up on the East Coast and got his Master’s degree in banking and finance. His career eventually took him to Sweden for several years until he retired. He and his wife bought a house in the Port Townsend area and lived here part time for almost 10 years before moving in full time in 2000. Port Townsend has everything Bill likes. It has the water and the mountains, and hiking trails galore. It’s the perfect place for someone who loves sailing, biking, and hiking. Bill loves to travel and makes a point of stopping into other Visitor Centers when he does so. Last year he visited Galveston, Texas which is one of the other three historic Victorian seaports in the country (the third being Cape May, New Jersey). Whereas it had more buildings open to the public, it
Gallery 9 hosts mixer Artists at Gallery 9 on Water Street in Port Townsend welcomed chamber members in August. Nearly a dozen artists were on hand to show off their latest work and enjoy some casual conversation. Keep an eye out for monthly chamber mixers. For hosts, mixers are a great opportunity to showcase your business, and for guests, a nice opportunity to learn more about fellow chamber members. 8 September 2011 Jefferson County Chamber Newsletter
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Bill Conklin loves to travel and makes a point of stopping at visitor centers around the country when he gets the opportunity. lacked the charm of our local seaport community. Come into the PT VIC and say hi. Bill doesn’t want to sell you anything. He just likes giving away the secrets of Port
Townsend, but you have to ask the right questions! Thank you, Bill, for your unwavering commitment to the PT VIC! And thank you to all of our hard working volunteers!
Connecting with your community and getting to know fellow businesspeople are the most powerful benefits of belonging to your Chamber of Commerce. Here are a few of the ways you can benefit from Chamber membership: Weekly Monday luncheon meetings at the Elks at noon are a perfect opportunity to mingle and bolster your business network. Monthly Chamber Mixers, the second Tuesday of the month from 5 to 7 p.m., are a great place to socialize with community members, and you have the opportunity to showcase your business by hosting a mixer. Participate in the annual Business Expo. Having a booth is a wonderful way to expand your network and increase exposure of your business to the community. Read the monthly newsletter to keep abreast of pertinent topics facing our business community. Enjoy contributing your own business news to share with other Chamber members by submitting an article. Weekly e-newsletter updates are a quick and easy way to keep updated with Chamber activities and business news. Use the online networking tools provided by the Chamber, including Facebook and Twitter. Join the Chamber’s Ambassadors program. Become
a cheerleader and promote the Chamber in the community while socializing with like-minded and fun Chamber members.
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Uptown Nutrition Suzy Carroll 1002 Lawrence St. Port Townsend, WA (360) 385-3290
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