ANNUAL REPORT
With support from 80+ partners, we brought together over 10,000 people to celebrate Bellingham’s working waterfront during our 4th annual festival. 2019 HIGHLIGHTS Skill of the Grill We honored Pete and Deb Granger, the founders of Participants Bellingham SeaFeast, at the beginning of our 4th annual festival with the Founders Award.
We expanded our festival for attendees to enjoy two days along our waterfront—Saturday & Sunday!
Skill of the Grill returned with 4 renowned West Coast chefs serving up some fine Bristol Bay sockeye for our attendees and judges—including Miss Washington USA and Bellingham’s mayor. Yum!
SOLD OUT pre-sale tickets of Taste the Sea by Haggen Northwest Fresh
Produced an audio archive of stories from Bellingham’s Winning waterfront industry leaders. Check out Dive In: Stories of recipes on our blog! Bellingham’s Working Waterfront produced with support from the Brian and Marya Gri n Community Fund from Left to right: Eric Stover of Tom Douglas Whatcom Community Foundation. Restaurants, Doug Elliott, Bellingham chef-at-large, Alana Kansaku-Sarmiento, Bristol Bay Fisher-emcee, Hosted two seasonal events in Bellingham: Salt in Our Chris Wang of The Gypsy Fish Company, and Nick Blood, a FisherPoets showcase in January and a Summer Novello of Miner’s Landing at Pier 57 Kick-O oyster bar in May, both at Boundary Bay. BY THE NUMBERS
273 22 50 20 attended tours of our educational, non-profit, pounds of Bristol Bay FisherPoets waterfront industry and government entities sockeye filets grilled performed at four (all tour locations in the "Explore Some to perfection during venues in Downtown and times) More" booth area with a Skill of the Grill Bellingham passport activity to learn about our water resources 3 1 2 6 unique ice cream incredible rescue at sea fantastic Western volunteers dressed flavors made for demonstration from Washington University up as Crabby, the Bellingham SeaFeast the U.S. Coast Guard graduates who Bellingham SeaFeast with local partner served as summer mascot Acme Ice Cream interns and all-stars during the festival
THE FINANCIALS
REVENUE
Sponsorship 52% Grants 28% Event Revenue 19% More festival Miscellaneous 1% photos on our website Total $209,995
"We’re already thinking EXPENSES about next year. It was Event Expenses 52% a brilliant event." Marketing 22% Fundraising 12% LEXI, LOBSTER CORNDOGS, 2019 VENDOR Admin 14% Total $199,265 OUR NEW LOOK
We rebranded–take a look back over our first 4 years. Our 2019 brand focused on the following goals:
2016 Highlight favorite scenes from our waterfront in images Bring bright colors to reflect the energy of the festival weekend Remind people to come hungry and FEAST with us
2017 "We all LOVE the whole event. [This is] a very first-rate festival and I look forward to continuing to be a part of it!"
2018 2019 - JUDY, VITAL CHOICE, PARTNER SINCE 2016
A BOATLOAD OF THANKS... TO OUR 2019 BOARD OF DIRECTORS Rob Fix, Chair - Port of Bellingham | Jay Bornstein, Vice Chair - Bornstein Seafoods | Barry Hanson, Treasurer - HUB International Doug Thomas, Immediate Past Chair - Bellingham Cold Storage | Ginny Broadhurst - Salish Sea Institute | Casey Diggs - Boundary Bay Brewery | Loren Kapp & Cathy Wade - Commercial Fishermen | Ellie Kinley - Lummi Nation | Drew Schmidt - San Juan Cruises | Tara Sundin, Ex-O cio - City of Bellingham | Sandy Ward, Ex-O cio - Bellingham Whatcom County Tourism Chicki Brennan, Ex-O cio AND ALL OUR 2019 SUPPORTERS Alaska Marine Lines | Alaska Magazine | All American Marine, Inc. | Andrews Tax Accounting | Anthony’s Restaurants | Barlean’s Fishery, Inc. | Barry Hanson | Bellingham Cold Storage | Birch Equipment | Bornstein Seafoods | Boundary Bay Brewery | Bristol Bay Regional Seafood Development Association | Cardinal Yacht Sales | Chuck Robinson Associates | City Mac | City of Bellingham Corey Arnold | Coleman Oil | Crave Catering | DeWaard & Bode | Drayton Harbor Oyster Company | Edd & Virginia Perry | Gary Baxter Haggen Northwest Fresh | Harcourt Developments | Heliotrope Hotel | Heritage Bank | Holiday Inn & Suites | Honey Moon Mead & Cider | HUB International | Icy Strait Seafoods, Inc. | Integrated Marine Systems, Inc. | Intellitonic | Ivar’s Seafood Bar | John Fairbanks | KDLG | Legoe Bay Fisherie | LFS Marine & Outdoor | Ludtke Pacific Trucking, Inc. | Lummi Indian Business Council |Lummi Island Wild | Lynden Print Co. | Mount Baker Experience Magazine | Mount Baker Theatre | Moss Adams | NW Explorations | Ocean Beauty Seafoods | Ocean Conservancy | Pickford Film Center | Pete Zuanich | Phillips 66 | Port of Bellingham | Puget Sound Energy | Salish Sea Institute | Salmon Sisters | San Juan Cruises | Sanitary Service Company | Seattle Marine Bellingham Signs Plus NW | Sound Marine Surveyors, Inc. | Stew Ellison | Sustainable Connections | Taylor Shellfish Farms | Tidal Vision | Tom Douglas Rub with Love | Tri-County Diesel Marine | Trident Seafoods | True Tone Audio | Union Marine | Village Books & Paper Dreams | Vital Choice | Washington Sea Grant | Washington Federal | Washington Reefnet Owners Association | WECU Whatcom Community Foundation Brian & Marya Gri n Community Fund | Whatcom County | Whatcom Museum | Working Waterfront Coalition of Whatcom County | Zuanich Family WE’RE ALREADY COUNTING DOWN TO 2020 Bellingham SeaFeast’s 5th annual festival: September 19 & 20 SEA YOU SEPT 19 & 20, 2020
SeaFeast 2019 attendees dance to the beats of The Naughty Blokes
Attendees compete in LFS’s Pete & Deb Granger, crab walk giveaway recipients of our Founders Award.
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