U-Haul brings expertise, sustainability

July
2014
U-Haul brings expertise, sustainability
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!
July 7 - Darrell
Damron
The leader of Results
Washington reports on
how state government
is implementing LEAN
thinking and becoming
more efficient. Sponsor
Union Bank
July 14 - Peter
Quinn
The EDC/Team Jefferson
Executive
Director,
presents
“Jefferson
County translated: Who
we really are.” Sponsor
Korean
Women’s
Association
July 21 - Janette
Force
Executive Director of
the Port Townsend Film
Festival talks about
how film goers may
watch movies for three
days, but co-marketing
invites returns to your
business. Sponsor Full Circle HR
July 28 - No meeting
Stand Down Event at Elks Lodge.
U-Haul Moving and Storage
of Port Townsend is bringing
growth to Port Townsend and
the Olympic Peninsula. Located
at 14082 Airport Cutoff Road,
U-Haul is helping the oldest
community in Washington meet
all of its moving and storage
needs.
U-Haul acquired the 9,847
square foot building formerly
occupied by Courtesy Ford in
October 2012. Being the only
U-Haul facility in the area, this
location provides convenience
and resources to the residents of
Port Townsend, as well as the
tourists who frequent the area.
The planned addition of 400
storage rooms, covered RV and
boat storage, and an RV dump
station truly cater to the needs
of the community. Locals and
tourists will be able to store their
boats where they will be covered
and protected.
Headquartered in Phoenix,
Arizona, U-Haul has more than
65 years of experience in the
moving industry, and the largest
rental fleets, which includes
trucks, trailers and towing
devices. As a company, U-Haul
also offers self-storage, moving
supplies, hitches, propane and
boxes. The expertise of the staff
at the Port Townsend location
will help make moving easier
and less stressful for new
families and businesses coming
to the area.
Nita Edwards has lived in
Port Townsend all her life, and
is also the general manager of
U-Haul Moving and Storage of
Nita Edwards (center) is the general manager of U-Haul Moving and Storage of Port Townsend. With her
staff, she is happy that U-Haul chose a home in Port Townsend and is helping the area with its moving
needs.
into helpful moving supplies.
buying, the presence of U-Haul
Port Townsend. She is happy
In fact, all of the furniture pads
is helping the community
that U-Haul chose a home in
produced by U-Haul are made
conserve its resources. Having
Port Townsend and is helping
from recycled denim and cotton fewer vehicles on the road
the area with its moving needs.
scraps. Also, U-Haul has also
means cleaner air, less pollution
“U-Haul is allowing
been collecting money to plant
and less traffic.
more growth to come to Port
With her position at U-Haul,
Townsend,” Edwards explained. more trees in the Port Townsend
area to counteract emissions.
Edwards is excited to be able to
“We are adding features to our
“U-Haul is here to maintain
bring her knowledge and passion
location that will greatly assist
and increase the quality of
for Port Townsend to her job.
current residents here and new
people’s lives,” Edwards
“New people come to town
families moving to the area.
stated. “I am proud to work
and I am able to share with
We will also be increasing
them places to go, places to
employment at our location, and for a company that cares about
see and the history of one
every dollar and every job helps tomorrow and the future of our
planet.”
of the oldest communities
our economy.”
By having U-Haul in the area, in the state of Washington,”
Edwards praises U-Haul
residents and tourists don’t have Edwards explained. “I get to
for its dedication and concern
to own their own vehicle. With
welcome them to our home,
for the environment. Being a
and hope they find a home
sustainable company, U-Haul is the option of renting vehicles
and equipment instead of
here too.”
able to recycle everyday items
Chamber members met with legislative assistants from the offices of Senator Patty Murray, Senator Maria Cantwell, Representative Derek Kilmer, Jamestown S’klallam Tribal
Council and state elected officials Kevin Van De Wege, Steve Tharinger and Senator Jim Hargrove. Photo by Steve Mullensky
Chamber builds partnerships, articulates goals
On June 9, 2014 the Jefferson County Chamber of
Commerce/Young Professional Network created
an occasion for 25 of our
community innovators to
meet, share and build a
one-on-one partnership with
top legislative assistants
from the offices of Senator
Patty Murray, Senator Maria Cantwell, Representative
Derek Kilmer, Jamestown
S’klallam Tribal Council
and state elected officials
Kevin Van De Wege, Steve
2 July 2014 Jefferson County Chamber Newsletter
Tharinger and Senator Jim
Hargrove.
The workshop encouraged a candid conversation
about federal funding, legislative process, key issues
and pointed to suggestions
on how we can be more
effective as a community.
In turn, our emerging local
leaders, entrepreneurs and
young professionals shared
their organization and
business successes and articulated their goals for the
years ahead. The feedback
from our guests has been
overwhelmingly positive
and has created a “buzz”
from Olympia to the coast.
The Chamber will continue
to be committed to attracting and keeping young
professionals and entrepre-
neurs in our community.
We would like to thank all
of our local and regional
participants, the Students for
Sustainability and our sponsors - The Port Townsend
Noon Rotary, Team Jefferson and SOS Printing.
Chamber volunteers cut the ribbon for Fjellman Fight Club. From left are: Teresa Verraes (JCCC), Karen Anderson
(VIC), Vi Koenig (PTLaundromat and Self Service Car Wash), Chris Loe, Veda Dosey (Fjellman Fight Club), Amanda
Funaro, (NW Maritime Center), JC Fjellman (Owner), Michah Brock, Shawna Falero, Kristina Dosey (Fjellman Fight
Club), Laura Brackenridge (JCCC), Debra Rogers (Nerium Anti-Aging Skin Care), Mari Stuart (Community Enrichment
Alliance), Pam Lampman (US Bank).
Steampunk fest crowd grows
The weekend of June
7 saw the return of Port
Townsend’s own Steampunk festival, the Brass
Screw Confederacy. The
event drew hundreds
from around the country
with guests from as far
as Boston and Arizona
flying in for a weekend of
cacophonous costumed
adventure.
The three-day event
featured music, steampunk
lectures and performances,
and a variety of activities ranging from Tactical
Croquet (miniature golf
meets Alice-in-Wonderland croquet) and a Port
Townsend-themed collectible card game. This
year’s theme, “Octopi Port
Townsend,” highlighted
collaboration with the Marine Science Center. Other
great partners, in addition
to the Chamber, included
the newly-formed Fort
Worden Public Development Authority.
The Brass Screw
doubled in size this year
both in scale and participation. Featured events
ran from Friday through
Sunday. Paying participants jumped from about
200 last year to 400 this
year. The streets of down-
town Port Townsend were
awash with bowlers and
top hats, pith helmets and
contraptions throughout
the weekend.
Olympic Peninsula
Steam (OPS), a local
501.(c) 3 non-profit
which organizes the
Brass Screw as well as
the Victorian Festival
and last year’s new Victorian Yuletide celebration, received assistance
from many civic organizations including the Jefferson County Chamber
of Commerce, Main St.
Program, the Lodging
Tax Advisory Committee, plus local businesses
such as Siren’s Pub, The
Old Consulate Inn, Hope
Roofing, Cellar Door
and Rainshadow Properties.
“Great partnerships are
the steam in our boiler,”
said OPS director Nathan
Barnett with a wink. “We
introduced a lot of folks
to Port Townsend this
weekend and we’re confident they’ll be back.” For more information
about the Brass Screw
Confederacy or Olympic
Peninsula Steam, see
brass-screw.com or op-s.
net.
The importance of
an arts community
Michael D’Alessandro
Not too long ago, the old sign board on Highway 20
welcoming visitors of Jefferson County to the city of
Port Townsend was replaced. This 50 year-old marker
had welcomed people to a revolving door of slogans
like: “Key City on the Olympic Peninsula” and “Home
of the Rhododendron Festival.” The last slogan to be
removed was the one that was kept for the new sign: “A
Victorian Seaport and Arts Community.” This official,
unofficial slogan says more about what goes on economically in Port Townsend than one may realize.
Community and economic vitality thrives when
investments are made in the arts. A recent study titled
Arts & Economic Prosperity was conducted across
the country in over 150 regions of study to determine
how the nonprofit arts and culture industry impacts the
economy. The results showed these organizations to be
resilient, locally rooted entrepreneurial businesses that
employ individuals and purchase goods and services
direct from the community. The Seattle study alone
exceeded national averages in combined economic
activity earning nearly half a billion dollars annually. In
citing arts events in particular, visitors accounted for 30
percent of attendees, and spent twice as much as locals.
With Port Townsend being a hub of art related events
and activities, maintaining a vital and healthy arts community is good for overall economic prosperity.
Ultimately, the communities themselves are engines
for this prosperity. When individuals and foundations
support local arts organizations, this investment serves
back to the community a healthy and vibrant economy.
The streets of downtown Port Townsend were awash with
costumed folks in all kinds of outfits, and the crowd grew
this year from 200 to 400. Photo by Deja View Photography.
Michael D’Alessandro is the executive director of
Northwind Arts Center in Port Townsend. Northwind
recently launched a Capital Campaign to purchase and
renovate a space in downtown Port Townsend, in the
historic Waterman & Katz Building. For more information on how you can support this effort visitnorthwindarts.org.
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Biz Buzz
books in sight? What about
these makerspaces? We will
take a look at what some
Each Tuesday the
libraries are doing to stay
Jefferson County Library
offers a two-part technology relevant in their communities.
training session provided
July 29 - Home
by skilled staff, beginning
Networking
and Smart
with a one-hour discussion
Devices: Terms like “moon a specific technology
subject from 3 - 4 p.m. The dem,” “router,” “wireless
class is followed by drop-in access point,” and “nest”
have you confused? Join
individual assistance from
us for a discussion on what
4 - 6 p.m., where you can
get help on any technology pieces of equipment are
topic. Bring your device or needed to set up a home
practice on laptops provided network, and what device
you might connect - now
by the library. and in the future.
TECH DISCUSSION,
DROP-IN
CLASSES – 3 P.M.
ASSISTANCE -- 4-6 P.M.
July 1 - How to DownLibrary staff will be
load Library eBooks: Disavailable to assist you with
cover the various titles of
any technology related
eBooks and eAudio books
questions during this twoavailable through your library. Learn how to prepare hour period. This weekly
drop-in assistance is like
your computer or device
having a technology referto enable downloading the
titles you wish to read, and ence desk available for two
how to check-out and return hours! Bring in your devices if you would like asthe books you borrow.
sistance with them. Loaner
July 8 - Introduction
laptops will be available for
to Microsoft Excel: Learn
use. Get help with software,
some of the basics as well
as a wide variety of features apps, devices, no question
in Microsoft Excel and find too large or too small!
out about some additional
SCIENCE CAFÉ SERIES
resources for continuing
your Excel program educa- WEDNESDAY, JUNE 25,
tion at home.
3:30 – 5 P.M. -- IF OCEANS
July 15 – How to Use
COULD TALK
Pinterest: Pinterest is a free
Carol Bernthal, superwebsite that allows account intendent at the Olympic
holders to save visual book- Coast National Marine
marks, “pins,” onto what
Sanctuary, will give a
are referred to as “boards,” presentation titled If Oceans
to mark their favorite
Could Talk describing the
website information. Learn amazing outer coast of
how to set-up your Pinterest Washington and why a
account, begin collecting
national marine sanctuary
visual bookmarks, and
was designated there in
create a variety of boards
1994. The Olympic Coast
to store your bookmarks.
National Marine Sanctuary
Learn how to share pins,
is one of 14 national marine
and how to participate with sanctuaries managed by
and create group boards.
the National Oceanic and
July 22 – What are Mak- Atmospheric Administraerspaces? Curious what the tion. Included in the prefuture holds for libraries?
sentation will be discussion
Will it be all hi-tech gadgets about some of the critical
and computers with no
issues facing the area and
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Tech Tuesdays at the
Jefferson County Library
the current work to both
understand and protect this
sanctuary. Refreshments
provided by the Friends
of the Jefferson County
Library. Adults and teens
welcome.
Jefferson County Library
is located at 620 Cedar
Avenue, Port Hadlock,
WA. For more information
about this program, please
call 360 385-6544 or go to
www.jclibrary.info.
Team Jefferson classes
raise your Biz IQ
EDC/Team Jefferson
offers Business IQ classes.
The classes are $10 each
and take place at 2410
Washington St. in Port
Townsend. Folks can call
360-379-4693 to register
or go to edcteamjefferson.
com/alias-4/workshops/biq.
Here’s what’s coming up on
the schedule:
• READING FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS 101 WITH
RACHEL WILLIAMS Wednesday, July 16,
5 p.m. -- Financial statements tell you a lot about
the health and vitality of
your business. Learn the
structure and purpose of different kinds of statements;
gain practical meaning from
the numbers you are seeing.
Gain skills to evaluate and
plan.
• REAL COMMUNICATION
IN A DIGITAL WORLD WITH
JODY MABERRY
Thursday, July 22, 5
p.m. -- Telling your story in
a fast paced digital world is
different than the paper and
pen world we were used to.
In this class, we will explore
how to communicate, and
connect with people, in
a digital world. Students
will walk away with an
understanding of how and
when to write in a way to
get noticed.
Thanks to our top
chamber contributors!
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Jumping Mouse staff and Chamber Ambassadors are, from left to right: Vi Koenig (PT
Laundromat & Self Service Car Wash), Teresa Verraes (JCCC), Karen Anderson (VIC),
Heather Bailey (Jefferson Healthcare), Jean Scarboro, Catharine Robinson, Dott Kelly,
Brigid Mosher, Kris Becker, Jenny Manza (Jumping Mouse staff), Debra Rogers (Nerium
Anti-Aging Skin Care), Candy Carter (Jumping Mouse), Laura Brackenridge (JCCC),
Betty Oakes (Soroptimist of PT). Photo by Steve Mullensky
Jumping Mouse expands
Jumping Mouse Children’s Center celebrates
its expanded new space
as part of their three-year
plan for CARE: Capacity
and Resource Expansion.
The remodeled facility,
made possible by support
from the local community, will enable Jumping
Mouse to double its mental health therapy services
for children ages 2-12 by
the end of 2015.
Jumping Mouse Children’s Center transforms
children’s lives by providing expressive mental
health therapy for as long
as necessary, nurturing
each child’s healthy development and supportive
relationships at home and
in the community.
Business builders
April Fool & Penny Too celebrated 25 years in business. Attending the celebration were,
from left to right: Teresa Verraes (JCCC), Vi Koenig (PT Laundromat & Self Service Car
Wash), Karen Anderson (VIC), Penny Varteresian (owner), Vayda Robbins (employee),
Holly Cabe Stone (employee), Pam Lampman (US Bank), Mari Stuart (Community Enrichment Alliance), Debra Rogers (Nerium Anti-Aging Skin Care). Photo by Steve Mullensky
• Port Townsend Paper Co.
• Food Co-op
• Gold Star Marine
• KSER 90.7
• Homer Smith Insurance
• Lullaby Winery
• Cafe Bon Appetit at Fort
Worden
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New members
or email [email protected].
Looking forward to
meeting new friends…
Always a pleasure to see
old ones.
LULLABY
Lullaby is a boutique
winery handcrafting
white, rosés and red
wines. Virginie Bourgue,
the owner and winemaker, has lived in the
Port Townsend area since
2010. After a few years
searching for a home to
produce her wines, she
moved the production
to Port Townsend in the
former Sorensen Cellars
facility last fall.
Bourgue grew up on
a farm in the Luberon in
Provence, France. She is
formerly trained in viticulture and enology, and
has worked for various
producers in different
wine regions in France,
in the USA and Australia. Among them are the
renowned Domaine de la
Taille aux Loups, Champagnes Louis Roederer,
Bollinger and Nicolas
Feuillatte in Champagne,
Chateau Ste. Michelle,
Bergevin Lane Vineyards
and Cadaretta in Washington State.
When she founded Lullaby in 2007, her idea was
to work closely with select
Walla Walla Valley and
Columbia Valley growers,
crafting wines that reveal
the area’s unique terroir
and her growers’ personalities. She is dedicated
to producing great wines,
wines that are friendly,
straightforward, fun, yet
also subtle, distinctive and
balanced.
She has appreciated
the role that the Chamber
of Commerce plays in
the community for a few
years. It seemed to be a
natural progression to join
and be part of the community and its life.
The winery is located
at 274-S Otto Street in
Port Townsend. It is
open by appointment
only. For more information, call 509-386-1324
Briefly
The following Jefferson County Chamber of Commerce events are scheduled in the month ahead:
• July 8, 5:30 to 7 p.m. - After Hours Mixer at the
NW Maritime Center (431 Water St., PT).
• July 15, 4:30 to 6 p.m. - Board of Directors meeting at Hope Roofing (105 Louisa St., PT).
• July 17, 5:30 to 7 p.m. - Ambassador meeting at
Manresa Castle Lounge (7th & Sheridan, PT).
• July 31, 5:30 to 7 p.m. at The CoLab (237 Taylor
Street, 2nd floor) Host: Heather Dudley-Nollette, of
The CoLab & Hastings Estate Co. Topic: Working
through fear of success.
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tours, sightseeing and
cultural tours, historical
site and Olympic Peninsula park tours, including
backpacking drop off and
pick up.
The bus is bike, pet and
child (accompanied by an
UTOPIAN TOURS
adult) friendly. It can acBeth Maegerle has
started a new business that commodate camping gear
the City of Port Townsend and other equipment in
has long needed. Maegerle back but it is not wheeloperates Utopian Tours & chair-accessible.
Utopian Tours &
Shuttle. The City hasn’t
Shuttle is a fully licensed
had a license-for-hire apservice. Reservations are
plication since 1949.
taken with 24-hour notice
The 1981 bus was
and a 4 person minimum.
once in service to the St.
For more information call
Ulrich, Germany, volunteer fire department. Now Beth at 360-774-2931.
Maegerle has turned the
red bus with facing bench BAYVIEW RESTAURANT
seats into a shuttle to serve
Bayview is a locally
Port Townsend for special owned and operated
events and even a regular restaurant. Sitting only
“after hours” route for
a few feet from the
evening hours when Jefwater’s edge, it provides
ferson Transit doesn’t run. a panoramic view of
Utopian Tours and
Port Townsend Bay. The
Shuttle offers charter tours view has been described
and transportation for
in many ways, but most
weddings, festivals, sports often as peaceful and
events, cidery and winery romantic.
Bayview’s friendly
staff is committed to
providing customers
with an enjoyable dining
experience. In the past
two years, a survey of
the readers of the Port
Townsend Leader has
voted Bayview first or
second as the restaurant
with the “Best Service.”
Bayview offers a
varied menu with an
emphasis on seafood
and traditional American
Favorites (with a number
of gluten-free choices).
Breakfast includes
a variety of egg dishes
from fried eggs or
omelets to Bayview’s
special Eggs Benedict.
Other choices include
hand-made biscuits with
sausage gravy, homemade corned-beef hash,
pancakes and waffles.
Lunch and dinner
options include award
winning clam chowder
and other homemade
soups and salad dressings, along with freshly
prepared entrees and
grilled fresh vegetables.
Seafood offerings
include grilled, fried or
blackened salmon, cod,
halibut, clams, oysters,
shrimp or scallops. A
variety of burger options
are available, each made
with freshly ground beef
or a veggie patty. Customers have a choice of
tasty desserts, the most
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popular of which are the
pies made in Bayview’s
own kitchen. Cocktails,
wine and beer are also
available.
The owners of Bayview, Jerry and Kelly
Anthony, moved to Port
Townsend 22 years ago.
Kelly worked part-time
as a waitress at Bayview
for more than 10 years
prior to the Anthonys
purchasing the restaurant
in 2012. Jerry and Kelly
have two sons: Sean and
Andrew. Sean is married.
He and his wife Breanna
both work at Bayview.
Andrew will be a senior
at Port Townsend High
School in the fall of
2014.
Jerry and Kelly are
joining the Chamber of
Commerce to be a part of
the team that promotes
business in the Port
Townsend area.
We hope you will visit
Bayview Restaurant and
give us an opportunity to
serve you.
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Volunteers tour Marine Science, Maritime centers
By Karen Anderson
Visitor Center volunteers stuck to the Salish
Sea on their June Familiarization Tours. Volunteer
guides, Joan and George
Thomsen and Northwest
Maritime Center Executive Director Jake Beattie
brought us through the
multifaceted building at
the end of Water Street.
The Port Townsend
Marine Science Center’s
Volunteer Coordinator,
Amy Johnson, showed us
what the Salish Sea has to
offer and why we should
take care of it. So when
your landlocked relatives are planning a visit,
consider these sea-centric
options for an educational
and fun day!
The story of the Northwest Maritime Center
begins years before the
yellow and red buildings were built upon the
shore of Admiralty Inlet.
A home for boats and
shipwrights, a scholastic agenda, professional
training, and a tourism
component intrigued local
residents enough to raise
enough money to kickstart
what we now know as the
NWMC. Today, all of
these elements have fallen
neatly into place, as well
as developing a pleasing
public space with beach
access.
There are so many
aspects of the NWMC that
it’s difficult to focus on
one during a tour. Coming
out of the rowing groups’
boat house on a sunny Friday afternoon, we walked
into the public courtyard
full of dozens of children
and teachers on their break
from learning about navigation and math. Beattie
told us that the NWMC is
“in its 9th year of working
with local schools. Experiential maritime educators
teach alongside regular
classroom teachers and
help teach their regular
subjects through the filter
of maritime experiences.”
In experiential maritime
math classes, students
can chart an historical
navigational plan of Port
Townsend Bay, then get
into a boat and use that
chart to navigate the bay
lessons, boat building
classes, and free summertime boat rides Fridays
through Sundays. Those
on a shopping tour of PT
can’t forget to stop in the
Chandlery or maybe take
a break with a cup of coffee at Velocity.
Port Townsend is
known for its maritime
history and the NWMC
covers that too with its
extensive public maritime
library started by Horace
McCurdy. You can learn
the past. You can teach the
present. But what of the
future? Along with new
exciting projects always
in the works, the NWMC
also is host to one of the
most advanced pieces
of maritime computer
technology in the country.
A simulator at the Northwest Maritime Center allows students to learn how to pilot ev- The Pilot House features a
erything from recreational vessels to big freighters.
training simulator for the
highest caliber of mariner.
walk through the working It has the ability to put its
learning history and math says that the Maritime
boat shop. Each time you
trainee on any ship at any
in a way that is relevant to Center is more about
activity and education
walk through, things have port in the world. There
this area.
rather than static exhibshifted. Different boats,
are only three of these
Visitors to Port
different workers; it’s a
simulators on the west
Townsend may be slightly its. Part of the agreement
shipwrights make with the different tour. And no one coast and the NWMC
confused when heading
NWMC is to ‘play tour
is left out. The NWMC
has the only one where
into the NWMC because
offers drop-in sailing
it’s not a museum. Beattie guide’ to guests as they
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Chamber contacts
CHAMBER STAFF
EXECUTIVE BOARD
Executive
Director
Teresa Verraes
[email protected]
President
Amanda Funaro
NW Maritime Center
Event Coordinator
Laura Brackenridge
[email protected]
385-7869
VIC Manager
Karen Anderson
[email protected]
(360) 385-2722
President Elect
Jordan Eades
Hope Roofing
Past President
Dominic Svornich
Kitsap Bank
Vice President,
Records
Mari Stuart
Community Enrichment
Alliance
Vice President,
Membership
Vi Koenig
Port Townsend Laundromat
& Self Service Car Wash
Kris Nelson
Sirens, Alchemy, Addie Mae’s
Vice President
Outreach
Heather Bailey
Jefferson Healthcare
Susan Windle
Resort at Port Ludlow
DIRECTORS
Katherine Baril
Small Business Consultant
Tanya Rublaitus
Port Townsend Schools
Austin Henry
Altas Technologies
Nancy McConaghy
Coldwell Banker
Jennefer Wood
Maestrale
Will O’Donnell
Jefferson County Farmer’s
Markets
Advertising
Catherine Brewer
The Leader
[email protected]
360-385-2900
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Volunteers from the Visitor Information Center get a close up look at sea life at the Port Townsend Marine Science
Center. Photo by Steve Mullensky
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Building culture of strategic
thinking brings benefits In a recent study by the Management Research
Group, reported in the Harvard Business Review, 97%
of 10,000 senior executives surveyed said that strategic thinking is the single most critical leadership skill
for an organization’s success.
The report went on to conclude that a strategic approach to leadership was, “on average, 10 times more
important to the perception of effectiveness than other
behaviors studied.”
The point of the article was to differentiate strategic planning, which “might happen once or twice per
year,” with strategic thinking, which they say the true
leader practices on a daily basis.
Strategic leaders, the article contends, take a longerterm stance on problem solving that involves objective analysis, thinking ahead, and ongoing planning.
They’re able to think systematically in multiple time
frames and across multiple contexts.
The study found that leaders scoring high on these
skills were six times more likely to be seen as effective and four times more likely to be viewed as having
significant future potential.
The evidence underscores the importance and
potential benefits of developing a strategic mindset and
the skills to go with it whether you are in a senior of
mid-level leadership role.
8 July 2014 Jefferson County Chamber Newsletter
Tours: Learning about Salish Sea
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professional and nonprofessional mariners (e.g.
kids) can use the program.
The NWMC also has
the power to keep our
waters safe by switching
the simulator into ‘live’
mode to become an active
emergency operations
center for FEMA. Yes, it
is really cool. So if you’re
looking for something
‘boaty’ to do, but aren’t
sure what, just head down
to the Chandlery and the
folks there can help guide
you to the exactly what
you’re looking for. Or just
take the tour! Our tour
guides, Joan and George
Thomsen, offer free facility tours every Saturday at
2 p.m.
Northwest Maritime
Center • 431 Water St.,
PT • 385-3628 • www.
nwmaritime.org
After filling our
brains with boats, we
jumped over the hill to
Fort Worden and the
Port Townsend Marine Science Center to
touch some starfish.
But amidst the fun, one
always walks away from
the PTMSC armed with
new knowledge about
our Salish Sea.
The PTMSC was
founded in 1982 by two
teachers and operated
solely by a few volunteers. In the past 32 years,
it has grown to run with
over 250 active volunteers and four AmeriCorps volunteers with
a mission statement of
‘Inspiring Conservation
in our Salish Sea.’ Our
tour guide, Amy Johnson,
brought us in off the sunny dock, past the Oceanography on the Dock talk,
to the hopping marine
exhibit. Here, everyone
is welcome to touch and
feel and wonder at the
sea life. Volunteers are
on hand to explain why
certain creatures act as
they do. The resident
octopus, Maddie, hangs
out in her cave and comes
out to entertain children.
Starfish curl their arms
up searching for food
when touched by human
fingers. And once you’ve
allied yourself with a sea
star, then you need to
know why they are disappearing on the west coast
at such an alarming rate.
One of the things
that sets the PTMSC
apart from other marine
museums is that they are
working alongside real
scientists, collecting data
from our own waters to
help with programs like
the Sea Star Wasting Project and the Sound Toxin
Project. It may be some
heavy material, but they
like to mix it up. To teach
about the Puget Sound
and its surrounding areas,
they offer low tide beach
walks, school tours, a
hydrophone to help track
Orcas, and lectures with
renowned authors and
scientists. They’ve also
begun the Gone Green,
Go Blue Initiative to help
people understand how
we can all be even more
environmentally conscious when it comes to
our surrounding waters.
One way they do that
is by introducing you to
Hope. Hope is a fully
articulated Orca skeleton hung in the nearby
Natural History Exhibit.
Hope’s exhibit inspires
awe, heartache, astonishment, and resolve. I won’t
give her secrets away
here; you should see her
for yourself. This exhibit
sounds intellectual, but
one of the (many) things
the PTMSC is good at is
translation. They work
hard and know how to get
their point across to the
kids by keeping things
fun and light, but impressionable.
The PTMSC is open
from 11-5 in the summer
and closed on Tuesdays.
Admission to one exhibit
will get you into the other (what a deal!). Learn
about the Salish Sea and
then dip your toes into it
for yourself on the Fort
Worden beach. Come
on a Saturday at the 2
p.m. feeding time and
learn even more. There’s
always more.
Port Townsend
Marine Science Center •
Fort Worden • 385-5582
• www.ptmsc.org