WHIDBEY NEWS TIMES: Oak Harbor has set funds aside to reinvigorate a 600-acre downtown area by bringing retail closer to the waterfront, creating design standards and more. City renderings show a softened shoreline along Bayshore Drive and five-story buildings with storefronts.
1-28-2025 City of Oak Harbor Council Workshop
1-28-2025 City of Oak Harbor Council Workshop
I remember going to their first one last year in Langley and thinking “How wonderful would it he if this came to Oak Harbor”? Last year there was over 7500 people attending. For tourism and our businesses here in town this is a huge win, not to mention an absolute...
What is being built there? Does anyone know what is going in on the corner of _______? I see these questions all the time on local social groups. Every city council workshop includes a breakdown of permits that can help answer questions like this. You can find it on page...
WHIDBEY NEWS TIMES: North Whidbey could be home to the newest port, a type of district that hasn’t been created in nearly four decades. The Oak Harbor City Council unanimously decided to move forward with the decision on Tuesday.
WHIDBEY NEWS TIMES: In October, Oak Harbor installed the “Angel de Creatividad,” a 37-foot abstract angel sculpture, in Flintstone Park. Three months later, and following several approvals in the last four years, the city council “accepted” it.
WHIDBEY NEWS TIMES: Funding for Oak Harbor’s future projects may not be attainable without the creation of a port district on North Whidbey.
