$300 million planned Brinnon resort stirs passion over change

BRINNON — The Pleasant Harbor Marina and Golf Resort would change the character of this small rural community on the Hood Canal, supporters and detractors agree.

They disagree about whether the change would be for the better.

At issue is a $300 million, 890-unit master-planned resort on 252.6 acres of Black Point south of Brinnon and Pleasant Harbor Marina.

The Western Washington Growth Management Hearings Board will hear arguments at 10 a.m. Monday in the Port Townsend Pope Marine Building.

The board will have 60 days to decide if the county’s rezoning of the property for the resort violated the state Growth Management Act.

The Brinnon resort would encompass the existing Pleasant Harbor Marina, which will remain at 284 slips, and a “retail village” with 90 condominium units would be added.

An 18-hole golf course would be constructed on a site previously used as a Thousand Trails campground.

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