POULSBO — North Kitsap Fishline may receive $625,000 for capital projects, and the Port of Kingston may receive $400,000 for development of its park property overlooking the ferry landing, in the 2015-16 state budget, according to officials from those agencies.

Gov. Inslee signed a budget on June 30 to avoid a government shutdown, but as of July 2 legislators were still resolving some final allocations.

“Early support from our local legislators and city leadership helped Fishline secure a place on the preferred funding list, but we knew that this would be a unique session — proven by the three special sessions needed to formalize an agreement,” Fishline executive director Mary Nader emailed the Herald.

Nader wrote that the state funding, combined with a grant from the C. Keith Birkenfeld Memorial Trust, would fund construction of an extension for storage and food processing.

“These improvements will increase client access to healthy food, allow us to keep food stable for longer and improve the working conditions for our volunteers,” Nader wrote. “You cannot imagine the joy we feel knowing we can proceed with the work we are doing, affirmed by this generous support and the support of so many others. To operate out of this special new facility is a gift that will give today and for decades to come.”

Nader thanked Rep. Sherry Appleton, D-Poulsbo, Rep. Drew Hansen, D-Bainbridge, and Sen. Christine Rolfes, D-Poulsbo, for their legislative support. She said Mayor Becky Erickson informed Fishline of the funding opportunity and “offered to drive to Olympia to lobby on our behalf.”

She added, “We are truly grateful to our state legislators. Even when the budget deliberations were so intense with many hard choices to make, they kept the needs of our low-income neighbors as a priority.”