FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: June 23, 2015

Contact: Michele Leslie, 206-587-4819, [email protected]

 

Kitsap Coalition Wins VISION 2040 Award

 

SEATTLE - Forterra, Great Peninsula Conservancy, Kitsap County, Kitsap Forest and Bay Coalition, Port Gamble S'Klallam Tribe and Suquamish Tribe have won a 2015 VISION 2040 Award from the Puget Sound Regional Council for the Kitsap Forest and Bay conservation project. The awards recognize innovative projects and programs that help ensure a sustainable future as the region grows.

 

The Kitsap Forest and Bay project will preserve up to 6,700 acres of forest, wetlands and shoreline surrounding Port Gamble Bay in north Kitsap County. Much of this is already underway with secured funding or pending grants that are leveraged by local funds.

 

"This is a major environmental preservation effort that will have the added benefits of sustaining cultural resources, supporting enterprises, and connecting trail systems," said Josh Brown, Executive Director of the Puget Sound Regional Council.

 

VISION 2040 is the region's growth management, economic, and transportation strategy, designed to meet the needs of the 5 million people expected to be living in the region in 2040. It is an integrated, long-range vision for the future that lays out a strategy for maintaining a healthy region - promoting the well-being of people and communities, economic vitality, and a healthy environment.

 

PSRC develops policies and coordinates decisions about regional growth, transportation and economic development planning within King, Pierce, Snohomish and Kitsap counties. The Council is composed of over 80 entities, including all four counties, cities and towns, ports, state and local transportation agencies and tribal governments within the region.

 

Title VI Notice: PSRC fully complies with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and related statutes and regulations in all programs and activities. For more information, or to obtain a Title VI Complaint Form, call 206-587-4819.


 

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