March 2015 Update
MARCH EVENTS

March 13-15, Key City Public Theatre PlayFest 19, featuring winning One-Act Plays by Jefferson County Playwrights.
 
March 13 - Come Throw Down For "The Better Half's" Last Show. An evening of great music and fun at the Northwest Maritime Center. BandLab starting music off at 7 pm followed by The Better Half at 8:30 pm. All ages welcome. 
 
 
March 17, Happy St. Patrick's Day...join us for the Main Street Port Townsend Pub Crawl.  Uptown & Downtown! For $5, you could win a POT OF GOLD! 
 

March 20-22, Victorian Heritage Festival, celebrate Port Townsend's extraordinary maritime traditions and history! 

The festival will offer tours, fashions, dances and demonstrations giving a glimpse to our fascinating past. Coordinated by Olympic Peninsula Steam, a nonprofit organization. 

 

Jefferson County Courthouse

The Port Townsend Main Street Program will once again offer the popular "Insider's Historic Building Tours" in support of the Festival. 

Get the inside scoop on the stories behind the facades. Tours will be held Sunday, March 22. Get your tickets now--last year's tours sold out! 

 

 

March 23, Fish and Seafood Cooking Class at Sweet Laurette Cafe & Bistro, 5-8:30 pm.

 

 

March 28-29, Port Townsend Focus Film Festival presents Women & Film, ten directors come to Port Townsend for this exciting weekend event. 

 

 

March 28, Jefferson Healthcare Health Expo, Health Expo is about helping our community get healthier by showcasing the resources available in our county. Get active!

 

 

March 29, Centrum Chamber Music featuring Los Angeles Guitar Quartet, 2 pm at the Joseph F. Wheeler Theater in Fort Worden. 

Spring HUD Loans Available  

Gallus Rutz Building - Uptown

Low Interest Loans Available to Rehab Commercial Buildings in Port Townsend's Commercial Historic Districts

 

The Port Townsend Main Street Spring HUD Loan application deadline is March 31st at 5 pm. These funds can help property owners accomplish historic preservation and safety improvements in their buildings and is available to commercial buildings in Port Townsend's Downtown and Uptown Commercial Historic Districts. With these funds, building owners have repaired roofs, fixed staircases, re-pointed brick facades, installed windows and improved the safety of their buildings. Visit our website here for details.

NEWS AROUND THE BLOCK!

 
2014 Concert on the Dock - photo by Deja Webster 

SPONSORS ON THE DOCK! 

Do you remember what a great summer we had last year and how awesome the Concerts on the Dock series was? Well, we have a fabulous line-up for this summer, thanks to Dominic Svornich, our music programmer. These community concerts are made possible by generous businesses. Find out more about the  sponsorship slots left for the 2015 Concerts on the Dock season. Please call the Main Street office at (360) 385-7911 for details. Thank you!
 
 
Did you know The Broken Spoke hosts weekly bike rides? Monday Night Ladies' Rides! Join them for our women's mountain bike rides on Monday nights at 6 pm. We start at the shop and ride all around town, we'll stay together as a group and are out for a fun ride. Thursday night trail rides! Starting at the shop at 6 pm and riding all around town and anywhere in between, these rides will be no-drop, any (even slow!) pace and any level. 
 
Speaking of bikes and riding, The Peninsula Trails Coalition is very excited to announce their 2nd Annual Bike Tune-Up Fundraiser, an event in which all seven North Olympic Peninsula bicycle shops are offering to donate all tune-up labor charges to the PTC during their regular business hours on two upcoming Friday-Saturdays, March 20 and 21 and April 10 and 11. Port Townsend participants are: 
The Broken Spoke; 379-1295  
Port Townsend Cyclery; 385-6470  
The Recyclery; 643-1755 

 
Rat Island Rowing is restoring the Kathy L Whitman, a rare wooden racing shell, and you can help fund the restoration at www.indiegogo.com.

 

Have a special event coming up, anniversary or news you would like us to share? SEND US YOUR NEWS AROUND THE BLOCK to admin@ptmainstreet.org Thank you!
The Port Townsend Main Street Program would like to acknowledge and thank all the participants in the 2014 Main Street Tax Incentive Program.
  
Thank you
 
821 Water St.
Port Townsend, WA
360-385-5565 
 
Maestrale has spent the last eighteen years building relationships with artists and craftsmen throughout Southeast Asia. Each year they travel abroad in search of exotic and exquisite handmade treasures to enhance your living space and adorn your body.

"We conduct business in a way that is culturally, socially, and environmentally responsible. We work with artisans and craftsmen in India, Indonesia, Thailand, Nepal and China, respecting their artistry, cultural aesthetics, and the diverse traditions they represent.

By making the work of indigenous artists available to you, we encourage employment opportunities, help preserve ancient traditions, and promote economic sustainability, which allows the artists to maintain their traditional lifestyles with dignity."

Thank you, Maestrale, for putting your state B&O tax dollars to work here in our community and simultaneously benefiting your business. We appreciate it very much! 75% of your donation is returned to you via B&O tax credits in 2015. In addition, your entire contribution may qualify as a 501(c)(3) charitable deduction on your 2014 federal income tax return.

To find out more about the Main Street Tax Incentive Program, visit our website.
COMMERCIAL SPACE AVAILABLE IN THE HISTORIC DISTRICTS

   

For available spaces Uptown and Downtown 

visit Main Street's website  here. 
Save The Dates:
 
April 4, Port Townsend Farmers Market opens for the season!
 
April 16, Welcome back American Cruise Lines! The cruise ship will dock at Union Wharf on Thursdays around 10 am and depart early Friday mornings. 
 
April 18, Earth Day Spring Clean-up!
Contact the Main Street office at 385-7911 to find out more.  

May 5, Spring Merchant Breakfast - "Street Front Impressions--How To Pull Them IN Off The Street!"
 
Events subject to change
Celebrating 30 years in 2015!

The Port Townsend Main Street Program
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Port Townsend, WA 98368             mainstreet logo
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www.ptmainstreet.org 
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Commercial revitalization under the Main Street Program is proven to have positive effects on the economic health throughout the community in which our two vibrant historic districts reside.  If you love Port Townsend, consider becoming a member of the Port Townsend Main Street Program today!

 
Be a part of making it all happen in our historic districts--Uptown and Downtown. Join us!

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2015 Port Townsend Events

 

Mar. 5-15

KCPT Playfest

 

Mar. 17

St. Patrick's Day Pub Crawl

 

Mar. 20-22

Victorian Heritage Festival

 

Mar. 29

Centrum Chamber Music

 

April 4

Port Townsend Farmers' Market Opening Day

 

April 18

Main Street Earth Day Clean Up

 

April 22-26

Centrum Choro Workshop

 

April 25-26

JeffCo EXPO

 

May 1

Main Street Art Wave Begins

 

May 5

Merchant Breakfast

  

May 2

Opening Day of Boating Season

 

May 9

Wearable Art Show

 

May 9-10

Rhododendron Arts and Crafts Fair

   

May 9-17

Rhododendron Festival

 

May 15

Kiwanis Fish Fry

 

May 17

Rhody Run & Rhody Golf Tourney

 

May 23-24

Port Townsend Artisan Food Festival

 

May 29-31

Steampunk  

 

June 5-7

Classic Mariners' Regatta

 

June 15-21

Centrum Chamber Music Workshops

 

June 20

Rakers Car Show

 

June 23-28

Centrum Voice Works

 

June 28-July 5

Centrum American Fiddle Tunes

 

July 9-19

Centrum Writers' Conference

 

July 2-Aug. 20

Main Street's Concerts on the Dock, (Thursdays)

 

July 18-19

Pocket Yacht Palooza

 

July 19-26

Centrum Jazz Port Townsend

 

July 26-Aug. 2

Centrum Acoustic Blues Festival & Workshop

 

Aug. 1-22

Shakespeare in the Park (Weekends)

 

Aug. 14-16

Jefferson County Fair

 

Aug. 15-16,

Art PT Studio Tour

 

Aug. 15

Kiwanis Classic Car Show

 

Aug. 15

Uptown Street Fair & Parade

 

Aug. 30

Main Street Community Celebration

 

Sept. 5-7

Main Street Summer Sidewalk Sale

 

Sept. 11-13

Wooden Boat Festival

 

Sept. 12-13

PT Arts Guild Crafts by the Dock

 

Sept. 25-27

Port Townsend Film Festival

 

Oct. 1

Main Street Girls' 

Night Out

 

Oct. 2-4

Kinetic Sculpture Race

 

Oct. 10-11

Centrum Ukulele Festival

 

Oct. 23-24

Haunted Bordello

 

Oct. 31

Main Street Downtown 

Trick or Treat

 

Nov. 7-8

JeffCo Holiday Craft Fair

 

Nov. 7-8,

Port Townsend Woodworker's Show

 

Nov. 27-28

PT Arts Guild Holiday Craft Sale

 

Nov. 28

Main Street Merchants' Open House & Small Business Saturday

 

Dec. 5

Main Street 

Treelighting & Santa Visit

 

Dec. 12

Victorian Yuletide Salon

 

PT Main Street/Kiwanis Choo Choo Rides

 

Dec. 19

PT Main Street/Kiwanis Choo Choo Rides

 

Dec. 31  

First Night Celebration

  
(Events Subject to Change)

"Fostering economic vitality and preservation of place within our historic business districts...while maintaining our small town quality of life."

 
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