A community service of BARN: the Bainbridge Artisan Resource Network
Lee Moniz, Daniel Frederick and Kyle Koller Will bringing Coffee Oasis to Bainbridge help reduce teen suicide on the island? Lee Moniz hopes so. Listen here to learn about Coffee Oasis and why the Tyler Moniz Project is working to bring the organization to Bainbridge. …
Line dancing? Table Tennis? Yoga? Chinese? Bridge? Drawing? Chess? Knitting? Photography? Astrology? German? Cribbage? Karaoke? Shakespeare? There’s something for everyone at the BI Senior Center — and you can help decide what future offerings might be available! Attend one of four strategic planning sessions offered …
Are you prepared if disaster strikes our community? Participate in Three Days of Preparedness–September 26, 29, and 30 — and meet Ready Raccoon and the rescue dogs of Empact NW, experience a simulated earthquake in The Big Shaker, and learn more about what Bainbridge is …
Who remembers when the first television came to Bainbridge Island? Listen here as lifelong Island resident Karen McCormic Beierle shares her memories of growing up on Bainbridge, including the 1949 earthquake that destroyed the Pleasant Beach School. Born in the late 1930s, Karen grew up in …
What is the development moratorium, why was it enacted, and how does it address growing concerns about the type of development happening on Bainbridge Island? In this podcast, BI Senior Planner Christy Carr and Planning Commissioner Jon Quitslund help clarify the issues. Beginning in January …
HRB’s Penny Lamping (L) and Phedra Elliot Many of us know people who are either struggling to stay in their current homes or hoping to find an affordable place on Bainbridge. Housing Resources Bainbridge is here to help: listen here as HRB’s Phedra Elliot and …
Bring your friends and family to the island’s beaches on Sunday, September 9, and help keep our beaches clean and free of materials that can both damage wildlife and adversely affect our own food chain. The annual beach cleanup is not just happening on Bainbridge; …
Jennifer Sutton, Phedra Elliott and Althea Paulson How do we go about creating a community where people who want to live here can afford to do so? In June 2017, the Bainbridge Island City Council appointed a fifteen member, all citizen volunteer group to answer …
Bainbridge Author Stefani Galaday “What’s happening to our world?,” she said. Who is speaking? It’s Finch, the bird-woman, who lives on a treeless island. She wants to build a boat as the water is rising. Bainbridge Islander Stefani Galaday’s new book, Finch, sets the issues …
Bainbridge Island’s Team Sail Like a Girl High winds, strong currents, dense fog and fierce competition: listen here as Bainbridge Islanders Jeanne Goussev, Haley Lhamon and Kelly Adamson share the amazing story of Team Sail Like a Girl’s successful bid to win the 2018 Race to Alaska, …