Port Gamble Redevelopment

Olympic Property Group is considering two alternatives for the future development of Port Gamble:

• The historic homes, store, theater, church and business buildings will remain.

• Many acres of open space with large trees and wetlands will be permanently protected.

• Trail connections will get even better, with plans for a future shoreline bluff trail, a new beach access trail, trail connections to a Mountain Bike Ride Park and space for the County's future Sound to Olympics trail.

• We propose to give up the heavy industrial zoning that currently allows a mill or manufacturing on the mill site. 

• Instead, there may be homes, a hotel, some commercial or open space on the mill site.

• We want to create destination agritourism like a winery, cidery and farm-to-table experiences on the hill near the old Babcock farm. 

• There will be new homes and businesses in town. Port Gamble has been slowly disappearing since the 1920s when the auto repair building was built, signaling the beginning of mill employees moving out of town and the gradual loss of Port Gamble's buildings. The grand Puget Hotel, the hospital, school, the four-story, 100-room hotel annex, and most of the homes are gone now.  

• Port Gamble will no longer be a company-owned town.  People will be able to buy a home, business or agricultural property.

• One of the first new property owners will be West Sound Wildlife Shelter, who care for our region's wildlife. They will have plenty of space for injured birds and mammals to recover before being released back to the wild.