Due to an extended construction schedule, there will be no hard hat tour on Saturday June 13th. We apologize for any inconvenience this might cause and expect to be conducting tours again the following weekend.
Public preview tours of the nearly completed Northwest Maritime Center buildings will be available during the Bridge Closure Sunday, May 31 from 11:00 AM to 4:00 PM.
The M.J. Murdock Charitable Trust has announced a $300,000 grant to the Northwest Maritime Center for new facilities construction. The Trust's mission is to enrich the quality of life in the Pacific Northwest by providing grants to organizations that seek to strengthen the region's educational and cultural base in creative and sustainable ways. The Northwest Maritime Center is building a new, 27,000 square ft. facilities at the east end of Water Street. "We're about 55% complete now," said executive director Stan Cummings. "Siding is going on, dry wall is up in the Heritage Building and the second-floor decks are almost in."
"At first I was really scared about going out on the boats, but now I love it," reports a 6th-grade student from the Kokanee School of Seattle.
