Photo by Elizabeth Becker, Seaport Photography
May 2015 Update
Art Wave flows with creativity
around town!
Treat yourself to art Downtown/Uptown~here's Elevated!

Have you had a chance to donate?
May 1-31, Art Wave--an inspiring exhibit of children's artwork created in the Port Townsend School District in grades K-12 displayed through the month of May in 34 businesses in Uptown and Downtown. 

More Ways You Can Help Support Arts In The PT School District: 
  • PT Artscape Donation Jars in select stores; all proceeds will go directly to art education programs in the Port Townsend School District.
  • Daily Bird Pottery will also contribute again this year. Sales of "Daily Birds" in May will benefit the Arts in the Schools Program.
  • The Port Townsend Food Co-op is letting PT Artscape have a jar in its "Beans for Bags" Program in May and June. For every bean collected, the Food Co-op will donate 5 cents to PT Artscape!

Proceeds from these activities help support diverse offerings by PT Artscape including the Teaching Artists Programs in Grant Street School, Blue Heron Middle School, Port Townsend High School, and professional development for teaching artists and classroom teachers. PT Artscape also supports Centrum's Tales, Texts and Theater Program for the sixth grade, as well as special projects and materials.  

MAY EVENTS

 

May is Bike Month! Ditch the car and ride your bike as much as you can. The Recyclery has a crowd-funding campaign going on to support our biking community with a bike repair station, bike shelters at the middle schools, and a mountain bike skills park! Check it out on their website.

 

 

May 9-17, Rhody Festival, 

maintain a community tradition dating from 1935 honoring the WA State Flower by providing a community festival that includes giving scholarships to selected royalty. Look for us in the parade! Special thanks to Kiwanis. And we have a collaborative entry with Labor Leaders for the Bed Race!  Don't forget the Rhody Run Sunday too.. 

 

May 15, Kiwanis Fish Fry, 4-7 pm at the American Legion Hall, it's a Rhody tradition!

 

 

May 23-24, PT Artisans Food Festival, come visit the market, meet the makers, meet Sasquatch Books food writers, take classes from Cedar Root Folk School, come to an all local meal with Chef Dan Ratigan at Finnriver Farm Saturday night. All day artisan food tour Sunday May 24.

 

May 25 - Memorial Day, Thank You to all who served for our Country! 

 

Tactical Croquet - photo by Nyk Fury

May 29-31, Brass Screw Confederacy Steampunk Festival, because Port Townsend is the perfect place to crank your steam up!

NEWS AROUND THE BLOCK!

 

 

  
Race to Alaska is looking for local businesses to become Team Hosts. About 40 teams have signed up to participate in the race, which leaves Port Townsend on June 4th. Find out more at r2ak.com.

 

 

 

Daily Bird Pottery is consolidating their two locations. They will close the downtown retail location in Flagship Landing on May 16th...but not to worry, you can still get all your pottery wares at the new Production Studio & Gallery, located at 2009 4th St. (behind the Habitat for Humanity on Sims Way).

 
Washington State Main Street Conference 
Left to right: Xoe Huffman and Connie Segal with Bellingham 
Port Townsend Main Street board members Xoe Huffman and Connie Segal, along with Executive Director Mari Mullen, just returned from the Revitalize Washington Conference in Bellingham which drew 200
guests from around the state.

Port Townsend Main Street Board delivers state Economic Vitality award to the CoLab~Congrats! 

Port Townsend's CoLab was honored with an "Excellence on Main Award." Congratulations to Heather Dudley-Nollette and Frank DePalma for winning the "Economic Vitality" award for The CoLab. The nomination was submitted by the Port Townsend Main Street Program.

 

FROM THE RECLYCLERY: Become a "Bicycle Benefits Business"! This program incentivizes people bicycling to your business and gets your name out there as a bicycle friendly shop. Bike tourism is becoming more popular, especially in a destination town like ours. Cyclists are also known to spend more money locally than people who drive to shop - and they don't require extra parking! So please consider improving the visibility of your business and spreading the word for Bicycle Benefits.  For more information contact Aliina at info@ptrecyclery.org 

 

PEDAL ON! - Jefferson County ReCyclery

  

Speakers Cate Comerford and Margaret Mazurkiewicz with Architect Richard Berg 

 

Thanks to all who came to the Port Townsend Main Street Program's Merchant Breakfast May 5 at The Public House. Design Committee members Cate Comerford and Margaret Mazurkiewicz addressed the rules of the road for great store windows. If you missed it, see their presentation notes here. Special thanks to our speakers, to the Public House for hosting us, and for delicious baked goods from Ground to Perfection. 

 

  

Port Townsend's Lincoln School Building has been placed on the Washington Trust for Historic Preservation's 2015 Most Endangered Historic Properties List. The list was announced at the RevitalizeWA Conference. 

 

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!
COMMERCIAL SPACE AVAILABLE IN THE HISTORIC DISTRICTS

   

For available spaces Uptown and Downtown 

visit Main Street's website  here. 
Celebrating 30 years in 2015!

The Port Townsend Main Street Program
211 Taylor St. Suite 3
Port Townsend, WA 98368             mainstreet logo
360-385-7911
www.ptmainstreet.org 
In This Issue
Become a Member

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!


Dogs-A-Foot is a member.
630 1/2 Water Street

Here, at Dogs-A-Foot, we take our lead from the New York tradition of grilled hot dogs and sausages served on a toasted bun with good quality mustard, relish, onion, kraut, chili con carne and an array of other toppings sure to please any hot dog lover.

Try any one of our 14 varieties of hot dogs and sausages served with the best of traditional toppings, as well as a few not-so-traditional ones, including: our special Spicy Onion & Pepper Saute, and that current Seattle favorite, cream cheese.

2015 Port Townsend Events

  

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 3

Race to Alaska 

Pre-Race Ruckus 

 

June 4

Race to Alaska

 

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 4 

Old School 4th of July Fireworks at the Fort  

 

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. 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)
The Port Townsend Main Street Program would like to acknowledge and thank all the participants in the 2014 Main Street Tax Incentive Program.
  
  
617 Tyler St.
Port Townsend, WA 
360-385-1199
 
Pane (bread) d'Amore (of love) is a small town bakery devoted to baking organic bread and pastries using the very best ingredients they can find at home in the state and around the world.  

Thank you, Pane d'Amore, for putting your state B&O tax dollars to work here in our community and simultaneously benefiting your business. We appreciate it very much!

The Tax Incentive Cap was met May 1, 2015! Thank you to everyone who donated early this year! To find out more about the Main Street Tax Incentive Program, visit our website.

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

 
Port Townsend Main Street Program | (360) 385-7911 | admin@ptmainstreet.org | www.ptmainstreet.org
211 Taylor St., Suite 3
Port Townsend, WA 98368

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