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[caption id align="alignnone" width="2500"] The public hearing before the BoCC is anticipated for 3/17/2025, 10:30 AM. Photo by Nhatt Nichols [/caption] News by Scott France Regulations on Short-Term Rentals (STRs) in Jefferson County have moved closer to adoption as the County
Editorial
Editorial content by Liz Revord Dear Beacon Readers, As a community, we have been unaware of the true extent of the housing crisis. We’ve consumed news clips and heard stories of workers forced to leave due to a lack of housing, yet we’ve remained in the dark about
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By Derek Firenze As temperatures begin to bottom out, the annual Point in Time count of the local homeless population is a top priority. Viola Ware, director of Housing and Community Development for the Olympic Community Action Program, better known as OlyCAP, has already been spearheading this year’s Point
Housing
Concept art illustration by Kristina Stimson [https://www.jeffcobeacon.com/caption] By Angela Downs The median-priced home in Jefferson County is now selling for over $600,000, and based on the median income, most people who live in Jefferson County cannot afford to buy a home here. Fortunately, there’s
Columnist
This is a Beacon-exclusive monthly column by different housing experts in Jefferson County. This month’s column is by Heather Dudley-Nolette, from Bayside Housing. When we think about the biggest issues facing our community, “Housing with a capital H” tends to be one of the first to come charging into
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Illustration by Nhatt Nichols [https://www.jeffcobeacon.com/caption] This is a Beacon-exclusive monthly column by different housing experts in Jefferson County. This month’s column is by Bill Wise, from the Housing Solutions Network. The affordable housing crisis in Jefferson County is unrelenting, affecting our economic sectors from tourism
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OlyCAP signed a lease with the county for the Caswell-Brown Village two years ago this August. Photo by Derek Firenze [https://www.jeffcobeacon.com/caption] By Derek Firenze Editor’s note: This article walks a fine line between news and an op-ed written by a Beacon staffer. We live in
Columnist
Renderings of Dundee Hills townhomes and community garden, the project of Olympic Housing Trust, that will be located in Port Townsend. [https://www.jeffcobeacon.com/caption] This is a Beacon-exclusive monthly column by different housing experts in Jefferson County. This month’s column is by Peggy Webster, who works for
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Please note: This letter to the editor is in response to a letter from the editor that went out in our last newsletter. If you want to receive these letters, please subscribe to our weekly newsletter. It’s free! Dear Editor, Re this comment in your email below: “The parent
Housing
Image courtesy of National Fair Housing Alliance [https://www.jeffcobeacon.com/caption] Each month, The Beacon invites a different housing organization to contribute a column on housing solutions in Jefferson County. This month, the column is by Liz Revord from the Housing Solutions Network In April, Housing Resources Bainbridge Island
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Maggie G. traveled five days via Amtrak to reach the United States Supreme Court where she made sure her voice was heard and got this shirt. Beacon photo by Derek Firenze [https://www.jeffcobeacon.com/caption] by Derek Firenze The Jefferson County Emergency Shelter located at the American Legion Hall