Annual Reports

2011 Annual Report & Spring 2012 Newsletter

• Local Contractor Selected to Renovate Lavender Hollow
• State Grant to Help Four New OPAL Homebuyers
• OPAL Annual Reprt 2011
• Long-Range Planning in Short-Range Times
• Save the Dates: Annual Meeting- Wendesday, March 28th, 5 p.m. at The Orcas Senior Center. OPAL Annual Gala and Benefit Dinner- Saturday, September 22nd at Orcas Center

2010 Annual Report & Spring 2011 Newsletter

• Making the Most of Unexpected Opportunities: two houses donated to OPAL
• Review of 2010 Activities
• 2010 Financial Report
• A Month in the Life of OPAL’s busy office

2009 Annual Report–spring 2010

• OPAL served more people in 2009 than in any prior year
• Helen Bee on the meaning of being a member
• Jeanne Beck back on staff as project manager
• Meet the Members: Sandi Burt
• Shape the Future of Orcas Island through Legacy Giving

2008 OPAL Annual Report–spring 2009 (pdf)

• Could the founders of OPAL have imagined a year like 2008?
• Emerging Vision for OPAL in the year 2020, Allen Smith, President
• First Wild Rose Meadow Homebuyers “Come Home”
• Faces of OPAL: Dale and Carol Ely
• Meet the Graduates: Five high school seniors who live in OPAL homes

2007 OPAL Annual Report–spring 2008 (pdf)

• Highlights of 2007
• Beginning the Long Range Planning Process, Allen Smith, President
• Mt. Baker Road Update: Design
• What to do when Opportunities Arise?, Lisa Byers, Exec. Director
• Faces of OPAL: Lety Hopper (and Zora)
• Meet the Members: Jim Connell and Cris Chandler

2006 OPAL Annual Report–spring 2007 (pdf)

• Highlights of 2006
• Why I Support OPAL by Michael Whellams, Board President
• Mt. Baker Rd Update: Stormwater and Low Impact Development
• History as Inspiration for the Work of Today by Lisa Byers, Exec. Dir.
• Profile of Staff Members Julie Brunner and Carolyn Moulton
• Meet the Members: Dave and Bev Polis

2005 OPAL Annual Report–spring 2006 (pdf)

• OPAL Purchases 7-acres on Mt. Baker Road
• The Natural Cycle of Housing: A New Generation at Bonnie Brae
• Madrona Street Cottages and Other Updates from 2005
• Meet the Members: Clyde and Dottie Eagleton

2004 OPAL Annual Report-spring 05 (pdf)

• 2005-2007 Strategic Plan
• A Year of Firsts
• The Land is Where it All Begins

2003 OPAL Annual Report-spring 04 (pdf)

• Reddick Property Ready to Occupy
• Community Land Trusts Working Together in San Juan County
• 2003 Countywide Housing Survey Results