From Sept 6 to Sept 18, Habitat for Humanity of Kitsap County will be having its first Mini Blitz Build in Kitsap County. The Blitz Build will consist of framing two houses in Hansville in two weeks.

This event is in conjunction with Habitat for Humanity International’s Building on Faith Week. During these two weeks, Habitat will bring together volunteers from all over the county in addition to the future homeowners, churches, and community leaders to build both houses from the flooring stage all the way to the roofing stage. The two homes are located in Hansville. read more »

Builders, architects, designers, developers and land planners nationwide are invited to submit entries for the Innovation in Workforce Housing Awards. This new award will recognize outstanding communities across the nation that provide decent and affordable homes for nurses, police officers, schoolteachers and other service personnel near areas in which they work. read more »

Don Drury founded the Drury Construction Company, Inc., a commercial and light industrial construction firm, on Bainbridge Island in 1972. A third-generation contractor, Drury got his start as an estimator working for his uncles’ firm, Mowat Brothers Constructions. read more »

Cindy Baker joined Kitsap County’s Department of Community Development in November 2003 as the assistant director. Just a few months later she was thrust into the position of interim director when her boss and the man that hired her, Kamuron Gurol, resigned from his post, amid a plethora of rumors as to why. read more »

A court motion brought by several Bainbridge Island residents was unsuccessful in halting a condominium/hotel/retail complex development project on High School Road near Highway 305. Construction on the project, known as “Island Crossings,” began in July after both the Bainbridge Island hearing examiner and Superior Court Judge Leila Mills decided in favor of the developer and the city. read more »