Community Partners

The Anacortes Brewery is a member of the Anacortes Chamber of Commerce, a member-driven, non-profit organization of businesses, professional persons and community-spirited individuals that provides leadership to improve the quality of business and community life in Anacortes.

The Anacortes Family Center provides a comprehensive approach to serve women and families with children. AFC creates an individualized plan to help each family reach self-sufficiency, with the goal of ending their reliance on social services. Our program includes homelessness prevention, emergency shelter, transformative housing, and affordable housing.

The Anacortes Brewery is a member of the Institute of Brewing Studies which, along with the American Homebrew Society, are branches of the Association of Brewers. The AOB publishes an extensive catalogue of brewing publications including The New Brewer and Zymurgy magazines. They are also organizers of the Craft Brewers conference and Brewexpo America events held in a different U.S. city every year.

The Rockfish Grill and Anacortes Brewery are members of CAMRA, the Campaign for Real Ale, a consumer group founded in the UK with branches worldwide. As a champion for the beer consumer, CAMRA’s mission includes promoting beer quality and choice, supporting public houses as a focus for community life and campaigning for the greater appreciation of cask conditioned “real” ale.

The Anacortes Brewery is a member of EDASC (Economic Development Assoc Skagit County). Their mission is to promote prosperity for our local businesses and workforce while preserving the natural beauty and resources of our area.

Fidalgo Bay Resort is known as one of the finest, friendliest & most modern RV parks in the nation.  Top quality facilities and the unsurpassed beauty of their waterfront location make this a park people return to again and again.

The Marina Inn provides accomodations with such amenities as wireless internet, fresh baked cookies every evening, expanded continental breakfast, and microwaves, refrigerators and coffee makers in every room. They are noted for their excellent customer service, exceptionally clean rooms and 24 hour front desk service.

The Pink Boots Society are the female movers and shakers in the beer industry. They get the beer brewed and fermented with the highest possible quality. They also own breweries, package the beer, design beers, serve beers, write about beer, and cover just about any aspect of beer, and they are all women. Most importantly, they teach each other what they know through seminar programs, and help each other advance beer careers by raising money for educational scholarships.

The mission of the Rick Epting Foundation is to help raise money that is needed for Organizations, Scholarships, and other non-profit groups, to promote and encourage live performance shows and to provide ongoing support for local artists in Skagit County community. Epting was one of the founding members of both the Lincoln Theatre Center Foundation, the Skagit Performing Arts Council and appointed by the Governor to serve on the Washington State Arts Commission. He was also instrumental in the restoration campaign for the Lincoln Theatre and the planning and organization for McIntyre Hall in Mount Vernon.

Anacortes Ship Harbor Inn is a luxurious 6 acre property on picturesque Fidalgo Island. Historic Anacortes is just 3 short miles away and is conveniently located within walking distance of the ferry landing. The Inn has 28 rooms all with a spectacular water view. Enjoy a complimentary expanded continental breakfast served daily in their fireside room.

Skagit Valley’s deep and fertile alluvial soils are rated by USDA as among the best in the world.  The Skagit Valley farmer’s grow the barley varietals, Skagit Valley Malting takes these new varieties to bring out taste and flavor, and then all 12 of the Skagit Valley Breweries use the malt to make great craft beer.

Skagit Land Trust conserves wildlife habitat, agricultural and forest lands, scenic open space, wetlands, and shorelines for the benefit of our community and as a legacy for future generations.

The Anacortes Brewery has helped to develop the cirriculum for SVC’s Craft Brewing Academy. Since its founding in 1926, Skagit Valley College has been respected as a leader in providing access to quality higher education, enhancing economic development and encouraging cultural enrichment.

Skagitonians to Preserve Farmland exists to ensure the economic viability of Skagit County agriculture and its required infrastructure through farmland protection, advocacy, research, education, and public awareness.

The Cap Sante Inn is located in Old Town Anacortes just a few blocks from the Rockfish Grill and Anacortes Brewery. Their well accommodated rooms are within walking distance to downtown shopping and offer a view of the Cap Sante Marina and Fidalgo Bay to the east.

The Lincoln Theatre, a restored 1926 historic vaudeville and silent movie house in downtown Mount Vernon, presents a year-round schedule of concerts, current and classic films and community events. 

Viva Farms is a non-profit Farm Business Incubator and Training Program established in 2009. They operate two locations in Skagit County Washington, and one in King County Washington. Viva lowers the barriers for beginning farmers and creates the opportunity for success. They have educated over 700 small farmers (150+ Spanish speakers) in sustainable organic farming, and are currently incubating 24 independent farm businesses (7 Latino owned).

The WBC’s mission is to promote Washington beer, benefit the state’s breweries and increase awareness and demand. See the Anacortes Brewery at the Washington Brewers Festival, the Washington Cask Beer Festival and many others events every year.

The Anacortes Brewery is a member of the Washington Brewers Guild. The Guild’s mission is to build a community of Washington state brewers, advance their common interests and promote the quality and value of their beers.