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Celebrate St. Patrick’s Day Early in Bellingham

Fawn — Fri, 11 Mar 2011 19:48:21 +0000

Come to downtown Bellingham this Saturday, March 12th and watch the City of Bellingham’s 2nd Annual St. Patrick’s Day Parade. The parade route will run along Cornwall Avenue, turning left on West Chestnut St, right onto Railroad Ave and ending on the corner of East Maple and Cornwall Ave.

The St. Patrick’s Day Parade a unique mix of local businesses and organization and will also include traditional Irish dances and bagpipe players. For more information on the St. Patrick’s Day parade you can visit stpatsbham.com

If the parade is not your idea of St Patricks Day fun you can also check out any of the following events also going on Saturday in honor of St. Patrick’s Day.

- Runnin’ o’ the Green, 10 a.m. at Bloedel Donovan Park. Registration is $20 and is open from 8 to 9:30 a.m. the day of the race. Participants can choose between a 2-mile fun run and a 5-mile race, both of which start and end at the park

- Boundary Bay Brewery will be hosting an After Parade Party in the beer garden with live music and an outdoor barbecue. The barbecue starts at 12:30 p.m and the bands run from 1:30 to 6:30 p.m.

- For the late night part people Uisce will be hosting a party from 9pm to close. They are located at 1319 Commercial St. and will have bagpipes and live music.

For more information on Bellingham Real Estate or to search for homes in the Bellingham and Whatcom County area visit www.JohnsonTeamRealEstate.com, your one stop Bellingham real estate and community information resource!

A Beautiful Day on Bellingham’s Waterfront!

Fawn — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 22:57:48 +0000

Squalicum Harbor

What a incredible day we are having today. I took some time today and took a wonderful brisk walk along Roeder Ave, Squalicum Harbor and Zuanich Point Park. The sun was shining, Mt. Baker was peaking over the hills and everyone was out enjoying the day. If you have not had a chance to get outside and take advantage of this wonderful weather be sure to take some time and do it, you will be happy you did! Don’t forget about the Marine Touch Tank it’s sure to be a hit with any kids you may have in the family.

Zuanich Point Park

Whatcom Middle School Burns in Overnight Blaze Classes Canceled

Fawn — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 15:19:04 +0000

If you live or work in Bellingham or Whatcom County chances are you yourself or someone you know attended Whatcom Middle School. Whatcom Middle School was one of the oldest school buildings in the state and the oldest in Whatcom County dating back over 100 years. View the video below to see footage and more information on the fire.

Classes are canceled for all middle school students today, we will post updates for parents and students on the blog as they become available.

Bellingham Arts Festival- La Bella Strado this weekend!

Fawn — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 18:22:45 +0000

This weekend August 1st and 2nd Bellingham will play host to the Bellingham Arts Festival- La Bella Strado, an outdoor art festival on Cornwall Avenue in downtown Bellingham. Events kick off Saturday at 10am and run until 6pm with the chalk art festival and performances by the Whatcom County Youth Jazz Group and the Walrus.The festival resumes Sunday at 11am and runs until 5pm.

The BellinghamArts Festival is home to 40 outdoor artist booth showcases the works of local artists from around Bellingham and all of Whatcom County. Jewelery, paintings, photography art, and fiber arts are all available for purchase at the artist booths.

Chalk Art Festival

There is fun for the whole family at the festival with the Whatcom County Musuem playing hosts to a whole line up of children’s activities and a beer garden featuring local Boundry Bay brews for the older crowd. For more information on the festival visit their website www.AlliedArts.com

Road Work this Week on N. Forest St in Bellingham

Fawn — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 16:53:49 +0000

The Bellingham Public Works Department wishes to inform the public that the following roads will have traffic limitations during the week of July 13-17, 2009 to accommodate construction.

Ebenal General Construction, under contract with the City of Bellingham,
will continue work on the new water main on N. Forest Street, from Rose
Street to York Street. This week work will take place from Maple Street to
Holly Street and will include installing fire hydrants which requires
cutting the asphalt across the roadway. Flaggers will direct traffic through
intermittent lane closures in the construction zone. Drivers are advised to
use caution and obey flaggers. For more information about this project visit the City of Bellingham Website

Fresh Spot Prawns in Bellingham

Rich — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 21:10:01 +0000

Fresh SpotPrawns Fit for a King at Squalicum Harbor

Live Spot Prawns at Squalicum Harbor

If you have been driving around Bellingham lately, you may have noticed signs advertising “Live Spot Prawns” at Squalicum Harbor.

Buying Spot Prawns at Squalicum Harbor

Well let me tell you, if you have not taken the time to drive down to visit Andy and Sandy Fisk on their fishing vessel “Bear Paw” you should. They are the owners of Mad Jax’s Sea Food. Andy and Sandy provide sea food directly from the Puget Sound to your dinner table. Andy told me that, in season, they’ll have spot prawns, salmon & crab. People were lined up to buy their spot prawns which were kept in a live tank aboard their fishing boat. If you are look’n for fresh, this is as good as it gets.

Andy and Sandy proudly say that they are a local commercial fishing family that sustainably harvests and markets their own catch. Their spot prawn season runs from June 17th until mid August while the dungeness crab season begins in October and runs though March.

While I was on the dock, I had the pleasure of meeting another fisherman Tom Faulkner. Tom will have an ample supply supply of fresh salmon as well as the season develops.

Anyway, if you are looking for fresh seafood, you’ll find none finer than what you can get from our local fisherman. Andy and Sandy even gave me one of their favorite recipes “Classic Shrimp Boil”. Lylene and I will try it out tonight.

The Johnson Team Organizes Squalicum Beach Cleanup

Fawn — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 20:59:48 +0000

Sunny day at Squalicum Beach

Last weekend, The Johnson Team and company, mobilized by key beach cleanup organizer and Johnson Team agent�Mike Bredeson, spent a sunny Saturday afternoon down at Squalicum Beach in Bellingham. Mike partnered with Bellingham ReSources’ beach naturalist Doug Stark to choose the location and to get the word out The Johnson Team clients and ReSources members as well. The cleanup day also welcomed Kim Bredeson’s expert BBQing skills.

More than 30 people attended the 2 hour long event, collecting more than 300 pounds of trash along the approximately 100-yard beach. The Johnson Team was welcomed by an ambitions bunch of volunteers, many of whom were scaling blackberry bushes and digging through brush to collect trash.

More than 30 volunteers gathered to clean one of Bellingham's fave beaches.

The Johnson Team hopes to continue to organize impromptu Saturday volunteer cleanups. �The Johnson Team is committed to preserving� Whatcom County’s most precious natural resources, such as area streams and beaches like the one at Squalicum.

For more information on Johnson Team volunteer opportunities contact us at info@johnsonteamrealestate.com or call our office at (360) 527-8766.

Bellingham Central Business District / Downtown Bellingham Real Estate

Rich — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 20:43:17 +0000

Bellingham Museum

The

Central Business District in Bellingham, Washington is probably the most diverse neighborhood in Bellingham. The area includes a smorgasboard of businesses, services, activities and living choices.

Squalicum Harbor - Fisherman' Memorial

Bellingham’s waterfront includes

Squalicum Marina, Zuanich Park with its Fisherman’s Memorial, a variety of marine related services such as Bellingham Marine and Lummi Fish & some of Bellingham’s finest restaurants.
Whatcom Creek, the former home of the Roeder Family lumber mill in the 1850’s & Maritime Heritage Park
The home of the City & County offices, Post Office & Bellingham Museum
The downtown business core including local favorites such as The Green House, The Horse Shoe Cafe, Hohl Feed & Seed & a variety of others.
A trip downtown would not be complete without walking down Railroad Ave & perhaps stopping for a roll at Avenue Bread or a bagel at The Bagelry
On the week-end, the Farmers Market is a must
The Interurban Trail takes you through what will become one of Bellingham’s most cherished spots ie: the redesign of the former Georgia Pacific site.
Through this entire area there are a variety of housing choices which range from a boat slip for the live aboards at Squalicum Marina, to a variety of apartment & condo choices in the downtown & waterfront areas.

For those interested in housing available in the Bellingham Central Business District or Downtown Bellingham, you can access the downtown Bellingham real estate opportunities offered by the Johnson Team by clicking here.

There is a photo gallery & a virtual tour of the Bellingham Central Business District & Downtown Bellingham on The Johnson Team web site.

For those of you who own real estate in the Bellingham Central Business District & would like a quick on-line evaluation of value for your property, click here.

Whatcom Creek as it spills into Bellingham Bay.

This is the former site of the Roeder & Peabody saw mill built in the early 1850's. A slice of Bellingham’s history that comes from the Central Business District's past would include the following chain of events that resulted in Henry Roeder & Russell Peabody building a saw mill. The site of the mill was on the east side of Whatcom Creek where the creek spilled over a water fall into Bellingham Bay. You might think it strange that these two entrepreneurs would choose an undeveloped site in a spot primarily known only by the local Indian tribes, but it just so happened that at this time the sailing fleet needed the perfectly formed fir trees found in Whatcom County. The fleet that supplying the California gold fields with everything from gold pans to bacon was being battered as it rounded the Horn of Africa & as a result needed a local supply of timber to re-fit the masts, spars & planking that was damaged during the trip. Roeder & Peabody supplied that need with their saw mill at Whatcom Creek, which is now the home of the Maritime Heritage Park. For those of you who would care to contribute to the section of our blog “Whatcom County Remembered“, by including your memories of the area, I’d encourage you to contact us. Too many of the stories of Whatcom County history are being lost. It would be nice to create an informal forum for those past thoughts & memories to be recorded for all to share. We’d love to include your articles & photos.

From the City of Bellingham’s web site you can access the Central Business Neighborhood Base map, the Bellingham Central Business District Neighborhood Circulation map, the Bellingham Central Business District Neighborhood Land Use map, the Bellingham Central Business District Current Use map & finally the Bellingham Downtown Neighborhood Zoning map.

The City of Bellingham describes the Central Business District Neighborhood in the following manner:

The Central Business District Neighborhood/City Center is Bellingham’s core downtown neighborhood and central waterfront. It is the dominant cultural, civic, financial and service center of the community.

The City Center is a collection of smaller neighborhoods, each of which has distinct features that reflect historical land uses, topography and geographic location. For example, the Old Town area was shaped by the economics of the Port of Bellingham, while the Commercial Core Area has a long-standing tradition of general retail. Railroad Avenue has a unique identity as well, which in part comes from the very wide street that reflects the existence of a rail line earlier in the City’s history.

The Civic Center lies along the northern edge of downtown and spans Whatcom Creek. Buildings in this area house City and County offices as well as a variety of other governmental services. The Post Office and Public Library are also a part of this complex. The cultural district focal points include historic buildings containing the Whatcom Museum of History and Art and the Mt. Baker Theater. The Hillclimb, a ceremonial stairway leading from Holly Street to the Civic Center and Cultural District also serves as an outdoor amphitheater in Maritime Heritage Park on Whatcom Creek. Whatcom Creek Trail and Greenway runs along the northern border of the neighborhood and provides a pedestrian connector from the waterfront to adjacent neighborhoods. The central waterfront historically supported industrial uses and commercial fishing. It includes Squalicum Harbor Marina, Zuanich Point Park and commercial/industrial areas primarily managed by the Port of Bellingham. The City and the Port have recently joined forces to create a redevelopment plan for 137 industrial waterfront acres acquired by the Port with homes, shops, offices and light industry, as well as parks and promenades, a healthy shoreline habitat along Bellingham Bay, and a new marina.