Coming February 26: Our Economic Future Through Ports
From Bellingham to Seattle: Airports, New Industries and Port Governance
Please purchase tickets in advance by 6:00pm Sunday, February 24, here.
Join us to hear why the ports of Washington have such expansive responsibility for economic development, learn about the future of airports in Western Washington including Bellingham International Airport, and discuss the pros and cons of going from three commissioners to five in Bellingham. In addition, we’ll learn what adding a rail link to the ship terminal in Bellingham means for future activity on our waterfront.
Speakers:
- Fred Felleman, Port of Seattle Commissioner;
- Tyler Schroeder, Port of Bellingham Director of Economic Development;
- Kathy Pittis, past president, Washington Public Ports Association and current Anacortes Port Commissioner; and
- Ken Bell, Port of Bellingham Commissioner.
Land Acknowledgement
The Board of the Bellingham City Club has adopted the following land acknowledgement to introduce its public programs:
We begin by acknowledging, with humility, that the land where we are today is the territory of the People of the Salish Sea. Their presence is imbued in the waterways, shorelines, valleys and mountains of the traditional homelands of the Coast Salish People, and it has been this way since time immemorial.
For information about the land acknowledgement adopted by the Lummi Business Council, click here.
For a video about the Ferndale Public Schools land acknowledgement produced by Ferndale School District, Children of the Setting Sun, and the Lhaqtemish Foundation, click here.