Largest Private Employer: Avalara is the island’s largest employer with 195 employees on Bainbridge. The company’s office’s in Seattle has 33 employees. The island-based company employs 390 people nation wide. Avalara also has an office in India and is opening another in the United Kingdom.
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Bainbridge Island restaurants such as The Four Swallows and Restaurant Marche have garnered national acclaim, and for good reason. Hitchcock received its own noteworthy nod this year after Chef Brendan McGill was named Food & Wine’s Peoples choice for Best New Chef of 2013.
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Maureen has been an Island Broker since 1983, a founding member of the Bainbridge Island Land Trust and a member of the Bainbridge Saddle Club. Ed is a third generation Broker and on the Advisory Board to the “Friends of the Farm”. Maureen and Ed opened their “family owned” real estate firm of five brokers in 2005 and specialize in Bainbridge Island properties. “We appreciate the support and dedication our community continually contributes to the arts, schools, conservation of open space and farms, and preserving the special aspects that has set Bainbridge Island apart.”
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Research supports the importance of good nutrition and supplementation for optimal health. Providing natural solutions for healthy living is what Willow’s Naturally, has been doing for 31 years. At Willow’s, you will fi nd friendly, knowledgeable, service-oriented staff and an extensive selection of nutritional supplements, herbal remedies, gluten-free foods, body care products and informative books.
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206.842.2759 • willowsnaturally.com Bainbridge Senior Living was founded in 1991 by my father, Don Roose. His mother-in-law, Maggie, wanted to live on Bainbridge, but could not maintain a house on her own. Dad wanted to establish local senior care in a comfortable setting. The Madison House opened its doors in downtown Winslow offering the first assisted living community of its kind in Kitsap County. Shortly thereafter, The Wyatt House and The Winslow Manor were built to meet the growing demand for quality senior housing and care. Returning to Bainbridge to raise a family, I teamedup with my father as Director of Marketing.
Our goal is to continue to build and create a vibrant community that improves the quality of life for Kitsap County seniors. Today, my three children and I visit our three residences often. They too look forward to the many interesting and well-travelled grandparents as a second family. The circle continues!
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STATS & FACTS • 11,142 of the population is in the labor force • 4,630 drive to work alone • 2,995 take public transportation • 6,235 are in management, professional or related occupations • 2,086 are in sales and office occupations • 1,231 are in service occupations • 626 are in construction, extraction, maintenance or repair occupations • 422 are in production, transportation and material moving occupations • 45 are in farming, fishing and forestry occupations • 7,138 work for private businesses • 2,014 work for government • 1,493 are self-employed or work for unincorporated businesses Source: City of Bainbridge Island
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We offer a Montessori education on two campuses on Bainbridge Island. In mixed age classrooms, each developmental phase is supported in all areas of growth: emotional, intellectual, social, and physical. Our school includes programs for Toddlers, Preschoolers, Kindergartners, and a full Elementary program for grades one through six. From this fertile beginning, children develop a lifelong love of learning and a strong sense of themselves as agents of change and compassion in the world.
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Truly Local
Buying local is a formula for a healthy local economy, and community Richard D. Oxley Bainbridge Island Review
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uying local isn’t a new concept to many islanders. Bainbridge Island boasts a bevy of local merchants, farmers and others to tempt island shoppers. But the notion of supporting neighbors and businesses is perhaps more important in small communities such as Bainbridge Island, where the temptation of “big box” stores looms from across the Agate Pass Bridge, and a new shopping center proposed outside downtown Winslow has prompted concerns from people worried about existing business and empty commercial spaces. In response, key leaders in the Bainbridge business community have been touting the advantages of local alternatives to “big box” stores and national retailers. “Over the last five or 10 years, ‘Buy local’ or ‘Shop local’ have become buzz words,” said Andrea Mackin, executive director of the Bainbridge Island Downtown Association. The association is a nonprofit organization and part of the state’s Main Street program that’s aimed at sustaining historic downtowns such as Winslow. Shoppers are attracted to big box stores primarily because of price and selection. But Mackin maintains that while a big box store may pump some money into a local community, it doesn’t compare to the genuine
article: a locally owned business. The basic idea is that money spent locally, stays in the local community. “When you talk about buying local, you talk about spending money with a locally owned businesses that employ islanders,” Mackin said. “That goes to support families. They pay taxes, their kids go to our schools and the money recirculates in the community,” she said. “That has a lot of value, as opposed to spending that same dollar at a big box store where that money doesn’t go as much to support the people in the community,” Mackin added. Mackin isn’t just cheerleading for the island’s established businesses. The downtown association has done its homework, with the help of local business owners. To quantify the power of truly buying local, the island’s hometown merchants, and other interested parties, contributed to a 2012 study gauging the effectiveness of locally spent dollars. A total of 13 merchants from the downtown Winslow core contributed to the study, which considered local profits, wages paid to local workers, goods and services purchased for internal use and resale, and charitable giving through the community. “This study gave us the opportunity to collect real numbers from local small businesses, and then create an analysis on how those numbers in our community stack up against national chain retailers in nearby communities,” Mackin explained.
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Melissa Newman with Paws and Fins pet shop in Winslow helps a local customer. The results indicated that three times as much money will circulate within the island community than if the same money was spent at a national chain, or what are known as “big box” stores. Island merchants returned 39.8 percent of their revenue to the local economy, according to the study. “That means nearly 40 cents of every dollar goes back into the local economy,” Mackin said. National chain stores paled in comparison. The study took into account the amount of dollars returned to a community by chain stores, using Silverdale — home to Target, Barnes & Noble, Office Max and Home Depot — as a model. The big boxes only contributed 13.6 percent back to the
community. The survey was conducted in partnership with island merchants that included Eagle Harbor Book Company, The Traveller, and the Bainbridge Island Downtown Association, along with the American Booksellers Association and Civic Economics. It was part of a national survey that was conducted in unison with 10 other communities. “Part of the culture on Bainbridge Island is the value we place on our local community,” Mackin said. “(Buying local) should carry through everything we do, including where we spend our dollars.” “It just makes sense, if we have the option to spend it here, with local merchants, then we would do that in our own community,” she said.
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Bainbridge Island on the economic mend Richard D. Oxley
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ainbridge Island may be finally shaking off the doldrums delivered by the Great Recession. Perhaps one reason the island was hit hard was due to one of its chief industries: real estate. Real estate market numbers tanked in 2008, delivering a significant blow to national and local economies. But recently, those numbers are showing signs of rebounding throughout the Puget Sound, including on Bainbridge. With local sales rising, and the real estate market making progress, Bainbridge Island is on the mend. “The real estate business is both an economic indicator as well as a large income source,” said Jim Laws of Windermere Real Estate on Bainbridge. “The income comes from many fronts; permit fees, excise taxes and property taxes. All of those really went down in the ‘correction’ and are now recovering,” he said. With its shipbuilding and sawmill past relegated to the pages of history, Bainbridge Island no longer boasts a major industry. But with the range of high home values — where the average home value is nearly $600,000 and many other property values reach above $1 million — real estate remains the foundation for a significant local economy and provides the city with a major source of tax dollars. One sign that the economy is recovering is the recent change-of-
value notices mailed to residential property owners in Kitsap County in July. Notices from the county assessor’s office indicate that home values have slowed their downward trend and have begun to climb back up. Local agents working within the real estate market are fairing well. Windermere’s island agents provide updates on the island market, and have recently boasted great progress in sales. A total of 205 homes sold on the island within the first six months of 2013. The number is more impressive than those before the 2008 crash. But within that number is the nuts-and-bolts of how the market is fairing. Overall, the number of homes sold so far in 2013 continues to rise from previous years. Island homes valued over $1 million, however, is the one sector that suffered a dip in sales; approximately half of 2012, according to Windermere’s report for the first half of 2013. Only four homes sold for more than $1.5 million so far. Last year there were nine. The low sales caused island median home prices to slip a bit. Laws said that an improvement in this segment of the market would, in turn, benefit the island. “In (Windermere’s) mid-year newsletter I talk about the upper end (homes over $1 million),” Laws said. “If it were doing better you would see even better improvement in property taxes and excise (taxes) primarily because a few houses have
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Recovery has been slow, but steady, for island real estate. more impact, on the basis of their large numbers.” Homes below $1 million, however, are selling strong. In fact, homes stayed on the market, on average, for 75 days in 2012. This year, homes are staying up for sale an average of 22 days. Condo sales are also rebounding, with 40 sales reported during the first six months of 2013. That number is up by 17.6 percent from 2012, and 66.7 percent from 2009, according to Windermere’s report. The median price of condo sales is $318,500. Overall, there seems to be more good to say about the island’s market, than bad. “From my perspective our local economy appears on a good track,” Laws said. “At least from where it was.”
Laws also pointed to local resources on the island as another source of an economic boost. He said that community investment in efforts such as Waterfront Park project — which could see more than a million dollars on improvements to the park and the city dock — would benefit the island by attracting people and dollars. “Waterfront Park is a good example of a project that would bring dollars to local business people as well as create a much better facility for residents,” Laws said. “To do it, a few trees will need to come down, and money spent on facilities that are more noticeable than current (facilities) but will attract boaters.” Downtown is seeing the start of a resurgence, with major public and private investments now in place or in the permitting stages.
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Building and Shaping the Bainbridge Island Community for Over 10 Years Island Fitness, founded in 2002 by Alexa and Michael Rosenthal, is recognized as a leader in personal training, small group training, nutritional coaching and body care.
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With more than 50 group fitness classes included with any membership, Island Fitness serves members ranging in age from teens to 90+. The business is known for its unique, highly successful “Train to…” programs, such as: Train to Lose, a comprehensive program to help women achieve sustainable weight loss (Fall session begins in September), and Train to Climb, a six-month training program to prepare participants for a successful and enjoyable climb of Mt. Rainier. In their over ten-year history on Bainbridge Island, Island Fitness has grown to be a center for health, fitness, and wellness, bringing strength, flexibility and balance to our community.
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Winslow has nearly 200 businesses inside the downtown footprint, which are a major source of local sales tax revenue. Those businesses account for nearly 20 percent of the city’s annual sales tax totals.
Terry Klein Windermere Real Estate ~ Managing Broker Experience, knowledge and integrity are the guiding principles that shape Terry’s business. Terry is committed to excellence in service, people and properties, and she takes the time to listen. Terry grew up on Bainbridge Island and is a graduate of the University of Washington giving her a unique understanding of the opportunities available here. Terry works daily to maintain a keen awareness of the real estate market and of the current inventory. She is a member of the Council of Residential Specialists and has earned the Graduate Realtor Institute Designation from the National Association of Realtors. She is among a select few chosen by Seattle Magazine as a 2012 Five Star Real Estate Agent.
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“We have now owned our Bainbridge location just over a year and it has been a great addition to our company. The store was previously owned by Mary Hall and Ken Schuricht,” Diane says. “We really appreciate all the support that the Bainbridge Island community has shown us over the last year. Being a small locally owned business we also like to shop locally as often as possible in each of the communities.”
Ray and Diane Donahue, owners of Peninsula Paint Centers, are now in their 10th year of business. “We proudly employ 17 associates and have great teams in place in all three of our store locations including Bainbridge Island, Poulsbo, and Port Townsend,” Diane states. “Our Peninsula Paint Centers are located at: staff is very knowledgeable and strives to Bainbridge: 937 Hildebrand Lane NE, Ste 100 • (206)842-2227 understand each customer’s project before Poulsbo: 20530 Viking Way NW • (360)779-6995 mixing any customer’s paint.” Port Townsend: 315 Decatur St. • (360)379-8025
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The Only Newspaper in the World that Cares About Bainbridge Island Tucked into central Puget Sound, a half-hour by ferry from downtown Seattle, Bainbridge Island has made its share of history, from 19th century shipbuilding at Port Madison, to 20th century lumber milling at Port Blakely, to the crucial role the island’s military installations served in winning the war in the Pacific during World War II. The Bainbridge Island Review has been there to cover it all, even making a little history of its own along the way as the only West Coast newspaper to defend the rights of Japanese-American citizens during the war. Today, the Review is committed to keeping 23,000 islanders – and, via the Internet, our many friends and family members abroad – up to date on the amazing little community around them. If it happens on Bainbridge Island, the Review has it covered.
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