The Lopez Island Family Resource Center is offering “Starting and Growing a Great Business” on Oct. 29 and 30 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Lopez Library.
Tomatoes are still in season, just barely, and winter vegetables for keeping are coming on strong.
The Orcas Island Farmers Market heads inside to the Odd Fellows Hall for the entire month of October. Fall hours are 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.
The San Juan Islands have been selected by “Where to Retire,” a magazine geared toward helping people with retirement relocation decisions, as a top retirement destination and will be profiled in the feature story “8 Treasured Islands for Serene Living.”
Lisa Nakamura shared her recipe for pumpkin soup with King5 audiences on Sept. 27.
San Juan County’s homes are the most expensive in the state, and rank 39th in the nation for costliness, according to a new article by the Puget Sound Business Journal.
Eastsound Tex-Mex eatery Chimayo’s was featured in the Seattle Weekly’s food section in a story titled, “Chimayo’s Orcas Noodling: A Tex-Mex fave slowly packs up and moves to Italy.”
MSNBC featured Orcas Island’s hamlet of Doe Bay in its Budget Travel section today, under the heading, “12 remarkable places you’ve never heard of.”
The Seattle Times listed the upcoming Islands’ Farm Festival in its Travel section on Sept. 16.
There will be a free workshop “Fall in Place for Winter: Preparing Horse and Livestock Properties for the Rainy Season” with Alayne Blickle on San Juan Island on Sept. 25 at the Blazing Tree Ranch.
After two years of providing Italian food, local art and music to the community, Luna’s Restaurant will be closing after Saturday, Sept. 24.
To kids heading back to school, the summer is almost over, but the Orcas Island Farmers’ Market is very much at its peak. Farm stalls are bursting at the seams with produce. Chard, squash, greens, corn, onions, potatoes, garlic, cucumbers for your pickling pleasure, and – thank goodness – FINALLY, nice ripe red tomatoes!
The San Juan County Economic Development Council will present a free half-day workshop for small businesses and entrepreneurs on San Juan Island, on Monday, Sept. 19, from 8:30 a.m. until noon. The course will be presented by James McCafferty, director of the Skagit/San Juan Islands Small Business Development Center and a management consultant for over 10 years.
Several San Juan County destinations were featured in the Aug. 29 issue of Woman’s World weekly magazine.
“This is the third time in six years that we’ve been able to get the San Juan Islands featured as a Woman’s World recommended travel destination,” said San Juan Islands Visitors Bureau Public Relations Manager Robin Jacobson.
