[PTChamber] PT Chamber Week ahead....

[Port Townsend Chamber Interim Director]

Upcoming Events: 

Weekly Lunch Meeting:  Sept 22nd Noon-1:00 at Fort Worden Commons.
PSE vs. PUD - Puget Sound Energy representative Bob Bellemare, CEO of 
Utilipoint Intl Inc., and Bill Wise, co-chair of Citizens for Public Power, 
will talk about the Nov. 4 ballot measure to give Jefferson PUD the 
authority to acquire Puget Sound Energy's distribution network in the 
county. 

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Port Townsend Athletic Club celebrates its 25th Anniversary and Grand 
Re-Opening 

Port Townsend, Washington - September 1, 2008 - Port Townsend Athletic Club, 
Port Townsend's only downtown health club, is celebrating its 25th 
Anniversary / Grand Re-Opening with an open house on Saturday September 
27th. The beautifully renovated club will be showcasing its new Precor TM 
cardio and weight machines, along with a wide array of exercise 
classes/programs. Everyone is invited to take a tour of the newly remodeled 
club and enjoy light refreshments/healthy snacks.  They can also register to 
win a grand prize of a mountain bike, provided by PT Cyclery. As part of the 
celebration, the club will be running membership specials from September 1st 
 - September 30th 2008., with the grand prize drawing held on September 27th, 
2008. 

The Club's new owners, Teresa and Tim Hoffmann, have made a major investment 
in giving the club a facelift, and have created a unique club and exercise 
environment, practically on Port Townsend's historic waterfront. Since 
Teresa and Tim's purchase of the club in late 2007, membership has 
dramatically increased, with Port Townsend area residents responding very 
positively to the new design. According to Teresa, "Our goal at Port 
Townsend Athletic Club is to create a premiere downtown athletic club. We 
strive to keep everything in the club local, and environmentally friendly - 
creating a place of comfort and community friendship". 

About the club - Port Townsend Athletic Club is a full service athletic 
club, with cardio and weight equipment, group fitness classes, racquetball 
court, sauna, Jacuzzi, tanning, Russian Kettlebells, martial arts, and more, 
located in historic downtown Port Townsend, WA. 

Port Townsend Athletic Club is located at 229 Monroe Street, Port Townsend, 
WA 98368, phone (360) 385-6560, fax (360) 379-4048, web: www.ptathletic.com 
, e-mail: ptathletic at yahoo.com . Contacts: Teresa Hoffmann, Co-Owner, Jim 
Larson, Operations Manager, or John Hayes, Member Services. 

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You are invited to "The Impact of Housing on Jefferson County", an all-day 
forum. Come for some of it...or all. 

Tuesday, September 23
Chimacum Grange 

A number of topics will be presented, including the long-awaited study that 
provides solid answers to "Does growth pay for growth?"
(Thank you to all of the City and County building professionals and 
electeds, who provided the mountain of data that went into the study!!) 

Please share this invitation with anyone who may be interested.
RSVP to hershelman at olympus.net letting me know how many will be attending 
what sessions. 

Thanks! 

Sandy Hershelman 


More info, including bios on the presenters, are included on the back side 
of the attached flier for the forum.
In a nutshell, the line-up: 

9:30-10:30 am
Impact of Housing on Jefferson County’s Economy*
Elliot Eisenberg, PhD
Senior Economist of the National Association of Home Builders 

10:45-11:45
Local Power? JeffCo Proposition 1
Bill Wise and Steve Hamm, Citizens for Local Power
Bob Bellmare, CEO, UtiliPoint International, Inc.
Bertrand Valdman, COO, Puget Sound Energy 

1-2 pm
Inclusionary Zoning, Impact Fees and more: Regulations that work...and those 
that don’t
Elliot Eisenberg, PhD 

2:15-3:15
Watershed Stewardship Resource Center
Sam Gibboney, Principal, ISE Consultants
Jill Silver, Executive Director, 10,000 Years Institute 

3:30-4:30
Land, Water, Hearth and Home: Our Jefferson County
Where we live and how we live, now...and in the future?
Teren MacLeod, Environmental Educator and REALTOR® 

7 pm
Impact of Housing on Jefferson County’s Economy*
Elliot Eisenberg, PhD 

* essentially the same presentation