Our Petition

We the undersigned support Willapa Bay Heritage Farm in its requests for the following items from the Pacific County Board of Commissioners and the Department of Community Development:

• Suspend enforcement of the current cease‑and‑desist position as applied to the Harvest Hosts agritourism program at Willapa Bay Heritage Farm, pending agritourism policy review.
• Allow interim continuation of the Harvest Hosts program at all County agricultural properties with such a program in place on or prior to June 1st, 2026, while an agritourism policy is under development.
• Continue work toward an administrative, permitting and/or policy resolution of overnight agritourism visits that is lawful, practical, and consistent with the long‑term preservation of working farmland in Pacific County.
• Consider establishing an agricultural advisory council and an agritourism policy committee for Pacific County.
• Review and adapt as applicable the findings of the Washington State Department of Commerce study on agritourism to the special needs of Pacific County.
• Establish a clear, transparent, and formal escalation path for complex permit and regulatory matters, for example, if a permit process exceeds six months and/or >$10K in permitting fees.
• Provide advanced customer‑service training for front‑line and supervisory staff in the Department of Community Development.