July 2016 - Experience Anacortes

JULY 2016
819 Commercial Avenue
Anacortes, WA 98221
360.293.7911
[email protected]
www.anacortes.org
THE ANACORTES COMMUNICATOR
The Newsletter of the Anacortes Chamber of Commerce
calendar
Wednesday, July 6
3:30pm
Marketing & Promotions Division Meeting
Chamber Office
Thursday, July 7
Ambassador Meeting
Chamber Office
11:45am
Thursday, July 7
Ribbon Cutting The Good Stuff
604 Commercial Ave
4:30pm
Tuesday, July 12
Retail Trades Meeting
Chamber Office
8:30am
Tuesday, July 12
Marine Trades Group Meeting
Chamber Office
10:00am
Tuesday, July 12
Membership Division Meeting
Chamber Office
4:00pm
Wednesday, July 13
Economic & Development Division
Chamber Office
2:30pm
Thursday, July 14
All County Business After Hours
Tulip Valley Winery
4:00pm
Friday, July 15
Finance/Executive Board Meeting
Chamber Office
10:30am
Tuesday, July 19
Board Meeting
Anacortes School District
3:30pm
Thursday, July 21
Business After Hours
Anacortes Arts Festival/ H2O
5:30pm
Thursday, July 22
12:00pm
Ribbon Cutting Lil' Tugs Childrens Boutique
713 Commercial Ave
Tuesday, July 26
Visitor Center Volunteer Meeting
Chamber Office
9:00am
cornerstone members
Puget Sound
Refinery
TESORO
business after hours
The Anacortes Arts Festival and Anacortes Brewery
invite chamber members to the Festival Beer Release
Party and Chamber After Hours on July 21 from 5:307:00pm at H2O (314 Commercial Ave).
The 55th Annual Anacortes Arts Festival is right
around the corner, August 5th - 7th. Friday night of the
Festival has a “locals night” theme with the booth artists
open until 7:00pm and music on two of the stages until
9:00pm. There are more than 75 new booth artisans,
an Emerging Artists Area for local young artists, food
trucks and much more. The Festival Beer from Anacortes
Brewery will be pouring at both the Hideaway Bar and the
Port Pub.
Join us on July 16 for appetizers, networking and
some Festival swag. A no-host bar will be available
along with Happy Hour specials. The Arts Festival and
Anacortes Brewery look forward to sharing a fun night
with everyone. Please RSVP online. Gifts for the giveaway are welcome.
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Refinery Report
A recent impact study by Western
Washington University found that the two
local refineries, Tesoro and Shell Puget Sound
Refinery, are among the top employers and pay
among the highest average wages in Anacortes.
On January 19, 2016, the board of directors
of the Anacortes Chamber of Commerce
commissioned the study through Western
Washington University Center for Economic
and Business Research to determine the local
economic impact of refinery employment on
Fidalgo Island. It is the Board’s desire to ensure
that any decisions made, and opinions formed,
related to our refinery partners’ business needs
and role in the community are made with the
knowledge of their full economic significance.
This is the first in a series of reviews of
economic impacts the chamber intends to
commission in a variety of sectors.
Findings of the study released on April 19
showed that of the 841 Shell and Tesoro refinery
workers reported in 2014, 217 are estimated
to live in the 98221 zip code area. It further
reports that for every refining job, another job is
created on Fidalgo Island (a multiplier of 2). This
means that roughly 424 jobs on Fidalgo Island
depend directly or indirectly on the refineries,
a figure the study describes as “a significantly
higher employment multiplier effect than other
industries.” For comparison purposes, it should
be noted that localized multipliers are generally
below 1.2 for most sectors. This holds true for
Fidalgo Island, with some other higher-multiplier
industries coming in at 1.4, 1.35 and 1.25 (such
as boat building and medical services). . This
means that those industries create .25 to .4
jobs for every one job, or stated differently it
takes five jobs in a sector with a multiplier of 1.2
to create one additional localized job, like the
refineries do with their multiplier of 2.0.
The 424 jobs represent 7% of all
employment on Fidalgo Island, which is a
substantial portion of jobs to be tied to a
single industry. The refineries reported that
at any time there can be another 370 contract
employees, some of whom would be living on
Fidalgo.
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Regional Fine Art and Custom Picture Framing
420 Commercial Ave. • Anacortes • 360-293-6938 • www.scottmilo.com
Refinery Report continued ambassador profile
Their impact was not included in the
results, which provides a conservative bias to
the reported economic impacts. Additionally,
this report did not reference the unique
economic impact to Anacortes when the
refineries conduct their major turnaround
work every few years. These events bring
through thousands of short-term workers to our
community, spending significant money on area
businesses and providing a temporary boost to
local tax revenue.
The study further points out that 98% of
workers in Skagit County have a lower average
wage than those found at the two refineries
with only .25% of workers in the county having
a higher wage. The local personal expenditures
of the refinery workers living in Anacortes are
estimated to be in excess of $4.5 million dollars
annually. The full report can be found online at
http://anacortes.org/work/doing-business-inanacortes/
member profile
Leslie Elvebak Powell
Leslie is so excited to be a part of the
Anacortes Chamber, and one of their newest
Ambassadors. She is currently the Community
Relations Director for Lighthouse Memory Care.
Born to local families (Campbell Lake and
Burlington) Leslie will tell you that she took
the long way home. After Graduating from
Washington State University (Go Cougs!) she
set out to sea first with Norwegian Cruise Lines
and then with the Navy working for the DOD as
a civilian on board USS Ronald Reagan, CVN
76 as the “Fun Boss.” She’s lived in Colorado,
California, Alaska, Saskatchewan, and stopped in
more places than she is able to recall.
She’ll tell you that on her travels, she met
many folks who asked her where her favorite
place to visit, and her answer was always home,
Deception Pass and Campbell Lake were at the
top of the list.
Among her favorite things to do: fishing,
hunting,
crabbing,
boating, and
of course
travelling.
Taking a final
detour before
moving back
to Anacortes, Leslie spent 4 years on Samish
Island. She raised clams and oysters, became
obsessed with nurturing, raising, harvesting
and processing 60 percent of the food they ate.
Smoking, pickling, canning, freezing, and finally
sharing the delicious treats with family and
friends.
Her move to Anacortes at the beginning
of this year has been a joyous one, and she
looks forward to re-growing her roots here in
Anacortes and Leslie says she already feels like
part of the family.
Marine Supply & Hardware Co.
The Marine Supply & Hardware Company
was opened in 1913 by Mike Demopoulos
and is currently owned and operated by his
grandson Steve Demopoulos. Located at the
north end of Commercial Ave. in Anacortes,
Marine Supply is the oldest continually
operating marine store on the West Coast.
The oiled wood floors, antique wood
counters and overall feel make this a great
place to browse and maybe find a treasure
or two. Folks say it’s like being in a museum
where all the exhibits are for sale. The
friendly, knowledgeable staff are always ready
to serve your needs or offer advice, even if it’s
just where to have lunch.
The surplus tool rooms hold a variety
of World War II to present new and used
wrenches, blocks and nuts and bolts, along
with lots of great junk. Specialty tools, marine
paints, books, charts, camping gear, and teak
furniture fill the rest of the 5000 square foot
main store. The basement and outbuildings
are still filled with surplus to refill the store
when needed
Serving the commercial fishing, industry,
and pleasure boaters, Marine Supply strives
to be everything to everyone. Stop by for
a sample of their Mariners roast coffee, or
take home a pound custom roasted for you
in house. As the locals say, “If they don’t
have it, you don’t need it." Don’t forget to
say hi and give a pet to their Maine Coon cat
named Fauna. Open 8:30 to 5:00 Monday
thru Saturday, you can’t miss this gem of the
Pacific Northwest.
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2016 Ambassadors
Taylor Bannister—Boys & Girls Club
Jessica Cantrell—RE/MAX Gateway
Barry Harter—Central Payment Corporation
Rich Heidecker—Youth Dynamics
Brenden Jones—Key Bank
Sarah Jurkovich—Washington Federal
Shaunna Marrs—Peoples Bank
Dan Maul—Classic Style & Company
Catherine Mers—Windermere Real Estate
Leslie Powell—Lighthouse Memory Care
Bill Robards—North Sound Pest Solutions
Cathy Rockwell—Cathy’s Accounting and Bookkeeping Service LLC
Therese Rudzis—Individual member
Veronica Spencer—Take Shape For Life
Tricia Sharp—Anacortes Candle Company
Carla Schipper—Unique Romance Travel & Destination Weddings
Mary Staley—Marketing WITH Mary
new members
DARDEN, MIKE - RE/MAX GATEWAY
914 15th Street
Anacortes, WA 98221
(360) 739-9740
www.anacortes-homes.com
Mike Darden
[email protected]
Going above and beyond. That's the sign of a
RE/MAX agent. Buying or selling, you'll have a
trusted pro guiding you every step of the way.
LA CONNER SIPS
608 S. First St.
La Conner, WA 98257
(360) 867-8837
www.laconnersips.com
Anna Janke
[email protected]
La Conner sips is a fun atmosphere to enjoy
tasting new wines at the tasting bar, meet
friends for a pint, or join a Wine Glass Painting
Party!
NATURAL ECO SOLUTIONS
2000 Commercial Ave
Anacortes, WA 98221
(360) 982-2115
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Anacortes Yacht Club
Bayside Specialties, Inc.
Cap Sante Heated Mini-Storage and U-Haul
Cat's Meow, The
Chuckanut Valley Veterinary Clinic
Classic Style & Company LLC
Convenient Integration
Evans Funeral Chapel & On-Site Crematory
Fidalgo Island Rotary Club
Gentry House
Keystone Building Services, LLC
Land Title and Escrow
Landed Gentry Development, Inc
Lighthouse Memory Care
North Island Boat Co.
R & R Charters
Riddell, Richard - Anacortes Town Crier
SaviBank
www. natural-eco-solutions.com
Dave Dame
[email protected]
Earth friendly products. The first green program
for hot tubs.
SERVPRO OF SKAGIT COUNTY
333 North Hill Blvd
Burlington, WA 98233
(360) 899-6094
www. serproskagitcounty.com
Jacob Knipper
[email protected]
Fire & water clean up and restoration.
WASHINGTON NATIONAL GUARD
2219 M Ave
Anacortes, WA 98221
(253) 328-2324
www.gowaguard.com
Jeremy Carter
[email protected]
The Washington Army National Guard has been
involved in every major conflict from World
War I to the Iraq War, as well as peacekeeping
missions such as Bosnia and a vital part of
domestic response to emergencies, flooding
assistance, firefighting and civil disturbance.
thanks...
Thanks to ALT Insurance for sponsoring our
June luncheon, to Dan Worra and the Port
of Anacortes for hosting the event and the
great presentation, and to Gere-a-Deli for the
delicious meal. Thanks also to the following
businesses for bringing a giveaway prize.
• ACT Theatre and Steve Wilhoit
• Anacortes Housing Authority
• Chinook Enterprises
• Express Employment Professionals
• Papa Murphy’s Take n’ Bake Pizza
Thanks to Classic Style & Company and
Fidalgo Artisan Yarn Company for sponsoring
our June Business After Hours. Thanks also
to the following businesses for bringing a
giveaway prize.
• Anacortes Oil & Vinegar Bar
• Cascade Resources and Consulting
• Jennings Chiropractic, Inc., P.S.
• Lil’ Tugs Childrens Boutique
• Papa Murphy’s Take n’ Bake Pizza
• RE/MAX Gateway
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Registration renewals, title transfers, disabled parking placards,
monthly tonnage, trip permits, dealer work.
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ribbbon cuttings
Congratulations to Skagit Guided Adventures
on their ribbon cutting at Washington Park on May
25th. Pictured here are friends and family, Mount
Vernon Chamber Director Andy Mayer, Owner/
Operator Stephanie Fernandez, Mayor Laurie
Gere, and Chamber Board President Chris Long.
Congratulations to the Anacortes Disc Golf
Park and thanks to the Anacortes Rotary Club for
their support of the new course. The ribbon was
cut on the new course on June 3rd, during the
Anacortes Waterfront Festival.
Pictured here from right to left are Rick Star,
Kevin Meenaghan, Jim MacDonald, Tom Griffin,
Kevin Pierce, Mayor Laurie Gere, John Pope,
Stephanie Hamilton, Aaron Bryant and his son.
Congratulations to IRG Physical and Hand
Therapy on their grand opening and ribbon
cutting at 1610 Commercial Avenue, Suite
1-A on June 20th. Pictured here left to right
are Christine Towey, the Cornwell family, Sue
Dervin, Ryan Carroll, Jeremy Cornwell, Amber
Walker, Mayor Laurie Gere, Dennis Richards,
Stephanie Hamilton, Valerie McGough,Brenden
Jones, Thomas Hoban, Laura Moroney, and
Ayana Jones.
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chamber officers
vic (visitor information center) statistics
Executive Board
May 2015
May 2016
May 2015
May 2016
Visitors
1,7211,597
Relocation Requests
24
27
Phone Calls
147
155
Web Users
10,632
18,268
Information Requests
135
1105
Web Page Views
33,185
44,719
Thank
you, volunteers! Visit us on the web at www.anacortes.org
PRESIDENT
Chris Long Jolly Mon Charters
PRESIDENT ELECT
Brian Johnson Anacortes Construction Services
TREASURER
Nancy Dalton Gateway Bed and Breakfast
B OA R D M E M B E R AT L A R G E
Dennis Richards Island Hospital
PA S T P R E S I D E N T
Karin Baldwin Quantum Construction
Board of Directors
Patti Anderson Williams & Nulle
Barbara Atterberry Bob’s Chowder Bar & BBQ Salmon
Colleen Craig Windermere Real Estate
Cory Ertel Shell Puget Sound Refinery
Mayor Laurie Gere City of Anacortes
Matt Gill Tesoro Refining & Marketing Company
Duane Knapp Pearl Buttons
Mary LaFleur ALT Insurance
Rob Mellish Heritage Bank
Jeff Pleet Edward Jones
Chris Terrell How It Works
Mark Wenzel Anacortes School District #103
Peter Whiting Northwest Yachts
Allen Workman John L. Scott
Dan Worra Port of Anacortes
Chamber Staff
Stephanie Hamilton Executive Director
Sandy Swartos Visitor Information & Operations Director
Laura Hartner Events & Communications Director
Amanda Hubik Marketing & Promotions Director
Kristi Daniels & Crystal Johnson Licensing Sub-Agents
Photography by Steve Berentson