Insights

While there has been tremendous effort by the Downtown Bellingham Partnership as well as the City of Bellingham through programs and initiatives like the safety ambassadors, graffiti abatement, and security patrols, downtown safety continues to be an ongoing concern for our community. Downtown Bellingham is still experiencing vandalism, theft, public disturbances, human waste, and destroyed…

This month we signed a lease with Cascadia Eco-Modular. We are very Excited to see Cascadia Eco-Modular move to Skagit county where they will be in a large warehouse with easy access to I-5. This new location will allow them better access to the growing market in Whatcom County while still servicing the “bread and…

Offers are now being accepted for the Lummi Island property previously operated by The Willows Inn, a nationally acclaimed restaurant. The property currently is owned by Lighthouse Mission Ministries of Bellingham, which will use proceeds from the property sale for construction of its new facility that will serve people who are homeless. Tim and Marcia…

Amia Froese attended the most recent Committee of the Bellingham City Council Meeting in which Mayor Seth Fleetwood’s proposed Ordinance prohibiting open use of controlled substances in public places that would result in a misdemeanor.  The purpose of this proposed ordinance is not incarceration, but rather a tool to address the pervasive open use of…