Gig Harbor Living Local March 2026 Edition
About the Cover: March 2026
Gig Harbor Living Local’s Spring 2026 Home & Garden cover features Jamie Nelson, Luxury Advisor with Windermere Professional Partners. Known for steady guidance and strong advocacy, she approaches each transaction with preparation and accountability. Inside, Jamie shares how trust, strategy, and local expertise elevate the real estate experience in Gig Harbor.
Cover Photo by Jenny Ostenson Photography
Feature Article
50 Years of Community Support
Gig Harbor Peninsula FISH, Meeting rising needs across the Peninsula
By Like Media Team
ounded in 1976, Gig Harbor Peninsula FISH Food Bank & Community Services (GHP FISH) began with a simple idea: neighbors showing up for neighbors. Nearly five decades later, that principle continues to guide the organization as it responds to growing and often hidden needs across greater Gig Harbor, Fox Island, the Key Peninsula, and nearby communities.
Food insecurity in Gig Harbor is real and often hidden. Many clients are working households, retirees, or individuals facing sudden setbacks. As one former client wrote after finding stability again, “You met us with warmth, respect, and kindness when we felt our most broken.”
The organization began with founder Jan Coen and her husband, Ron. While stationed in San Diego with the U.S. Navy, Jan volunteered with a church-led social services network. When the couple returned to Gig Harbor in 1975, she looked for a similar resource and found none. What she did find were families quietly struggling. With support from local churches, firefighters, and police officers...
Cover Spotlight
Jamie Nelson, Luxury Advisor at Windermere
Elevating the real estate experience through trust and advocacy
By Like Media Team
hen clients trust Jamie Nelson with their home, she understands what that represents. That responsibility shapes how she prepares, advocates, and shows up throughout the process.
Jamie’s path into real estate was shaped by a long-standing love for design, architecture, and problem-solving, paired with a genuine appreciation for people and the stories behind their homes. Real estate allows her to bring those elements together in a way that feels both personal and purposeful. She is drawn to moments of transition, helping clients move from homes filled with memories into new chapters that better reflect where life is taking them next. “I genuinely enjoy being part of major life transitions,” Jamie says. “Helping people move out of homes full of memories and into new chapters is what makes this work meaningful to me.”
Early in her career, Jamie focused heavily on mastering the technical foundation of real estate. Contracts, legal language, and process fluency became second nature. That discipline now allows her to operate at a higher level, where experience, service, and strategy take center stage. She is constantly refining systems that already work well, looking for ways to elevate the client experience. As a Luxury Advisor with Windermere, a designation held by only a small number of agents in the area, Jamie has access to advanced training, specialized resources, and a heightened standard of expertise. Her working style today is calm, intentional, and highly engaged, with clear communication ...
BUSINESS SPOTLIGHT
RAINIER CONSTRUCTION
Rainier Construction: A Better Way to Build
Client-focused building and remodeling
By Like Media Team
Photo by Perfect Balance Photography
Rainier Construction is built on trust. Founded by owner Jeremy Nelson, the Gig Harbor–based company was created on the belief that quality work and strong client relationships should go hand in hand. From day one, the focus has been on delivering craftsmanship clients can rely on, paired with clear communication from the first conversation through the final walkthrough.
“For the past 11 years, we’ve worked to constantly adapt our services to our clients’ needs by providing transparency from start to finish,” Jeremy shares. That mindset has shaped how Rainier Construction has grown, not just in size, but in how it plans, communicates, and executes ...
BUSINESS SPOTLIGHT
MULTICARE HEALTH FOUNDATION
MultiCare Health Foundation’s Cancer Care in Gig Harbor
Nurse finds purpose, gratitude in her fight
Courtesy of MultiCare Health Foundation
Katie Dutton, RN, is no stranger to MultiCare’s South Sound hospitals. In 2022, she joined the health system as a float nurse, starting each shift in a different inpatient unit. Over the course of a year, Katie worked in over 20 units across five hospitals. Her familiarity with MultiCare Cancer Institute, however, didn’t begin until she became a patient herself. That experience would later show her how donor-supported care plays a direct role in access, innovation, and outcomes for patients across the South Sound.
Searching for answers
Katie first noticed blood in her stool while she was a travel nurse. Doctors thought it was hemorrhoids and recommended more fiber, which didn’t resolve her ...
BUSINESS SPOTLIGHT
A TOUCH OF MERAKI
The Gather Space at A Touch of Meraki
An intentional setting for workshops, events, and shared experience in Gig Harbor
By Like Media Team
Photo by Ginger Snaps Photography
Community has always been at the heart of A Touch of Meraki, and the Gather Space brings that vision into focus through shared experience. Created as a light-filled, flexible venue, the Gather Space supports facilitators, hosts, and community members seeking a setting that feels grounded, welcoming, and intentionally designed.
Located within A Touch of Meraki’s Gig Harbor wellness studio, the Gather Space was envisioned as a place to hold meaningful experiences. From workshops and classes to creative circles, private gatherings, and special events, the space serves as a home for offerings centered on movement, healing, education, creativity, and connection. It is designed to meet people where they are and allow each gathering to ...
March 2026 Calendar of Events
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