The San Juan Island Chamber of Commerce is offering our members an opportunity to make a great first impression on prospective new residents, new Chamber members, dignitaries and others. One of our members, Purkey & Assoc. is producing a Chamber Presentation Folder for our Chamber. These folders will be in full color with a supply to be utilized for at least one full year. They will contain Chamber collateral to feature relocation information for prospective new residents, new businesses and many other uses to help promote Our Community, Our Chamber and Your Business. This is also a fundraiser for our Chamber.

There are a limited number of sponsorship positions available. Each spot, regardless of location includes all production cost for a full color presentation of your business for the entire year.  This program offers an exceptional value for everyone who participates. To reserve a sponsorship for your business simply call 503 707-6276 now and ask us to hold a spot for you! Chamber members must be in good standing to participate.

We serve dinner Wednesday through Saturday starting at 5 p.m. Our Chef’s Tasting is offered dally from 5 – 5:45. Treat yourself to a 3-course dinner for two + a bottle of wine for $70. Check out Chef Bill’s new menu at CohoRestaurant.com.  Reservations at 360.378.6330.
 

We are open Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday from 11am to 4pm, lunch closes at 3 pm. We will be closed Sundays & Mondays. We did a lot of research while we were closed! For a peek behind the scenes, click here: http://www.sjicheese.com/photo-gallery/
 

Friday Harbor Chocolates, located at 255 Spring Street, announces new business hours for Winter season. The shop will be open Wednesday through Friday from 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m, Saturday and Sunday 12:00 p.m to 4:30 p.m, closed Mondays and Tuesdays. 
The shop will extend its hours commencing April 1, 2017.
 

New service that the San Juan Island Library will be providing- low technology aids for those with mobility, memory or a sense loss. The Aids for Better Living collection includes devices to make life a little easier for persons with a wide range of functional needs or disabilities, including mobility, vision loss, hearing loss, difficulty with speaking, or difficulty handling small objects. There are a wide variety of items to come and try!
 

Make San Juan Island “Litter-Free by the Sea”!
All Chamber members (plus your families/friends!) are encouraged to participate in the County-wide 2017 Great Islands Clean-Up, which will be held on Earth Day, Saturday, April 22, from 9 a.m. to noon, rain or shine. The Town of Friday Harbor does a terrific job regularly picking up litter from the sidewalks and gutters in the downtown area.  But each of us can contribute to the island’s overall effort by making sure that the areas around our businesses are free of litter, and also by checking the streets in front of our homes and around our neighborhoods.

Join SAFE San Juans for our 1st annual SAFE on the Rocks 5k in honor of Sexual Assault Awareness Month! This twilight fun run will feature glow sticks, glow paint, a post-race party with music, food, raffle lottery tickets, family-friendly activities, and much more! Even if you want to walk the route or just come for the post-race party starting at 8:30pm, SAFE on the Rocks will have something fun for everyone (suggested $10 event entry donation per family for those not walking/running)!

 

EDC receives Washington State Department of Commerce grant for trades education
The San Juan County Economic Development Council (EDC) is pleased to announce the award of a Washington State Department of Commerce Work Start grant for a county-wide Marine Trades Education program, which will be run in partnership with Commerce, San Juan County, the Town of Friday Harbor, Skagit Valley College, the Port of Friday Harbor, Islanders Bank, the Northwest Workforce Council, Heritage Bank, and area marine businesses.

A forestry class for landowners. Your Land. Your Trees. Your Goals. This comprehensive university-based forestry class will help you get the most out of the land you love. Whether you have just a few wooded acres or a larger forest tract, if you have trees on your property, this class is for you. Five Saturday class sessions at Skagit Valley College. March 11 – April 8^th. Cost $185 before March 1, $215 after. San Juan Islands Conservation District info@sjislandscd.org
 
 

Celebrating its 50th year as a museum in 2016, the San Juan Historical Society and Museum is concentrating on 2017 as the year to prepare the archives, buildings and grounds for the next 50 years.  In January, twenty volunteers began working on the real foundation of the museum:  the archival collection.  Every day, even when it was snowing, volunteers trooped into the Etta Egeland Resource Center to spend two hour shifts sorting through a variety of documents, artifacts and historic treasures to place the objects into a category to be addressed later in the project timeline. 

Friday Harbor Film Festival's Winter Film Series Presents: Glen Campbell: I'll Be Me! March 7th 2017, 7pm Event Detail Description: Join the Friday Harbor Film Festival's Winter Film Series for a special showing of Glen Campbell: I'll Be Me! Feel like dinner and a movie, stop by Mike's Cafe & Wine Bar on your way to the film and receive a special winter film series discount!
Glen Campbell: I’ll Be Me (directed by James Keach) follows Glen and his family as they together fight the biggest battle of his life. After his devastating diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease in 2011, Glen and his wife Kim decided to go public with their private tragedy – the first time a major American celebrity would share this kind of experience with the world. Glen had been told to hang up his guitar and prepare for the inevitable; instead, he and his family set out on a five-week “Goodbye Tour” across America — something that turned into an emotional and triumphant 151-show nationwide tour de force spanning18 months. The film documents the family’s amazing journey as they attempt to navigate the wildly unpredictable nature of Glen’s progressing disease using love, laughter and music as their medicine of choice.
Released in 2014
Running time: 116 minute
Cost of attending the film: By Donation
More information on the film visit 
Film sponsored by: Life Care Center San Juan Island
Hours: Film Starts at 7pm
Location address: The Grange, 152 Front Street, Friday Harbor
Contact Name for More Information: Friday Harbor Film Festival
Phone: 360-298-1939
Email: jessica@fhff.org