SPRING WORKSHOPS ARE JUST AROUND THE CORNER! There’s still space available. Thanks to our Sail Exchange Program, The Artful Sailor offers partial and full scholarships. Visit: www.theartfulsailor.com for details and to register.
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Please join Ashlyn at the Maritime Career Fair 4/26/25
Ashlyn Brown has reserved a table in collaboration with the PTMTA and its members at the second Maritime Career Fair hosted by the NW Maritime Center. You are invited to contact Ashlyn about sharing the space for any portion of this 4 hour event. Props and visuals will make the conversations way more interesting so …
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Port Commission Meeting 2/26/25 5:30
Port Commission Regular Meeting By Port of Port Townsend on Feb 21, 2025 02:40 pm The Agenda and Meeting Materials for the Regular Meeting of the Port Commission on February 26 have been posted. The Port Commission has one meeting scheduled for Wednesday, February 26. At 5:30 p.m., meeting topics to be considered are regular …
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First Aid For Sailors 2/19/25 6PM evening presentation
From the PT Sailing Association– This Wednesday, 2/19/2025 at 6pm, Ellie Meopham will lead a presentation on First Aid for Boaters. This will be an opportunity to brush up on your first aid and CPR skills, explore some of the elements of first aid that maybe never quite made sense, and talk through how to …
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Connectivity Summit March 7-9
March 7-9th: The Jefferson County Connectivity Summit at Chimacum High School. This is a community networking tabling fair with 80+ organizations. Networking games, collaborative projects, and open space meetings. It ends with a feast! Click to learn more and register
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2 Port Commission meetings Feb 12th, Wednesday
https://portofpt.com/port-workshop-and-business-meeting/. for the FEB. 12th Port Commission meetings and info. It is a great idea to attend, to show your face and make your voice heard.
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upcoming SBA Webinars re: business & commercial space funding
Informative Webinars Hosted by the Small Business Administration Funding Your Business: Let’s Talk 7A Loans. Wednesday, February 5th, 9-10am Learn more & RSVP SBA Funding for Commercial Real Estate. Wednesday, February 12th, 10-11am Learn more & RSVP Funding your business needs with SBA loans. Tuesday, February 18th, 12:30-1:30pm Learn more & RSVP SBA Surety Bond …
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Business workshop, 2 hrs, Feb 20th in PT
From Smart to Start: Jefferson County Small Business Workshop Do you have questions about regulatory changes may affect your licenses, taxes, minimum wage, or other aspects of your operation? The Washington Governor’s office, EDC Team Jefferson, the Office of Minority & Women-Owned Businesses, Washington’s Secretary of State and Departments of Revenue, Labor & Industries, …
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Port Report Winter (01) 2025
Click to read online : https://portofpt.com/wp-content/uploads/Port-Report-Winter25_web.pdf
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“That’s a Wrap for 2024 at Port Townsend” article (ref. fishing fleet and PTSC)
Always great to see articles about our Marine Trades here in Port Townsend…. Click image to read or listen on the National Fisherman Website. When West Coast fishermen with older boats – especially wooden vessels – come to the end of the fishing season, they are most likely to make the Port Townsend Shipwrights Co-Op …
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ALERT! It is now Spring workshop time at The Artful Sailor!
1. MACHINE SEWING SKILLS WORKSHOP – Sat. March 1st Always novel about each year’s sewing machine workshops is the variety of people and their various machines. Somehow, we’re able to keep everyone sewing and ultimately all go home with their personal duffel bag. The bag’s full of newly acquired tools, skills and knowledge about how …
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Marine Trades and Port History Slideshow Set for February 6, 2025 in PT
Marine Trades and Port History Slideshow Set for February 6, 2025 in PT By Port of Port Townsend on Jan 21, 2025 12:10 pm Daryl Wakefield, who built the 164-foot “Evviva” yacht in Port Townsend, grills a house mover contracted to help launch the yacht down the beach at the Port of Port Townsend in …
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survey seeks to understand needs for commercial space in Port Townsend
To whom this may apply: these kinds of surveys often get low response and then people who are not clued into reality will make decisions that affect you. It is a short survey. Share your view. The City of Port Townsend, in partnership with the Economic Development Council (EDC), is conducting a survey to better …
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Renewal reminder! We have Strength in Numbers!
The printed brochure will be finalized earlier this year so we can distribute it sooner! Downloadable application to Become a Member or for paper renewal. (Also visit Admiral Ship Supply where there are applications and Marshall can collect applications, updates and renewals.) Update Your Service Directory Listing RENEW OR JOIN! We have kept our membership …
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Our Working Waterfront 1-14-25: CJ Burleson
In case you missed KPTZ podcast Our Working Waterfromt published Jan 14th 2025:
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SAILMAKING WORKSHOP 3/24-28 & 3/31-4/4
Sailmaking Workshop 2-week course • March 24-28 and March 31-April 4 • 8:00a.m.-5:00p.m. Sailmaking is a craft rich in traditional beauty that can be intimidating and mysterious to the novice. We will help take some of the mystery out of the process by helping you understand the overall art and science behind this age-old craft. …
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New video: Touring the PT Foundry
A new video tour of the Port Townsend Foundry. Click the image to watch.
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PT Sailing Association schedule
Port Townsend Sailing Association Promoting Sailing and Racing on Port Townsend Bay Coming up… This Wednesday, 1/22/25 at 6pm, Blaise Holly, owner of Haven Boatworks, and lead shipwright Esther Whitmore, will present “Rebuilding the Main Mast on Adventuress”. At the clubhouse. On Sunday, 1/26/2025 from 10am to noon, PTSA will hold its first ever member’s …
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Port Meeting 01-22-25
1/22/25 Regular Commission Meeting 5:30 p.m. Packet Agenda 1/8/25 Public Workshop Packet 9:30 a.m. Agenda NWMC Lease Exhibit Video 1/8/25 Regular Commission Meeting 1 p.m. Packet Agenda https://portofpt.com/about-us/port-commission/meeting-minutes/
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