The Houghton Beach land that Wright & Jessen Oil operated was sold to the City of Kirkland for park expansion. At the time, Wayne was on the board for the City of Kirkland Parks Department and was active in transforming Kirkland’s working waterfront into community parks, despite the companies needs to relocate. As a result, Wayne took the helm, incorporated the company as Overlake Oil and reestablished it at its current location.
