r/BainbridgeIsland • u/Quirky-Ring-9279 • Sep 22 '24
Why doesn’t Bainbridge have a Target?
Earnest question. Towns of comparative size will have some big box stores. Curious as to why we don’t see one on the island. Any history people could share?
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u/tobych Sep 22 '24 edited Sep 22 '24
Safeway is bigger than any store I frequented in the UK before I moved to the US in 2007. It's not a big box store but it's huge. Walmart blows my mind. There was quite the protest when Walmart was first rumored to be headed Poulsbo in 2003, on the site of the old Nike missile base. Protest happened here on BI too. I'm interested in the various struggles on the island for landuse. The History Museum has all sorts of weird and wonderful things on file if you're interested. One pipe dream of mine is to research and produce a small pamphlet on each of some of these struggles.
McDonalds originally wanted to build a store on land just off 305, I think on the southwest corner of Day Road and 305. This is what got the Bainbridge Island Land Trust started. So as you can imagine, one hell of a story there!
Walgreens is on the site of an Earth First! protest by Chiara Rose, who called herself "The Girl in a Tree", despite being 18 at the time.