Ports: Countywide, Bellingham gets more bang for its buck

Visionaries who believe a Port of Kitsap would help bring a higher level of economic development point to the Port of Bellingham as an example.

That countywide port district has a smaller population base than Kitsap — about 200,000 compared with 248,000 — but it has embarked on two giant economic development projects that hold promise of boosting Whatcom County into the future while preserving local identities.