PORT ORCHARD PURCHASES KITSAP BANK PROPERTY FOR NEW COMMUNITY CENTER.
DECEMBER 9, 2021 | KITSAP SUN
The city of Port Orchard has completed the $2.5 million purchase of the Kitsap Bank property at 619 Bay Street, which is slated to be the home of the future two-story South Kitsap Community Events Center.
PLANNED SOUTH KITSAP EVENTS CENTER PROGRESSES THROUGH DESIGN PHASE
NOVEMBER 21, 2021 | KITSAP SUN
The South Kitsap Community Center is several years away from becoming reality, but still making progress with a new round of designs recently unveiled. According to Port Orchard Mayor Rob Putaansuu, there’s been very positive feedback.
DESIGNS OF THE COMMUNITY EVENTS CENTER DRAW RAVE REVIEWS
OCTOBER 7, 2021 | KITSAP DAILY NEWS
“One of the things we really heard from the public feedback was to provide a lot of covered outside space,” Tomisser said. “We want to be able to use this building year-round.” The $20 million, 24,000 square-foot community events center will prominently feature the Port Orchard branch of the Kitsap Regional Library on the lower level. Visitors will enter the building and walk into a shared space that includes a stairway to the second floor, public restrooms on the lower floor, and an entrance to the library.
DESIGN FIRM PRESENTS INITIAL CONCEPTS FOR SOUTH KITSAP COMMUNITY EVENTS CENTER
JUNE 1, 2021 | KITSAP DAILY NEWS
Rice introduced design concepts at the Port Orchard City Council meeting on May 25. The South Kitsap Community Events Center is to sit at the current location of Kitsap Bank’s headquarters building on Bay Street in the downtown sector of the city, promising a sweeping view of Sinclair Inlet when finally completed.
INITIAL DESIGNS FOCUS ON ‘RELATIONSHIP WITH WATERFRONT’
MAY 27, 2021 | KITSAP SUN
Design plans by Rice Fergus Miller are underway as the property acquisition phase wraps up for the South Kitsap Community Event Center. Some initial design concepts were presented to the Port Orchard City Council on Tuesday.
SITE CHOSEN FOR THE NEW SK COMMUNITY EVENTS CENTER
DECEMBER 8, 2020 | KITSAP DAILY NEWS
Site A — the current location of Kitsap Bank on Bay Street — was recommended by the Rice Fergus Miller architectural firm of Bremerton as its choice for the location of the proposed South Kitsap Community Events Center in Port Orchard.
CITY COUNCIL AWARDS CONTRACT TO LOCAL TEAM RICE FERGUS MILLER
AUGUST 4, 2020 | KITSAP SUN
‘The City Council last week awarded a contract to Rice Fergus Miller architects of Bremerton to develop a schematic design for the South Kitsap Community Events Center, currently proposed to be built on the waterfront near city hall.’
KPFD AWARDS THE SKCEC UP TO $12 MILLION IN FUNDING
OCTOBER 31, 2019 | KITSAP DAILY NEWS
Board members voted unanimously to approve the funding through an interlocal agreement, or ILA, with the City of Port Orchard, which will now shepherd the $20 million project through a series of phased steps leading to the center’s eventual construction.
KPFD AWARDS $12 MILLION TO THE SKCEC PROJECT
OCTOBER 29, 2019 | KITSAP SUN
A key piece of Port Orchard's downtown redevelopment master plan fell into place Monday when the Kitsap Public Facilities District agreed to give $12 million to the South Kitsap Community Event Center.
KPFD BOARD AFFIRMS THEIR SUPPORT FOR THE SKCEC
AUGUST 28, 2019 | KITSAP DAILY NEWS
“This is our #1 project. This is the project that we are going to give money to,” the chairman said. “I want to give [you] that kind of understanding from me personally as one member of the board.”
SKCEC IS TOP PICK TO RECEIVE MILLIONS IN FUNDING
AUGUST 1, 2019 | KITSAP SUN
After months of deliberations, Kitsap Public Facilities District commissioners this week revealed which community projects they think most deserve millions of dollars in public funding. The consensus top pick is the South Kitsap Community Event Center, a proposed $20 million conference and event center in downtown Port Orchard.
KPFD RANKS SKCEC THE #1 PROJECT
JULY 31, 2019 | KITSAP DAILY NEWS
“The takeaway from all this is that South Kitsap finished No. 1 in the ranking,” Sego said. “The expectation is that provides us the certainty that we’ll be funded. To what degree will be determined over the next month. The great news is that this community rose up. This is the second time that we’ve had more than a hundred people at a meeting. Nobody has ever come close to that at a PFD meeting.”
PORT OF BREMERTON ANNOUNCES PUBLIC PARTNERSHIP
APRIL 30, 2019 | KITSAP DAILY NEWS
In its resolution, the commissioners stated that the Port’s status as a public partner in the project “will assist with the effort to identify and secure funding for the CEC [community events center] project, including local, state and federal grant sources, private benefactors and other appropriate sources for the funding of the project.”
IMAGINE PORT ORCHARD ANNOUNCES PUBLIC PARTNERSHIPS
APRIL 29, 2019 | KITSAP DAILY NEWS
The Port Orchard City Council has adopted a resolution that confirms the City of Port Orchard’s participation as a public partner in the proposed $20 million downtown Community Events Center project, alongside the Port of Bremerton and Kitsap County.
IMAGINE PORT ORCHARD PRESENTS THEIR PROPOSAL
MARCH 13, 2019 | KITSAP DAILY NEWS
Port Orchard supporters fill the room and overflow the hallway, as more than 100 attend the KPFD Board Meeting.
KPFD TO TAKE UP COMMUNITY CENTER PROPOSAL
JANUARY 8, 2019 | KITSAP DAILY NEWS
PORT ORCHARD — Ambitious plans submitted by investment partners to build a downtown community events center in Port Orchard is now in the hands of the Kitsap Public Facilities District.
SK COMMUNITY CENTER BEING PLANNED FOR DOWNTOWN
NOVEMBER 28, 2018 | KITSAP DAILY NEWS
“I’ve heard from residents over the years who’ve said, ‘It’s so important that we do something about our downtown,” Putaansuu said. “I’m very confident we’re getting a quality project.”
SK COMMUNITY CENTER PROPOSED IN DOWNTOWN
NOVEMBER 28, 2018 | KITSAP SUN
‘The plan calls for a 24,000-square-foot community center that would include 9,000 square feet for Kitsap Regional Library's Port Orchard branch and 4,000 square feet for a theater, as well as meeting rooms, a catering kitchen and restaurant.’