The Coldwell Banker office is an historic yellow clapboard home, originally a minister's residence, in Eastsound's center. Eastsound has grown up around the old manse, and Coldwell Banker has grown with it, with Realtors who not only know and love their community, but also serve on advisory committees to the county government, belong to the island's service clubs and help run the volunteer fire department. They know Orcas neighborhoods because they're active in them. The agency also has deep roots on Shaw Island, the smallest island served by state ferries, and Orcas' closest neighbor. Absence of commercial development here is a clue to the character of this island's tight-knit community.
Shaw residents value their privacy and their island's rustic beauty.
Waldron Island is another special community. It has no ferry, no phone service and no electric cable from the mainland. Waldron islanders see this isolation as a privilege and depend upon each other to make it work.