As Port Townsend approaches the year 2000, its economic vitality has come full circle. Marine trades have once again become the focus of major development. The city has gained an international reputation as a builder of wooden sailing vessels and state-of-the-art motor yachts. Many famous Victorian homes have been converted into bed and breakfast inns, making Port Townsend the bed and breakfast capital of the Pacific Northwest. Fort Worden State Park, with its camping, dormitories, Officer's Row accommodations, serves as a cultural and convention center, and home of Centrum, a non-profit center for the arts and creative education.

As in its early days, Port Townsend still provides its citizens and visitors with distinctive and separate marketplaces: downtown, uptown, and gateway. More than 30 restaurants offer a variety of choices from regional fare to international cuisine. Antiques, apparel, art galleries, and a wide variety of accommodations and services abound...all one would expect to find in a thriving community.

Port Townsend awaits you with a warn welcome year-round. Although rich in scenic beauty, the town's greatest asset is its residents, probably the friendliest people you are likely to encounter anywhere. Like you, they have come here from all walks of life and all regions, attracted by the Peninsula's beauty, mild climate and gracious hospitality.

--from the Port Townsend Visitor Guide