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Port of Port Townsend Farm Investment Struggles

Sunday, August 30, 2026

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The Port of Port Townsend has struggled to generate returns on a $1.4 million investment in 253 acres of farmland that experiences annual flooding, according to a letter published in the Peninsula Daily News on August 29, 2026.

The letter, dated August 29, references a prior August 14 article reporting the port's difficulty in producing a return on the investment. The farmland, located in a flood-prone area, has not yielded financial returns for the public since the purchase.

The Port of Port Townsend has not provided further details on how it plans to address the issue or whether the farmland will be sold or repurposed.

📄 Source: Peninsula Daily News — https://www.peninsuladailynews.com/

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The Port of Port Townsend has struggled to generate returns on a $1.4 million investment“The report that the Port of Port Townsend can’t figure out how to produce a return on the public’s $1.4 million investment in 253 acres of farmland, which is annually inundated with flood waters, is a sad story (PDN, Aug. 14).”
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The investment was in 253 acres of farmland“The report that the Port of Port Townsend can’t figure out how to produce a return on the public’s $1.4 million investment in 253 acres of farmland, which is annually inundated with flood waters, is a sad story (PDN, Aug. 14).”
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The farmland experiences annual flooding“The report that the Port of Port Townsend can’t figure out how to produce a return on the public’s $1.4 million investment in 253 acres of farmland, which is annually inundated with flood waters, is a sad story (PDN, Aug. 14).”
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A letter published in the Peninsula Daily News on August 29, 2026“LETTER: Bought the farm — Sat, 29 Aug 2026 08:30:00 +0000 The report that the Port of Port Townsend can’t figure out how to produce a return on the public’s $1.4 million investment in 253 acres of farmland, which is annually inundated with flood waters, is a sad story (PDN, Aug. 14).”
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The letter references a prior August 14 article“The report that the Port of Port Townsend can’t figure out how to produce a return on the public’s $1.4 million investment in 253 acres of farmland, which is annually inundated with flood waters, is a sad story (PDN, Aug. 14).”
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The port's difficulty in producing a return on the investment was reported in the prior articleNo usable supporting receipt — unverified.
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The farmland is located in a flood-prone area“The report that the Port of Port Townsend can’t figure out how to produce a return on the public’s $1.4 million investment in 253 acres of farmland, which is annually inundated with flood waters, is a sad story (PDN, Aug. 14).”
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The farmland has not yielded financial returns for the public since the purchaseNo usable supporting receipt — unverified.
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The Port of Port Townsend has not provided further details on how it plans to address the issueNo usable supporting receipt — unverified.
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The Port of Port Townsend has not provided information on whether the farmland will be sold or repurposedNo usable supporting receipt — unverified.