Zero Questions From Newspeople – Damon Point

Image above: July 6th, 2024. Looking over the jetty that connects to Damon Point on the far end. We are near the end of the jetty adjacent to the Wastewater Treatment Plant. Click image once or twice to show detail.

Significant History

1916 – Jetty adjacent to the former public parking area at Damon Point is installed. Apparently, no maintenance has been done on this part of the jetty since 1916.

In The News

Consultant briefs civic leaders on coastal flooding, erosion

Community involvement, generational knowledge keys to solving critical issues

By Jerry Knaak The Daily World – July 26, 2025

Zero Questions From Newspeople:

When and why was a decision made to turn away from maintaining the 1916 jetty adjacent to former public parking areas at Damon Point?

Is the jetty adjacent to Damon Point the only section of jetty in Grays Harbor that has gone without maintenance since it was installed?

What would Westport look like if efforts to maintain the coast were suspended?

Above is a description of how the jetty on the Westport side has been maintained over the years.

Above: Posted near the Westport Light Trail.

Any similar plaque on the Ocean Shores side?

Local Oddity

In the news:

$6.3 million in federal cash for a used Ocean Shores hotel.

Any questions from newspeople?

December 8, 2022 The Daily World

Dept. of Ag invests $6.3M to purchase Ocean Shores hotel

$6.3 million “to fund the acquisition of an existing hotel. Marathon Enterprises Inc. is located in Ocean Shores, Grays Harbor County, Washington. The project is expected to result in saving eight jobs and creating one full time job.”

Zero questions from small or large newspapers. Zero questions from TV newspeople.

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Imagine telling the fishing boat captains over at Westport that their access to a 100 year old armor-plated harbor was going to be let go

1916 Jetty – Damon Point

What would Westport look like?

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