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Commercial fishing and seafood processing employ more people in Whatcom County than Western Washington University, more than breweries and more than bike shops. Bellingham is on the water, with a waterfront soon to be redeveloped. But Bellingham’s myriad events, for the most part, ignore the waterfront and the county’s maritime heritage.
Deborah Granger is trying to change that. Granger is the lead planner for a seafood and waterfront festival called the SeaFeast, which will be held in Bellingham next fall. The event won $75,000 from the City of Bellingham’s lodging tax fund after the city made a call for pitches for a new off-season “signature event”—an event on a similar scale to Ski to Sea to bring visitors to Bellingham’s ample new hotel rooms.