About

This site is maintained by Steve and Jennifer Smith. We live on Orcas Island. This page is set up to hold the various research and project links that we have worked on.

Current projects:

• Surveys:
  • Public Hospital District survey – You may be here because this is the topic for the first series of surveys.
• Public Hospital District commissioner candidate interviews .
• Clinic Interviews and Information.
• Intergenerational Neighborhood

Past projects:

• • Eastsound Vision Survey – The survey was the result of a large committee, so it involved many compromises and biases.  Even so, it was a successful project. Steve worked closely with Patty Miller to create the survey and generate the report. Click for report.
  • Climate study on Orcas Island – It hasn’t been updated to include the last several years because the person collecting the data has stopped. This is unfortunate, as it is one of the best and longest running collections of weather data for the western half of the United States.
  • Voter demographics – Some of the information Steve has compiled about voting patterns.
  • Land use analysis
  • Island profile
  • Vacation rental study