This Week
Food for Thought Presents: Greywater Systems – Tue, Nov 10th
Sergio Scabuzzo is a Greywater Action team member with over 10 years of hands-on experience ranging from cutting pipes to helping draft laws. He’s designed and installed hundreds of systems, taught certification courses, and has delivered many talks on the subject along the way. He looks forward to sharing his knowledge while building support for changing greywater law in Jefferson County.
Time: 6pm | LocationL Quimper Grange, 1219 Corona St., Port Townsend
Business Succession Planning through Employee Ownership – Thu, Nov 12th
Are you a local business owner thinking about stepping away from your business and starting the next chapter of your life? Come learn how employee ownership can help you make the transition, while preserving what you’ve built and all your business means to this community. Hear first-hand from employee-owned businesses and meet people who can help you explore your options. Speakers from Port Townsend Shipwright’s Co-op, Port Angeles-based Alpha Builder, and Olympia’s Blue Heron Bakery, the Washington Center for Employee Ownership, and the NW Cooperative Development Center. Co-hosted with EDC Team Jefferson. Free to attend; refreshments will be served. Please RSVP here. Send email with any questions.
Time: 5:30 – 7:30pm | Location: Jefferson Community Foundation, 2409 Jefferson St, Port Townsend
Port Townsend Repair Event – Sat, Nov 14th
Join JeffCo Repair for this free community gathering in which people with repair skills share their time and talents to fix their neighbors’ belongings. Bring your toaster that no longer toasts, sweater with a hole in the elbow, and excitement to get these belongings repaired while also learning how they did it and ways you could do it yourself next time! Limit of 2 items per person. If you know the specific part needed to repair your item, please bring it along.
Learn more about this and other upcoming Repair Events at the JeffCo Repair website.
Time: 10am – 1pm | Location: 4-H Building, Jefferson County Fairgrounds, 4907 Landes Street, Port Townsend
Return of the Giants of the Salish Sea: The Status of Gray and Humpback Whales – Sun, Nov 15th
The Future of Oceans lecture series draws on the commitment of professional researchers and educators across all academic spectrums to help define and inspire the health of our oceans. John Calambokidis is a founder of Cascadia Research and has studied marine mammals for over 50 years with a focus on gray, humpback, and blue whales. His local work includes documenting the Sounders and Pacific Coast gray whales and he will be presenting updates on how local large whale populations are doing as well as presenting recent results from photo-ID and tag deployments. This event is free, however, donations are always welcomed and appreciated. A Discover Pass is required to park at Fort Worden Historical State Park.
Time: 3pm | Location: Wheeler Theater at Fort Worden Historical State Park, 25 Eisenhower Ave, Port Townsend
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Photo: Grapes at Sailor Vineyard by Aleta Greenway
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