1990 - 1991 - 1992 - 1993 - 1994 - 1995 - 1996 - 1997 - 1998 - 1999

1990

  • The Wednesday Night Dinner, an outreach to islanders in need, begun by Sally Carlson. At Episcopal Church


January -

  • VPD and VSD develop Mariner Field

May -

  • VPD hires first employee - Wendy Braicks

July -

  • Land Trust raises funds at Strawberry Festival to purchases Whispering Firs Bog - first preserve
  • State Growth Management Act approved by Legislature, signed by Governor

October -

  • October 31 - Halloween Storm - storng north winds - 8-15 foot waves hit north end of Island - Merle Saur’s home at Point Vashon- Patten’s Palisades sustains $70,000 in damages

December -

  • Wind storm and high waves damage North End passenger only ferry dock - dock towed away for repairs

1991

January -

  • VPD opens Skate Park at VES Gym

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1992

March -

  • March 9, 1992, public meeting on Vashon Island to discuss a bridge to Vashon Island. Two thousand islanders attend the meeting at the Vashon High School gymnasium. Some carried signs reading “If You Build It, They Will Come,” “Bridges Bring Death,” and “Don’t Mercerize Vashon Island.”

July -

  • July 4, 1992 Tom Stewart begins to sponsor fireworks at Quartermaster Harbor
  • Clam harvesting closed in Quartermaster Harbor because of red tide

August -

  • VPD takes over Ober Park building from King County

December -

  • Land Trust hires first Director - David Warren

1993

  • Sound Food Restaurant opens as cooperative -



1994 -

  • Fern Cove Reserve formed by Vashon-Maury Island Land Trust and Fern Cove purchased for VPD
  • King County Comprehensive Plan adopted - County creates 6 Unincorporated Area Councils to advise King County Council - Vashon-Maury Island Community Council becomes one of these 6
  • Land Trust hold first Forest Stewardship class


September -

  • Ober Park becomes home of Vashon Teen Center



1995 -

March -

  • VPD and VSD improve McMurray Field

October -

  • Land Trust receives first Conservation Easement - 15 acres in Christensen Ravine
  • State Supreme Court rules Vashon Island can not become a city under state growth-control laws.

December -

  • Group of 30 islanders pledge $10,000 loans each to keep Island Manor Nursing Home from closing - Forms Vashon Community Care Center - “Christmas Miracle”

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1996

  • Second Vashon Comprehensive Plan adopted by King County -
  • Growth Management Act lists Vashon issues - rural nature of the island , water, affordable housing, development in rural areas


September -

  • Casa Bonita Mexican Restaurant opens September 12 in Vashon Town - growing Hispanic population
  • Land Trust begins annual tree sale fund raiser.

December -

  • Ice and snow and ice storm closes schools and much of island

1997 -

1998 -

  • Land Trust and VPD begins Shinglemill Creek/Fern Cove Campaign

May -

  • Lone Star Northwest applies for revision of grading permit at Maury Island mine to increase output and to resume barging

July -

  • Bill Fisher donates 90 acres and Fisher Pond - owned by VPD and managed by Land Trust

August -

  • King County requires Environmental Impact Statement for mine expansion on Maury Island

September -

  • Burton Elementary School becomes VPD Skate Park

December -

  • Land Trust purchases Christian Science Society Building for headquarters

1998

1999

May -

  • VPD begins Concert in the Park Series

December -

  • Bethel Church burns in fire December 26

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