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Olympic Peninsula Gateway Visitor Center RECEIVED
Jefferson Co.Washington—Olympic Peninsula Gateway Visitor Center JUL 3 0 2021
Name of Oversite Organization:Jefferson County Historical Society
JEFFERSON COUNTY
Web Site: www.enjoyolympicpeninsula.com COMMISSIONERS
Mailing Address: P. O. Box 65478 Port Ludlow, WA 98365
Contact Person: Bill Roney
E-Mail: www.gatewayvcr@olympus.net
Phone: 360-437-0120
Funding Request Outline: Upgrade Visitor Site for compromised ADA access and to address deferred
maintenance.
Amount Requested: To be determined by Jefferson County Facilities Manager review and best bid
process.
REQUEST OUTLINE:To ensure continued tourism promotion at the Gateway on a yearly basis in a safe
and welcoming manner.
The Gateway Visitor Center was in process of addressing the most needed deferred maintenance issues
in fall of 2019 when weather and funding issues stopped process. The arrival of the Corona Pandemic in
2020 and associated closures, uncertainty, and projected lack of funding halted the process that year.
Now opportunity to correct these deferred maintenance objectives is on hand. Our objectives are
listed in order of importance below.
1. Address broken, rotted, and removed sections of ADA hand railing to code.
2. Replace worn, unglued, and threadbare indoor/outdoor carpeting on front porch and ADA ramp
to reduce tripping hazard.
3. Pressure wash and paint exterior of building. Building is shabby looking and, in some places,
reached the point where wood rot and mold is becoming evident. On south side of building trim
in areas is down to bare wood.
Note: As manager at the Gateway in 2010 I removed and replaced indoor/outdoor carpeting
and painted exterior of building and trim with Volunteer assistance. We used small portion of
Gateway Yearly Budget for materials,and all work was accomplished without need for
supplemental LTAC funding. Currently, many of those Volunteers who assisted are too old or no
longer with us.
4. Address some florescent lighting issues inside Center; tubes can no longer be safely removed
from some fixtures with out breakage.
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Conclusion:
The Gateway Visitor Center operates on a year-round basis, at this time on a 6 day a week scheduling
format. We are still staffed at times by Volunteers and are open 10:00am to 4:00pm including Holidays.
So far in 2021 we have greeted and provided information to over 2,200 travelers on site. We have
contacted, via request-based Bulk Mailings and other programs,almost 11,000 more potential visitors.
The Gateway serves all tourism related business in Jefferson County and the Olympic Peninsula. To
extend our influence we also partner with the Olympic Peninsula Visitors Bureau and communities of
Clallam County in many Marketing endeavors.
Please consider use of supplemental 2021 LTAC funding or the Gateway Dedicated funding reserves,
($10,000),set aside for the Visitor Center on a yearly basis.
Thank you all for your review and consideration, Bill Roney
Bill Roney
Manager
Olympic Peninsula Gateway Visitor Center
P. O. Box 65478
93 Beaver valley nu.
Port Ludlow,WA 98365
360-437-0170
360-531-0120
gatewayvcr@olympus.net