New art museum changes its name

Bainbridge Island Review 

By CONNIE MEARS
Bainbridge Island Review Staff writer
Jul 22 2011, 11:10 AM · UPDATED

The board of directors for the new art museum, scheduled to open in 2012 at Island Gateway, voted to adopt a new name: Bainbridge Island Museum of Art, said Executive Director Greg Robinson.
The name change from Bainbridge Art Museum was prompted by a couple of reasons. Foremost was to avoid confusion with Bellevue Art Museum, which shared the BAM acronym. Secondly, board members felt that adding the word Island was a more specific identifier for the community.

The museum's focus will be on showcasing art from Kitsap, Olympic Peninsula and Puget Sound areas,
"We're right in the heart of that," Robinson said.

The change will take some time to execute, but it is in the process of filing the paperwork with the Secretary of State to formally change the nonprofit's name.

He said the museum never promoted the use of the term BAM, but the art world tends to be acronym-heavy. The museum may or may not end up using the new BIMA acronym.

The museum has held a number of focus groups seeking input from the community. When looking for an alternative name, the board revisited the focus group comments and found that the name Bainbridge Island Museum of Art was a popular choice.

Buildings CF are Complete!

Photo by David Cohen

Island Gateway is helping to make busy intersection more foot friendly

Bainbridge plans to make busy intersection near ferries more foot friendly

KITSAP SUN
By Tristan Baurick
Posted July 18, 2011 at 5:13 p.m.

BAINBRIDGE ISLAND — The state is footing most of the bill to make the island's busiest intersection safer for pedestrians.

The Winslow Way-Highway 305 intersection will soon get new sidewalks, pedestrian crossing signal lights and timers, and a long-awaited crosswalk along the intersection's north side.

"It's a great improvement for pedestrians, not to mention it's the first intersection people encounter when coming to downtown," Councilman Barry Peters said.

The city will pay for the $120,000 project with a $50,000 contribution from the state Department of Transportation, $30,000 from a state grant awarded for the Winslow Way reconstruction project and $40,000 from a fee paid by the Island Gateway commercial development taking shape on the intersection's northwest corner...

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CHICKEN CRAZY? 3rd Annual Bainbridge Island Tour de Coop TOMORROW

Some are saying that chickens are the new golden retriever and its certainly true here on Bainbridge Islander. Every spring the local Island feed store, 'Bay Hay and Feed' sell 1550 to 1800 baby chicks and at least 5000 50lb bags of chicken  food. They estimate 1/3 of Island households keep chickens. WOW! 

Don't miss the  Third Annual Bainbridge Island Tour de Coop 2011 Tomorrow: A Self-Guided Tour of  Chicken Coops, Saturday, July 16 from 11-4.  This year there will  be 9 chicken coops on the tour. Tickets are available at Bay Hay and Feed, and Classic Cycle on Bainbridge Island. Check out this great article in the local newspaper to learn more: 

 

Tour de Coop this weekend

By ERIN JENNINGS
North Kitsap Herald Kitsap Week

Chicken coops are hatching all over Bainbridge Island.

Some are lavish and include artwork and electricity.

Others are quaint and provide comfortable living quarters.

At this weekend’s third annual Tour de Coop,  visitors will get the chance to check out nine coops on a self-guided tour around the island.

It’s the chicken version of “Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous,” minus the gilded furniture and luxurious yachts. Instead, you’ll see ventilated egg boxes and high perches for sleeping. Eating quarters consist of water troughs and food dispensers. Chicken bathtubs are made up of a mixture of dirt and sand — perfect for dust bathing.  And one coop even has classical music piped in — the owners read that classical music helps keep the chickens calm... 

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