Friends of Cannery Cove

STRAWBERRY CANNERY SITE
JOHN NELSON PARK

PARK GIFTS and STAN LUND VIDEO

By Gerald Elfendahl

Thanks to Ray Adams and Leo Williamson for allowing us a park at the Head-ofthe- Bay. Folks enjoy it. It has picnic benches and places for more than one group to sit. There's an historic ruin and a trailerable boat launch. There are no big logs to climb over to access their meadow. It is handicap accessible. And it was created at no public expense.

“More people enjoy that park than the $1,000,000 City-created Weaver road end,” some comment, and ask, “Didn't our City's come from a private land gift - with conditions? … with a name?”

It did, thanks to Erik “Stan” Lund, 93, a born and raised Bainbridge Islander who died a few weeks ago. See his obituary: SUN or Times (7/31), or Islander (8/6). Lund was John Nelson's next-of-kin, the same John Nelson who, in his 1950 Will, gave his beloved community a “Park” with a capitol “P” - for people's “recreation, amusement and education.” He sure deserves our thanks! It was Nelson's fiveacre gift – with conditions - that made possible a land swap in recent years to enable both a one-acre Park at his former homestead near Vineyard Lane and a four-acre Park at Strawberry Cannery Cove – with conditions.

On Monday, Aug.1, Stan's family and friends celebrated his remarkable life. It reinforced much we'd learned of him. It taught some things not known here. Only two kinds of people have to get everything right - brain surgeons and Boeing engineers! Stan got things right. He grew up on an Island farm with problem-solving skills refined by engineering studies. His inquiring intellect, creativeness and hard work benefited Boeing for 33 years, the town where he lived, and his family for generations to come. His work bringing jet service to remote places may make him history's most traveled - 3,500,000 air miles!

We smiled when he exclaimed, “I retired early so my wife and I … could travel.” We laughed when he added, “I could only smile when United Airlines once surprised my wife and me and made us members of their mere ‘100,000 Miles Club’!”

I recently learned that Stan was one of the founders of his municipality - Yarrow Point. His financial study showed its incorporation was possible. He served 11 years as Planning Commission Chairman and 10 as Board of Adjustment Chairman. He created the town welcome sign, wrote their Comprehensive Plan and Growth Management Act Impact Statement. Stan's engineering prowess and hands-on experience physically building five family homes led to his hiring for nine more years as town Building Official! He knew how city government should work.

Therefore, Lund was frustrated with the Bainbridge Is. City Council. They did not answer letters he’d sent them over a four-month period concerning his disappointment with what was being made of his kin’s conditional “John Nelson Park” gift? Shouldn’t our town leaders have been apologetic that at age 92, Stan drove here alone, navigating commuter and night traffic, to address our unresponsive Council? Was he greeted? Was he thanked? What did our Council say?

Generations of residents continue to ask, “John Nelson Park… Where? When? What? How soon? Whose Park is it?” And now, “Which one you talking about?” Stan’s questions continue, too!

CLICK HERE to see STAN LUND's VIDEO

Thanks to BITV, Kathleen Thorne, Cathy Bellefeuille, and others, share Stan Lund and his remembrances of John Nelson. See him when he visited City Hall (June 9, 2010) and with former American Marine Bank president, Carl Berg, and former mayor Dwight Sutton at a public luncheon (April 25, 2010).

Please CLICK HERE to sign the “Erik Lund” family guest book

and CLICK HERE to Email Bainbridge City Council a message!

And VOTE!
Other videos from Strawberry Cannery Cove
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Strawberry Cannery Site, Bainbridge Island: showing shoreside meadows, canoes and kayaks.

Canoe Compare: launching at Oyster Plant Park in Poulsbo compared with Strawberry Plant Park (Cannery Cove) on Bainbridge Island

Strawberry Cannery Park News - Archaeology, historic and cultural landscape destruction planned, faulty public process, pre-ordained, and ignored public input.

Cannery Cove Simplified: An explanation of the gross error and false characterization - for five years! - used to obtain grant; and no reviewers spotted the extreme error?!!!

The City's Plan

Map (Click on map to enlarge)
For more information contact: Friends of Cannery Cove

John Nelson

Aerial View 19__

None of the activities in the photos below will be possible with the City's "Restoration" plan.


Weaver Creek-September EveningLight	Painting by Mikko Freeman

ALSO SEE
www.keveoriginals.com/scpark.html
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r3JtEMd7Ti0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=csXGAU6ND1U
http://cannerycove.blogspot.com

RESTORATION FUNDING SOURCES

Elliott Bay Trustee Council (NRDA funds from Wyckoff/Eagle Harbor Superfund Site)
Salmon Recovery Funding Board (State grant)
State Department of Natural Resources (in-kind piling removal as part of larger Puget Sound cleanup project) This has been done.
City of Bainbridge Island (estimated to be 14% of the total restoration project cost)

City of Bainbridge Chronology
90% Design - Part 1
90% Design - Part 2