This is an important opportunity for farmers and friends of agriculture in Kitsap County.  The future of farming and local food is going to be discussed at these meetings so come and make your voice heard.  Twenty years ago decisions were made about land use in Kitsap that impact farmers today - if you have an opinion about what our home is going to look like twenty years from now speak up!

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Date: March 3, 2010
Contact: Katrina Knutson, Kitsap County Senior Planner
Phone: 360-337-5777
No: 2010-14

Rural outreach meetings to be held
Do you want to know what the county is proposing for
Kitsap County's rural areas?

(Port Orchard) – The Kitsap County Department of Community Development will be hosting a series of Rural Outreach meetings in March in order to collect public comments on upcoming proposed rural programs and regulations.

The following meetings are scheduled:
March 16, 2010 (Tuesday), from 6:30pm - 8:30pm
Long Lake Community Center
March 23, 2010 (Tuesday), from 6:30pm - 8:30pm
Seabeck Community Center
March 30, 2010 (Tuesday), from 6:30pm - 8:30pm
Port Gamble Pavilion
At the rural outreach meetings, citizens will have the opportunity to talk with County representatives from the Food and Farm Policy Council and County Planners involved with Rural Code Development, the Rural Wooded Incentive Program, Limited Areas of More Intensive Rural Development (LAMIRD) creation, and amendments to the Rural Chapter of the Kitsap County Comprehensive Plan. Other representatives to be in attendance are United States Census Staff, and Olympic Property Group staff involved with the North Kitsap Legacy Partnership.

For more information regarding these important public input opportunities, please contact Kitsap County Senior Planner, Katrina N. Knutson, at (360) 337-5777 or kknutson@co.kitsap.wa.us.