A Grand Old THANK YOU for Making Bainbridge's Largest Community Event Amazing!

With warm weather, wide smiles and initial estimates of 18,000-20,000 attendees, the 2023 edition of the Grand Old 4th of July was a huge success – and so much fun – thank you Bainbridge Island!

We had 70 different local groups participate in the mile-long hometown parade, 89 classic vehicles featured in the car show, and 85 different vendors in the street fair. None of that would have been possible without our amazing team of more than 75 volunteers, ably led Chamber staffers Jessica Perkins and tj Faddis.

Big thank you’s to all our event sponsors and partners for their support in making the island’s big day out so grand:

Grand Old 4th Event Partner: The City of Bainbridge Island/BIPD/BIFD

Grand Old 4th Hometown Parade Sponsor: First Fed

Street Fair Sponsor Far Bank Enterprises

Kids Zone Sponsor The Marshall Suites

Classic Car Show Sponsors: Modern Collision, Green Light Garage, Island Center Auto, Rolling Bay Automotive

Live Music Stage Sponsor: Bainbridge Performing Arts

Beer + Wine + Cider Garden Sponsor: Bainbridge Brewing, Eleven Winery, Sisters’ Cider House

Additional Sponsors include: Bainbridge Disposal, Town & Country Markets, Puget Sound Energy, ACE Hardware, Zero Waste, John L. Scott Real Estate, m52gear, Senior Center, Hyla School, Bloedel Reserve, Bainbridge Youth Services

Bainbridge Island Metro Park & Recreation District & Wilder Pacific

You're Invited: COBI's Winslow Subarea Plan Public Workshops

Thur July 20, 6 - 8pm

This is the community's chance to provide their thoughts and future guidance with regard to the future of the entire Winslow Area.

Learn more about the importance of updating the Winslow subarea plan from the Chamber's recent online article.

Join in to the meeting person on July 20 at City Hall or on Zoom on July 26 at 6pm.

Bainbridge Community Foundation Awards Record $561,492 Grants

Bainbridge Community Foundation’s (BCF) 2022 Community Grants Cycle awarded a record-setting amount of $561,492 in grants to local nonprofits.

BCF gave awards to five organizations for prioritizing Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, Accessibility, and Social Justice (IDEAS) as part of their applications, along with a Catalyst Awarded to BYS for providing a critical service to our community.

In addition, BCF awarded the Klasky (Trustees’) Award to Bainbridge Prepares - a nonprofit for working closely in partnership with others.

Island Insights: HRB Shares How Housing Action Plan Helps Community

Maggie Rich, Housing Resource Bainbridge (HRB) Public Policy Specialist, shared their thought on city council adopting the Housing Action Plan (HAP) in June 2023 in her guest column.

, but also the care and precision of the three technical recommendations that suggest that HAP implementation will be strategic.

HRB hopes to see that creativity, collaboration, and discipline it’s going to take for the city to follow through on its promise to once and for all tackle a housing crisis that threatens to undermine so much of what we hold dear on Bainbridge.

Best of Bainbridge Island Voting Kicks Off

The top 5 businesses have been nominated will now move on to the voting round from July 10 through July 23.

You are welcome to vote once per day.

Don't forget to vote for The Grand Old 4th of July for your favorite Annual Festival.

Winners of the voting round will move on to a final round to compete in the Best of the Best KITSAP against South Kitsap, Central Kitsap, and North Kitsap. 

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