voice of bainbridge

John Nelson Park: A "clarification" by the City that does not clarify anything

One can now find on the City site a text entitled Strawberry Plant Project A Clarification  but this is essentially a propaganda piece that does not clarify anything and continues to deny the very real problems facing a project opposed by a large part of the public.

This text makes it look like the Park District is 100% behind this plan but from what I have read it is not. So what happens to the City plan if the Park District does not agree with it? As you can read below there are many items that depend on the Park District.

Although I asked several times the City to tell how much had been spent on this project and how much will be spent in the future I have never received an answer. This is one more sad and frustrating chapter in this story.

About the "discussion" at city hall about John Nelson Park

Jerry Effendahl reports about this "discussion" without any public participation (but silent) allowed: our local democracy at work. All our thanks to the Friends of Cannery Cove for persisting.

An eloquent defense of John Nelson Park by Roger van Gelder

Roger van Gelder is a Winslow resident, civil engineer, professional environmental consultant and 12 year member of the Bainbridge Is. Road End Committee. He shares his thoughts on Cannery Cove.

Gerald also informs us that the "Strawberry (Cannery) Park Restoration Project" is -again- on the Bainbridge Island City Council agenda for a 20 minute discussion next Wednesday, July 21 at 7 PM. Attend and show your representatives you are very concerned about their decisions.

Friends of Cannery Cove on line

Friends of Cannery Cove is now on line with a nice set of pictures and all the information you need to keep advocating for a real public park at Cannery Cove, that would respect the wishes of John Nelson thanks to whom this property was given to the community.

John Nelson Park: the City did not describe the right shoreline

For four years, citizens of Bainbridge Island have been told that the shoreline containing Strawberry Cannery Cove was "the 186th worst of 201 reaches."  Turns out, City of Bainbridge Island staff and grant providers planning a park there, were describing the wrong shoreline. Read the press release that details one more mistake in the way the John Nelson Park was managed.

Earth Day clean up of John Nelson Park (Strawberry park)

 Friends of Cannery Cove and neighbors including Bainbridge Is. School District adult living students spent Earth Day, April 22, clearing shore side meadows of Scotch broom and blackberry thickets and filling a dumpster with beach and mudflats debris at John Nelson Park at Cannery Cove, 240 Weaver Rd.

Photo credit: Joel Sackett