Summer update on site work and fundraising success Summer is in full swing and so is the site work to prepare the Pea Patch Community Campus for construction! You may have noticed some big piles of dirt: the current work effort by local contractor Island Ex includes utility connections, stormwater retention installation and construction of […]
Walk the OPAL Neighborhoods with Rusty Diggs
OPAL Community Land Trust invites community members to lace up their walking shoes and join longtime OPAL homeowner, historian, and storyteller Rusty Diggs for a guided tour of OPAL neighborhoods this summer.
Lydia Lane:
Five New Homes on Lydia Lane by Year End OPAL will soon begin its first new single-family home construction since 2010 — five three-bedroom, two-bath houses on five lots purchased in 2020 on Lydia Lane near Rosario. Most of the funding is already in place, thanks to state and county grants totaling $1,875,000. The modular, […]
Caring for People and Land: Bartel Road Forest
OPAL’s Bartel Road property is home to an “ecologically valuable” forest with many old growth trees born one or two centuries ago. The trees provide “habitat for birds, small mammals and insects”, filter the air and absorb carbon emissions. To guide stewardship activities and future housing development on the property, OPAL engaged Rain Shadow Consulting […]
Site Work is Underway at Pea Patch Community Campus!
The unified social services hub meets critical needs for food, shelter and wellbeing With the buds and blooms of Spring, Pea Patch Community Campus is also coming alive! Site work has begun and construction of the 20 new rental townhomes is scheduled for late summer. The campaign to build Pea Patch is gaining momentum with […]
OPAL Welcomes Four New Board Members: Annual Meeting and Election Results
OPAL Community Land Trust warmly welcomes four new members of the Board of Trustees, who were elected by unanimous vote of the members in attendance at OPAL’s 36th Annual Meeting on April 23. The newest additions to the OPAL Board include: Timi Most, Karimah Salaam, Carla Shanks Morales, and Brett Lensing. Incumbent Board Member Bob Morris […]
From Surviving to Thriving
For Rylee Heppe, housing has never simply meant four walls and roof. It has meant uncertainty.It has meant packing up and wondering how long “home” would last. Growing up in Arizona, Rylee’s family moved often. When her mother was diagnosed with breast cancer and couldn’t work, they were evicted from their childhood home. From there, […]
PEA PATCH AWARDED $824,000
Thanks to Representative Debra Lekanoff for her sponsorship and support! When Governor Ferguson signed the capital budget last week, it included $824,000 for completion of the first phase of site work for the Pea Patch Community Campus! This means that site preparation work, installation of utilities, stormwater detention, a new entrance road, signs and the […]
You’re Invited to OPAL’s 2026 Annual Meeting!
We warmly invite you to join us for OPAL’s 2026 Annual Meeting, an opportunity to hear updates, celebrate milestones, and connect with the community that makes affordable housing possible on Orcas Island. Thursday, April 23 · 5:00–6:30 PM · Emmanual Episcopal Parish Hall During the meeting, we’ll share highlights from the past year, introduce new initiatives, and talk […]
COMMUNITY CELEBRATES PEA PATCH GROUND TURNING
Rep. Debra Lekanoff shares her support and belief in the project The sun was bright and the Orcas Island community came out in droves to help celebrate the Pea Patch Community Campus as the project prepares for site work to begin! More than 140 people of all ages walked onto the campus to warm up […]
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