There are many things that make the City of Langley unique and promote visitors and shoppers coming to the city.
I visited the Langley Whale Center on Anthes Street last weekend to interview Manager Wendy Sines about the opening of the Center at its new location. There will be a story appearing in the Business Spotlight on Whidbey Local next week.
The Whale Center is part of the Orca Network, a non-profit international organization based on Whidbey Island dedicated to educating the public about our whale population. Orca Network has 155,000 members worldwide.
What especially impressed me was learning that there are large numbers of people in love with our whales, and the The Langley Whale Center literally has thousands of visitors a year. Many of these visitors come from off-island.
When they come to visit the Whale Center, they also visit the restaurants and retail stores in the city. No one has calculated the economic benefit of this organization to the local business community, but it has to be significant.