There are currently more than 40 Orcas families who are pre-approved to purchase an OPAL home. You know these islanders. They are our construction workers, landscapers, housekeepers, teachers, customer service, automotive, hospitality, office and retail staff. In answer to this need for housing, OPAL is seeking $1.9 million from the County’s Home Fund to build […]
Your Support for OPAL Ripples Beyond Orcas Island
The welcome mat is always out when other Community Land Trusts (CLTs) want to visit Orcas. They come to see OPAL neighborhoods, ask questions and share insights. OPAL staff and trustees appreciate the opportunity and the exchange. As one of the Northwest’s first CLTs, OPAL has developed many different types of housing, successfully adapted […]
Working for the Long Haul: Your Gifts Create Healthier Housing
The last two years have provided OPAL with the opportunity to conserve long-term rental housing on the island. Nineteen affordable rentals, at Northern Heights across from the library and on Mt. Baker Road near the airport, came on the market in 2021. With some timely help from you and other supporters, OPAL purchased the properties […]
OPAL and PSCCU Explore Joint Venture
Puget Sound Cooperative Credit Union (PSCCU) recently purchased the building at 221 A Street in Eastsound, where the post office is located. The credit union wants the current business tenants to remain in the building and plans to establish a retail branch for the credit union on the same property. PSCCU also wants to help […]
Now Hiring – Accounting Specialist
Join the OPAL Team OPAL Community Land Trust is a private non-profit organization entrusted with government grants and private contributions to provide housing for island residents who cannot access housing in the traditional market. We highly value the confidence placed in us by our supporters; we honor and respect each individual who interacts with us. […]
Celebrating the Roots of Home
OPAL Gala Returns Focus to Homeownership The OPAL Gala kicks off at noon this Friday, June 24 and runs through Sunday, June 26. The theme for this year, Celebrating the Roots of Home, lifts up the power of homeownership opportunities for islanders. For the past decade, OPAL has focused mainly on rental housing; both through […]
OPAL’s Purchase of the Northern Heights Apartments is Fully Funded!
Thanks to the support of many islanders, the Northern Heights Apartments across from the library will continue to be year-round and affordable rental housing. OPAL Community Land Trust will purchase and then renovate the property. The current tenants will be able to stay. After learning last December that the Washington State Housing Trust Fund would […]
OPAL guides new CLT to build first home
The Door County Housing Partnership, a new community land trust in Wisconsin, celebrated the completion of their first home in mid-December. A new housing model in the area, board members reached out to OPAL for advice.
Islanders fund purchase of affordable rentals
Motivated by their concern about the loss of affordable housing for local families, islanders Maia and John Vechey and Dave Roberts partnered with OPAL Community Land Trust in early May to buy seven apartments on Mt. Baker Road. “When these units went on the market, there was the very real possibility that the people living […]
Gifts enable OPAL to acquire 30 acres for future affordable housing
OPAL Community Land Trust recently purchased nearly 30 acres of land in Eastsound. In keeping with OPAL’s long-term strategy of thoughtfully stewarding land for the benefit of the community and assuring that Orcas islanders will have access to homes they can afford, the board of trustees took action to acquire the property with a vision […]
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