by Siobhan Canty | Apr 6, 2026 | SOLVE
When Jefferson County announced that the Port Townsend Recreation Center was at risk of closing, a community-led effort quickly took shape. The Future of Recreation, a group of local community members, established the Support Parks & Rec Fund at Jefferson...
by Tom Moore | Mar 12, 2026 | Non-Profits, SOLVE
¿Cómo podemos ayudarle a sentirse segura? By Tom Moore ¿Cómo podemos ayudarle a sentirse segura? Kijan nou ka ede w santi w an sekirite? How can we help you feel safe? It’s the question Katie Franco, Libby Palmer, Jim Buckley, and volunteers began asking the immigrant...
by JCF Staff | Sep 6, 2025 | Changemakers, Conversations in Community, GIVE
Tina Podlodowski is a board member of the Jefferson Community Foundation. Each month, Tina will be sharing some of the different ways a that a Community Foundation works to build resilience and bring together the financial resources of individuals, families, and...
by Crystie Kisler | Apr 8, 2025 | Grants, News, SOLVE
PHOTO CREDIT: Jon KaplanThe following Q & A with Longhouse project founder Naiome Kreinke offers more background and insight in this revitalization project:Can you share the inspiration behind the Chemakum Longhouse Project? I used to live uptown Port Townsend and...
by Anika Colvin | Sep 2, 2024 | Conversations in Community
Welcome. It’s September, and this month we’re talking about change: how it is necessary and how difficult it can be to navigate. Joining me in conversation are three nonprofit leaders from Jefferson County: Executive Director Claudia Coppola from Olympic Neighbors,...
by Tom Moore | May 6, 2024 | Conversations in Community
Welcome. It’s May, and this is the first of an ongoing series of conversations I’ll be having most every month with people in Jefferson County about what they love about living here, what they are concerned about and what they are doing about it. I am a relative...
