Port of Silverdale

They don’t call it Silverdale for nothing. The centrally located community is Kitsap County’s retail mecca and its fastest-growing population center. And because it is unincorporated, the community of Silverdale brings much-needed tax revenues into county government coffers.Thirty years ago, the area was just a wide spot in the road between Bremerton and Poulsbo without even a traffic light. It was best known for its chicken farms. Now it is home to over 15,000 people and boasts hundreds of stores, a new hospital, the county’s largest hotel and big plans for a sprawling community campus.