Who is Developing the Millworks?
Whatcom Community Foundation is the master developer for the Millworks. As a community foundation, we are well positioned – with the support of a stellar experienced design, development and construction team – to take on a community benefit development project. We are also serving as a project catalyst, concept incubator and investor.
A compelling vision for Phase 2 emerged through outreach conducted with community food, agriculture, health and business leaders from 2019 to 2023, including interviews with 50 people representing 34 organizations. The Community Foundation has continued to engage local residents, partners, government leaders and entrepreneurs across the region to continue to refine the concept and design of the Millworks. Many thanks to the organizations that have informed the project vision to date:
- Bellingham Public Schools
- Bellingham Farmers Market
- Bellingham Food Bank
- Bellingham Technical College
- City of Bellingham
- Kulshan Community Land Trust
- Lhaq’temish Foundation
- Mercy Housing NW
- New Venture Advisors – food business consultants
- Northwest Agriculture Business Center
- Northwest Indian College
- Northwest Youth Services
- Opportunity Council
- PeaceHealth
- Port of Bellingham
- Puget Sound Food Hub
- Sustainable Connections
- Washington Center for Employee Ownership
- Whatcom Council on Aging
- Whatcom Family YMCA
- Working Waterfront Coalition of Whatcom County
- WWU Small Business Development Center
- Washington State University
Design and Construction Team
- RMC Architects
- RAM Construction
- AVT Consulting
- Blythe Mechanical
- VECA Electric
- MxM Landscape Architects
- O’Brien360
- Dawson Construction (Phase 1)
- Kristi M. Park, PLA, dba BioDesign Studio (Phase 1)
