Announcements
Drive Friendly: A Community Approach to Safer Streets
Drive Friendly is a community-led safety campaign focused on reducing speeding and promoting respectful, responsible driving in our neighborhoods.
Rather than relying solely on enforcement, Drive Friendly encourages neighbor-to-neighbor engagement, positive messaging, and shared responsibility to create safer streets for everyone -drivers, pedestrians, and cyclists alike.
This campaign is being piloted in Manchester from May - October 2025.
Visit the Drive Friendly website for more information!
Meetings
Regular monthly meetings take place 6:30 to 8 p.m. the first Tuesday of the month (except July) in the Manchester Library, 8067 E Main Street. The agenda will be posted below. Everyone is welcome and encouraged to attend to stay informed and engaged.
Meetings are open to the public and there is time on the agenda for public comment. Public comment may be submitted at least 24 hours in advance to be read at the meeting during designated time to ajarrett@kitsap.gov. Please include name, date of meeting and topic.
If special accommodation is needed, please contact the staff coordinator by 12:00 p.m. the day before the meeting.
Applications open to serve on MCAC
The MCAC has vacancies for representatives from the schools and Nebraska neighborhood. Go to
kcowa.us/advisorygroups for the online application or contact Kitsap County Volunteer Services at
rpirtle@kitsap.gov.
Representatives
Representative | Position
| Term Ending |
| Carrilu Thompson | Manchester Community Association | 3/1/27
|
Chuck Williams
| Friends of the Manchester Library
| 3/1/28
|
Susan Shaw
| Port of Manchester
| 3/1/28
|
VACANT
| South Kitsap School District
| |
Michael Harris
| Business
| 3/1/27
|
Sharon Holst
| Colchester Neighborhood
| 3/1/26
|
Russell Higgins
| Alaska Neighborhood
| 3/1/26
|
Carol Malmquist, Chair
| Northern Neighborhood | 3/1/27
|
Janelle Overton
| California Neighborhood | 3/1/26
|
VACANT
| Nebraska Neighborhood
| |
Gentri Brierly
| At-Large
| 3/1/26
|
Janet Grimley
| At-Large
| 3/1/27
|
