The Kingston Stakeholders was established in 2005 as a division of the Kingston Chamber of Commerce. Primarily composed of Kingston property owners, our common bond is the cohesive development of downtown Kingston. The Stakeholders look for ways to help each other using shared experiences, contacts and resources. The Stakeholders are a diverse group of citizens who are motivated and encouraged by each other to invest hard work, creative vision, and finances into a viable future for all the citizens of greater Kingston.

Meeting Times

We meet at 9:00 AM First Friday of every month - excluding July and August
Kingston Cove Yacht Club
23915 Washington Boulevard
Downtown - facing the Marina

Membership

Membership is open to all interested individuals.
A time committment is required.
Current Initiation Fee $400.00
Quarterly: $90 per or $360.00 per year
Call Susan Rodgers for a membership packet: 360-297-4414 Days

Benefits of Membership:

Education

As part of ongoing information exchange we host a "roundtable lecture format" at some of our meetings. Our guests are specialists in many parallel businesses with regard to economic or building development.
We have coined these sessions our "101 classes".
Some of these presentations have included:

Banking - loans for development, what you should know before you start.

Urban Design Concepts - Cottage Housing and Incubator Business Spaces

Commercial Insurance - Best way to insure your project - Packages and Wraps

Permitting - What is the process and what can you expect from Kitsap County

More Benefits of Membership:

Networking - Resources within our group are vast and invaluable

Talk into Action - What do we want in our town? How do we get it?

First to Know - Information about current and future projects: Status Updates

Direct Contact with Political Entities - Accessibility to policy makers

Some of our guests at weekly meetings have included:

Promoting Understanding of Kingston Design Guidelines

Since 1991 there have been a set of written "guidelines" to which every potential development project must refer. Some of the original members of the team of citizens who wrote these guidelines are members of the Kingston Stakeholders. The Department of Community Development - Kitsap County - refers to these guidelines when reviewing future project documents during the permitting process.

Promote Understanding of the Process of Development & Community Needs

Through communicating and sharing with each other Stakeholders hope to eliminate pitfalls and struggle in the development of our individual projects. Shared information in market studies and plans already underway will create a mixed use core that is in balance and scale structurally, yet acknowledges the needs of the community:
"Embrace livability and bring business to town!"