Why supporting entrepreneurs means investing in the long-term resilience of our communities One year ago this month, we celebrated the graduation celebration of the 2025 Matchstick Lab Micro Business Accelerator cohort, a program that brought together 24 groundbreakers in the Kitsap community and invested heavily in the growth and development of the next iteration of …
Why founders, investors, and everyday leaders have more influence on Kitsap’s future than they realize. Spring is one of my favorite times of year, because it has a way of revealing what was already growing beneath the surface. In Kitsap, that means bursts of technicolor in the natural world around us—alongside fresh energy and real …
You don’t need to be a golf fan to have heard of the annual professional tournament held in Augusta, GA called The Masters. This year’s edition, played every April, marked the 90th tournament in its history. Rory McIlroy of Northern Ireland became only the fourth golfer ever to win it in back-to-back years. The Masters …
How Hiring Practices Are Backfiring—and What Employers Can Do About It Last month, this column focused ghost jobs and the damage they do to employer brand. This month, let’s talk about what happens next, because job seekers didn’t just notice. They adapted…in a way that isn’t helpful for anyone.Instead of carefully targeting roles, many candidates …
How Real Estate, Manufacturing, Maritime, and Trades Are Powering the Local MarketKitsap County’s real estate market does not operate in a vacuum—it is deeply connected to the region’s core industries. In 2025, the interplay between housing, manufacturing, maritime operations, and skilled trades has defined both the opportunities and constraints shaping the local economy. As the …
Every ship that clears the harbor, every building that rises from the skyline, and every component that rolls off a production line carries the mark of someone who showed up, applied their skill, and believed their work mattered. The trades have always been built on human labor and hard-earned expertise. The opportunity now is to …
If you have been following tech headlines, you may have seen coverage of Claude Mythos, an unreleased Anthropic model reported to be exceptionally capable at finding software vulnerabilities. Anthropic has also launched Project Glasswing, which is intended to use early access to these frontier capabilities to help security partners find and fix weaknesses in critical …
As we age, the charming home that once held joyful memories can slowly become a source of stress. Between climbing ladders to clean gutters, shoveling snow, or worrying about an aging HVAC system, the burden of home upkeep often outweighs the benefits of ownership. Senior living communities offer a liberating alternative, often referred to as …
Over the last several days, I have found myself coming back to the same thought again and again. The biggest opportunity in marketing right now is not a new platform, a new tool, or even a new tactic. It is something much simpler. It is showing up consistently. That may not sound groundbreaking, but in …
Before highways and bridges, Kitsap ran on water. If you lived here in the late 1800s or early 1900s, you didn’t hop in your car, you waited at the shoreline. A steamship would come through, sometimes stopping wherever someone waved it down, carrying people, mail, livestock, and goods between communities that would have otherwise been isolated. …
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