THANK YOU to everyone who attended The Port Townsend Family Portrait and Main Street 30th Anniversary Party!
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| | Photographer David Conklin; Printed by Mike Kenna, Printery Communications. With thanks to the City of Port Townsend, Port Townsend Police Department, East Jefferson Fire & Rescue and Safeway. |
THANK YOU to all our partners, generous businesses, media partners and volunteers who helped make the Family Portrait and our 30th Anniversary Party a success - and thanks to all who came to celebrate! Refreshments by Sunrise Coffee, Lehani's and our Cupcake Crew--Sue Ramage, Gail Oldroyd & Gayle Moore. Floral bouquets by Safeway. Photos: David Conklin, Ron Ramage, Samantha Thomas.
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September Events
Sept. 4, First Friday Lecture, Triple Nickel: Black Paratrooper in Washington State during WWII Bob Bartlett.
Sept. 5, Art Walk will feature a nautical theme; Boats, boats, and more boats at The Bishop Victorian Hotel, Printmakers' work exhibited at Northwind Arts Center, New Mexico jeweler visits Earthenworks, Take a dip into 'Liquid Planet' at Pippa's Real Tea, 'Treasures of the Sea' at Gallery 9, Port Townsend Gallery presents wooden boats & wildlife, and last chance to see Wilson at The Jefferson Museum of Art & History.
Don't miss the boat--three days of bargains! Save BIG by shopping shopping locally!
Sept. 11-13, Set Sail for the 39th Annual Wooden Boat Festival. Featuring wooden vessels, dozens of indoor and outdoor presentations and demonstrations, a "Who's Who" of wooden boat experts and thousands of wooden boat enthusiasts.
Sept. 16, Last
Wednesday Farmers Market for the season - Uptown Port Townsend.
Merchants: The Main Street Program and the Port Townsend Film Festival invite merchants to decorate your store windows in the spirit of the festival! Fame! Foot Traffic! And a Prize! Window contest judging Sept. 22nd. For promotional materials, contact the festival office at 360-379-1333. They've got props for you!
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News Around The Block
Sat. Sept. 5th the Travel Channel airs an episode of "Ghost Adventures" filmed at Manresa Castle at 6 pm West Coast time. The team found plenty of unexplained phenomena at the castle, including a door that swings open, a chair that tips on its own and unexplained footsteps. Read more in the The Seattle Times article here. Or check out this week's Leader!
There could be some familiar-looking ghosts. Tune in!
BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY:
FRAMEWORKS, an established Frameshop and Art Gallery in the heart of Historic Downtown Port Townsend, is for sale! Read the details here  FALL CRUISE SHIP VISITS The cruise ship is back in town on Thursdays in Sept., October, and Nov. 5th. Please give them a friendly Port Townsend hello! Thanks to the Jefferson County Historical Society for offering tours to these guests.
FALL MAIN STREET MERCHANT BREAKFAST SEPT. 29 Mark your calendars for Tuesday, Sept. 29th at 8:30 am for the Fall Main Street Merchant Breakfast --stay tuned for details coming soon.
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!
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Looking Ahead:
Oct. 1, Main Street Girls' Night Out--"Beautiful, Healthy You!" Merchants: Sign up for the 12th annual Main Street Girls' Night Out! There are many ways to get involved--promote your business and join in this award-winning and fun promotion (only $40 for Main Street members; $50 nonmembers), Contributions sought for the goodie bags and raffle. Deadline to participate: September 9th. Sign up form here.
Oct. 31, Main Street Downtown Trick or Treat & Parade
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COMMERCIAL SPACE AVAILABLE IN THE HISTORIC DISTRICTS
For available spaces Uptown and Downtown
visit Main Street's website here.
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Celebrating 30 years in 2015!
The Port Townsend Main Street Program
211 Taylor St. Suite 3
Port Townsend, WA 98368 
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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!
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1020 Water St.
(360) 379-6906
Port Townsend's source for Victorian, steampunk, and nautical-inspired apparel, accessories, and decor.
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2015 Port Townsend Events
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)
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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 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.
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