The Central Business District in Bellingham, Washington is probably the most diverse neighborhood in Bellingham. The area includes a smorgasboard of businesses, services, activities and living choices. It includes the well known landmark of the Mt Baker Theatre  For those interested in housing available in the Bellingham Central Business District or Downtown Bellingham, you can access the downtown Bellingham real estate opportunities offered by the Johnson Team by clicking here. There is a photo gallery & a virtual tour of the Bellingham Central Business District & Downtown Bellingham on The Johnson Team web site.

For those of you who own real estate in the Bellingham Central Business District & would like a quick on-line evaluation of value for your property, click here.

Bellingham's Central Business District includes:

• Squalicum Marina, Zuanich Park with its Fisherman's Memorial, a variety of marine related services such as Bellingham Marine and Lummi Fish & some of Bellingham's finest restaurants.
• Whatcom Creek, the former home of the Roeder Family lumber mill in the 1850's & Maritime Heritage Park
• The home of the City & County offices, Post Office & Bellingham Museum
• The downtown business core including local favorites such as The Green House, The Horse Shoe Cafe, Hohl Feed & Seed & a variety of others.
• A trip downtown would not be complete without walking down Railroad Ave & perhaps stopping for a roll at Avenue Bread or a bagel at The Bagelry
• On the week-end, the Farmers Market is a must
• The Interurban Trail takes you through what will become one of Bellingham's most cherished spots ie: the redesign of the former Georgia Pacific site.
• Through this entire area there are a variety of housing choices which range from a boat slip for the live aboards at Squalicum Marina, to a variety of apartment & condo choices in the downtown & waterfront areas.

This is the former site of the Roeder & Peabody saw mill built in the early 1850's. A slice of Bellingham's history that comes from the Central Business District's past would include the following chain of events that resulted in Henry Roeder & Russell Peabody building a saw mill. The site of the mill was on the east side of Whatcom Creek where the creek spilled over a water fall into Bellingham Bay. You might think it strange that these two entrepreneurs would choose an undeveloped site in a spot primarily known only by the local Indian tribes, but it just so happened that at this time the sailing fleet needed the perfectly formed fir trees found in Whatcom County. The fleet that supplying the California gold fields with everything from gold pans to bacon was being battered as it rounded the Horn of Africa & as a result needed a local supply of timber to re-fit the masts, spars & planking that was damaged during the trip. Roeder & Peabody supplied that need with their saw mill at Whatcom Creek, which is now the home of the Maritime Heritage Park. For those of you who would care to contribute to the section of our blog "Whatcom County Remembered", by including your memories of the area, I'd encourage you to contact us. Too many of the stories of Whatcom County history are being lost. It would be nice to create an informal forum for those past thoughts & memories to be recorded for all to share. We'd love to include your articles & photos.

From the City of Bellingham's web site you can access the Central Business Neighborhood Base map, the Bellingham Central Business District Neighborhood Circulation map, the Bellingham Central Business District Neighborhood Land Use map, the Bellingham Central Business District Current Use map & finally the Bellingham Downtown Neighborhood Zoning map.