Sound Publishing Becomes Major Sponsor Sound Publishing Becomes Major Sponsor

Great Peninsula Future Festival
August 2-3, 2008, Port Gamble WA
Building a sustainable future—together.

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Sound Publishing Becomes Major Sponsor
For Great Peninsula Future Festival
Sound Publishing has become a major sponsor for the Great Peninsula Future Festival (GPFF), August 2-3, 2008, in Port Gamble, Washington.
Sound Publishing is the largest publisher of community and suburban newspapers in Washington and is also one of the area’s largest commercial web printers. In Kitsap County alone, Sound publishes eight newspapers: North Kitsap Herald, Kingston Community News, Bainbridge Review, Central Kitsap Reporter, Bremerton Patriot, Port Orchard Independent, Northwest Navigator and the Kitsap Free Daily.
Other major sponsors are Kitsap County, the Home Builders Association of Kitsap County, Wet Apple Media, the Port Gamble S’Klallam Tribe and Port Gamble (Olympic Property Group).
Areas sponsors include Puget Sound Energy and Power Trip Energy Corp. Event sponsors include Port Madison Enterprises (the Suquamish Tribal business unit), West Sound Utilities, Town & Country Market and Pollen Collection and Sales.
The all volunteer-organized event is a nonprofit outdoor festival centered around the theme of “sustainability.” The idea for the festival came to Kitsap County Commissioner Steve Bauer following a community workshop last October on sustainability. It was sponsored by West Sound Conservation Council and led by Larry Seaquist, state representative from the 26th legislative district.
Seaquist has used his innovative CoLab (community laboratory) format for other workshops in the U.S. and abroad. The workshop in Bremerton involved some 60 Kitsap community leaders, including commissioners Bauer and Josh Brown, state senator Derek Kilmer, Bainbridge Mayor Darlene Kordonowy and former Port Orchard Mayor Kim Abel.
“I was so impressed with the level of enthusiasm and interest in sustainability, I talked to my sister, Sandra, about ways to build on the workshop,” said Bauer. “Sandra is a pro when it comes to event planning. She is one of the original organizers of the Oregon Country Fair.
“By the end of the conversation, we had decided on holding an annual event focused on sustainability that would bring citizens, educators, community leaders, environmental groups and green businesses together in a festival atmosphere. People would come for the party and give us a ‘teaching moment,’ said Bauer. “The mix would include live music, entertainment, healthy food and halnd-made crafts, plus engaging interactive displays on green products, concepts and services.”
Jon Rose of Olympic Property Group generously donated the use of historic Port Gamble on a prime summer weekend, August 2-3, 2008. The GPFF planning council is made up of other CoLab alumni and volunteers from more than a dozen Kitsap community organizations, including Stillwaters Environmental Center, Kitsap County Extension of Washington State University, Kitsap Audubon Society, Poulsbo Farmers Market, Sustainable Bremerton, WA State Farmers Market Association, Kitsap Community and Agricultural Alliance, West Sound Conservation Council, Kitsap Conservation Voters and the New Old Time Chautauqua.
To learn how you can get involved as a sponsor, exhibitor, vendor or volunteer, visit the GPFF web site: www.GreatPeninsulaFutureFestival.org or contact Sandra Bauer at 425-786-7495; email sanbauer@aol.com.