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The City of Gig Harbor is the primary
economic center on the Gig Harbor Peninsula. Nevertheless, outlying communities
of Arletta, Fox Island, Rosedale, Raft Island, Artondale, Kopachuck,
and Purdy have neighborhood stores, schools, churches, community halls
and some specialty stores. Key Center is the economic focus of the Key
Peninsula, with the surrounding communities of Vaughn and Home providing
either community halls or neighborhood stores as centers of community
action.
The Gig Harbor – Peninsula Area’s
business neighborhoods include:
- WestSide is located on the west side
of Highway 16 at the major interchange to the City of Gig Harbor.
It encompasses two supermarkets in shopping centers, five banks,
two large
drug stores, a medical building, a hotel and motel, numerous restaurants
and fast food establishments, numerous gas stations and automotive
supplies, the area’s only movie theater, and numerous office
buildings and specialty businesses.
- Olympic Village is located on the east side of Highway 16
at the major interchange to the City of Gig Harbor. A shopping center
houses
a supermarket, a bank, a large drug store, several restaurants
and fast food businesses, gas stations, numerous specialty businesses
with several
office buildings close by.
- Wollochet/Pioneer/Kimball is located along the Interchange
of Wollochet Drive and Pioneer, another entrance to City of Gig
Harbor. The city hall
is located in this area, as well as the Gateway newspaper, banks,
several gas stations, a fire station, a hotel, fast food businesses
and many
specialty businesses.
- Gig Harbor North is located at the Burnham/Canterwood interchange
and is Gig Harbor’s newest business area and the one designed to
house the large businesses such as Home Depot, Office Depot, Target and
other “big box” stores. Costco is presently in review with
the City of Gig Harbor to have a large branch operating during sometime
in 2005. It is developed in a “village” atmosphere,
with fast food, supermarket, banks and other numerous specialty
businesses.
There is a large amount of buildable ground still available in
this area and 1,000 residential units are planned for the Gig Harbor
North
area
in the future.
- Downtown Finholm Marketplace is located at the north end of
Gig Harbor Bay and is one of the historic commerce areas. It
currently has a grocery
store, several restaurants, a marina and numerous specialty shops
- Downtown Westside and its historic waterfront winds along
the historical west side of Gig Harbor Bay, extending up the
west side.
This historic
area has numerous shops, banks, a post office, drug store,
hardware store, inns, and several fine restaurants.
- Purdy is located off of WA-302 and is a gateway to the
Key Peninsula. Purdy has several local businesses (banks,
gas stations,
a motel, and
some great restaurants) and is also home of Peninsula High
School.
- The Key Peninsula is a peninsula located between Carr
and Case inlets southwest of Gig Harbor. The communities
of the
Key Peninsula
include
Lakebay, Vaughn, Home, Longbranch, Key Center, and a great
deal of undeveloped land. The Peninsula is home to many
small businesses
including general
stores, restaurants, and numerous specialty businesses.
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