Here's the video!

Have you seen them yet?  There's a game house (complete with monopoly, chess and checkers), a dream house (where your dreams of home will come true), a green fuzzy house with $100 dollar bill as a perch (really!) and a zebra house by our local gubernatorial candidate.   

It's either a wacky dream or it's the Rise & Shine Birdhouse Auction now in progress online.  The Birdhouses Auction will be close at the upcoming Rise & Shine Breakfast on September 29th.  Make sure to place your bid and make your reservations today. 

The birdhouses are on display in downtown Winslow at Columbia Bank. 

Phase 1 -- Only seven houses left!

 Ferncliff Village is a rare and unique opportunity
for working people to
own their own home on Bainbridge Island.

* Homes are priced starting as low as $145,000 to $190,000 (with qualified subsidy).
* Families with income as low as $30,000 a year may be eligible.
* Home ownership could be as little as $1,000 a month - the price of renting.

If you or someone you know would like to live on Bainbridge but didn't think they could afford to buy, make sure to contact HRB about Ferncliff Village.  

Phase 2 Coming into Focus

Development of Phase 2 at Ferncliff Village, 24 multifamily rental apartments, is moving forward.  HRB expects to hire the design/build team for the project by the end of October, and begin final design.   

There will be opportunities for public review and comment.  If the process rolls out on schedule, we will apply for building permits next spring, make arrangements for financing throughout the year, and be ready to start construction in 2014.