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Bainbridge Island has a seven-member city council. The members are elected to staggered four-year terms and appoint a city manager. [1] Bainbridge Island is a stronghold of the Democratic Party. Jay Inslee, the 23rd governor of Washington, is a local resident, and represented it in Congress from 1999 to 2012.
The city has occupied the entire space of Bainbridge Island since February 28, 1991, when the 1.5-square-mile (3.9 km 2) city of Winslow (incorporated on August 9, 1947), annexed the rest of the island [2] [3] after a narrowly passed November 1990 referendum. [4]
The City of Bainbridge passed an ordinance in accordance with a 2019 Washington state law that grants bonus density for affordable housing projects on properties owned by religious organizations ...
Members of Bainbridge Island’s City Council voted 6-0 on Tuesday night in favor of moving ahead with construction. Skip to main content. Sign in. Mail. 24/7 Help. For premium support please call ...
Toe Jam Hill, 425 feet tall, is the high point on Bainbridge Island, Washington and one of the highest points in Kitsap County, Washington. [1] [2] [3]Its name has several explanations, including that it was named for a local settler with the name Torjam (the explanation given by the local historical society), [4] that it was named for stumbling drunkards, or that existing explanations are ...
The Ray pool functions as the center's primary lap pool and is home for the high school swim/dive and water polo teams, the Bainbridge Island Swim Club and the Bainbridge Aquatic Masters team.
The Pacific Creosoting Company, later known as Wyckoff Company, occupied the site until the 1980s, [1] and supported the community of Creosote.Government agencies estimate that 600,000 US gallons (2,300,000 L; 500,000 imp gal) of creosote still remain in the ground at the site, after more than $100 million in environmental remediation.
Bainbridge islanders of Japanese ancestry were the first in the United States to be relocated to internment camps. On Bainbridge Island alone, 227 Japanese civilians were incarcerated without charge. [10] The Woodwards continued advocating for members of the community, and hired several as correspondents. [11]