Chimacum Commons Feasibility Project with Jefferson Land Trust, 2016-2017
Access to land and affordable housing have been identified by farmers on the Olympic Peninsula as the top factors limiting growth in the agriculture sector. Jefferson Land Trust seeks to make land and housing available to farmers and farmworkers at its 15.8 acre acquisition in Chimacum. The NODC performed a feasibility analysis to explore options for land ownership, use and housing on the property.
Jefferson Land Trust is a regional leader in innovative strategies for conserving working lands to keep them productive, affordable and available for generations to come. The Chimacum Commons property is located in the heart of the Chimacum Crossroads initiative, a multi-stakeholder effort to keep agriculture viable and profitable.
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NODC partnered with PNNL and regional stakeholders, including local governments, tribal communities, public utilities, and economic development agencies, on an Energy Futures Conference for the North Olympic Peninsula.
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) will explore the feasibility of Marine Renewable Energy (MRE) to increase grid resilience on the North Olympic Peninsula. As a partner on the project, NODC will build on previous regional planning processes for climate change adaptation, natural disaster resilience and energy to develop and lead a multi-criteria decision-making approach to engage communities and Tribes across the Peninsula in the project to identify needs and define important project metrics.
In late 2020, NODC was awarded funding through the Puget Sound Partnership from the EPA's National Estuary Program for Phase 2: Municipal Level Climate Action Planning for the North Olympic Peninsula.
