||| FROM SANDY BISHOP and CLARA COSTA |||
On January 15, 2025, 30 individuals from five local community land trusts (CLTs) gathered at Brickworks in Friday Harbor to share their current greatest needs and upcoming projects, and to discuss revisions to the Housing Element of the San Juan County (SJC) Comprehensive Plan.
Representatives from San Juan Island Home Trust, OPAL Community Land Trust, Lopez Community Land Trust (LCLT), Community Land Trust of Waldron Island, and Shaw Island Community Land Trust were present and joined by County staff, including Ryan Page and the SJC housing coordinator and Housing Advisory Committee board members…