FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: September 29, 2011
Contact: Michele Leslie Potter 206-587-4819, mlesliepotter@psrc.org

Kitsap County and YMCA of Pierce-Kitsap Counties Win VISION 2040 Award for Community Campus

SEATTLE – Kitsap County and YMCA of Pierce-Kitsap Counties have won a 2011 VISION 2040 Award from the Puget Sound Regional Council for the Central Kitsap Community Campus. The awards recognize innovative projects and programs that help ensure a sustainable future as the region grows.

“The Central Kitsap Community Campus has jump started town center development in Silverdale’s Regional Growth Center,” said Mukilteo Councilmember Jennifer Gregerson, Chair of the VISION 2040 Awards Selection Committee. “People are very enthusiastic about the new Haselwood YMCA on the campus. This redevelopment has created jobs and provided the critical urban infrastructure needed for mobility improvements.”

“We are very excited about the new Central Kitsap Community Campus,” said Josh Brown, Kitsap County Commissioner and PSRC President. “This type of transformative urban investment is a model for how we can make great neighborhoods even better to support jobs and a high quality of life well into the future.”

The VISION 2040 Award for will be presented at a community event on the Central Kitsap Community Campus on October 18 at 1pm. The public is invited to attend. Find out more by calling Greg Case at (360) 337-4428.

The Central Kitsap Community Campus is one of six 2011 VISION 2040 Award winners. The other awards went to Bothell’s Downtown Revitalization, the Ports of Seattle and Tacoma’s Northwest Ports Clean Air Strategy, Snohomish’s Pilchuck District, Tacoma’s Mobility Master Plan, and the University of Washington’s OneBusAway project.

VISION 2040 is the region’s growth management, economic, and transportation strategy, designed to meet the needs of the 5 million people expected to be living in the region in 2040 (compared to the 3.7 million people living here today). It is an integrated, long-range vision for the future that lays out a strategy for maintaining a healthy region — promoting the well-being of people and communities, economic vitality, and a healthy environment.

PSRC develops policies and coordinates decisions about regional growth, transportation and economic development planning within King, Pierce, Snohomish and Kitsap counties. The Council is composed of over 80 entities, including all four counties, cities and towns, ports, state and local transportation agencies and tribal governments within the region. In 2012, PSRC will select projects for the roughly $400 million in federal funds the region can expect to receive over the next few years. PSRC is also the lead regional economic development planning resource and home to the Prosperity Partnership.

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