Community Updates & Alerts
Swinomish members, please join us TUESDAY, MAY 16 at 6 P.M. via Zoom for the MONTHLY COMMUNITY UPDATE MEETING.
Topics: FISHERIES and ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
You can register here! sitcgov.us/20230516-Community
A Zoom invitation will be emailed to you prior to the meeting time. Registration closes Monday, May 15, 5 p.m.
SUMMER 2023 FIREWORKS SALES PERMITS
Permit sales: May 15 until 12 p.m. May 24
Public drawing, retailers: May 24 at 1 p.m.
Visit the Accounting Office to pick up and drop off applications and pay fees. Accounting is open Monday-Thursday and is closed for lunch daily from 12-12:30 p.m.
2023 Retail Fireworks Permit Application
2023 Food Vendor Permit Application
GROUP-PURCHASE SOLAR ENERGY PROGRAM
Olympia Community Solar, a non-profit that facilitates the installation of clean energy systems, is running its third annual solar energy group-purchase program called Solarize. The Skagit Valley Clean Energy Cooperative is working with Olympia Community Solar this year to facilitate the program here on the Swinomish Reservation and in Skagit County.
Interested residents can access solar at prices below market rates until July 4, 2023. Financing is available. For more information about the program, click here.
RECREATIONAL BEACHES BACTERIA MONITORING
Swinomish Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) conducts weekly bacterial monitoring of six swimming beaches during summer (June – August) and monitors monthly throughout the rest of the year.
***More information on bacteria monitoring
SHELLFISH PSP MONITORING AT LONE TREE POINT
May 8, 2023 – NO TRACE DETECTED in butter clam sample
