Hard cider to be made from community-donated apples
By Emily Hamann The Bellingham Business Journal It’s going to be a hard cider that tastes like Bellingham. Honey Moon Mead and Cider is collecting extra apples from backyards throughout Bellingham and Whatcom County and is going to press them into a hard cider that will taste unlike anything else. “The cider itself will be an [...]
Hard cider to be made from community-donated apples
By Emily Hamann The Bellingham Business Journal It’s going to be a hard cider that tastes like Bellingham. Honey Moon Mead and Cider is collecting extra apples from backyards throughout Bellingham and Whatcom County and is going to press them into a hard cider that will taste unlike anything else. “The cider itself will be an [...]
Building permits, Sept. 5-9
Includes commercial building activity in Bellingham with an estimated valuation listed at $10,000 or more. Records are obtained from the City of Bellingham’s Permit Center. Applied 3820 Bakerview Spur, $10,000 for Ferndale Ready Mix – shipping container storage structure. Permit no.: BLD2016-0878. Sept. 6. 2219 Rimland Drive 215, $1,689.000 for Moss-Adams LLP – interior renovations. [...]
Business Toolkit, Contributors
Emotional intelligence and employee engagement
By Mike Cook For the Bellingham Business Journal If I address a room full of today’s business owners or HR Directors and ask the question, “How many of you are having trouble finding good people to hire these days?”, virtually every person in the room will raise their hand. And these people are not wrong. [...]
Survey finds Washington ranks 39th in gender wage gap
By Jim Davis The Herald Business Journal Washington has been progressive when it comes to issues that affect women. More than a century ago, it was one of the first states to grant women the right to vote. The state also was among the first to elect a woman as governor: Dixy Lee Ray in 1977. [...]
Recent news
New marijuana retailer opening in downtown Bellingham
By Emily Hamann The Bellingham Business Journal Downtown Bellingham is getting its first pot shop. Satori, located at 100 East Maple St. is set to open later this month.* “You won’t see any other marijuana stores downtown,” owner Quinn Sharpe said. The store is in one of the few spots downtown that is zoned correctly, and [...]
FDA food menu labeling law to go into effect this year
By Janae Easlon The Bellingham Business Journal The menus at some of your favorite food joints will be getting a fresh look. Restaurants with 20 or more locations will be required to display calorie counts and nutritional facts beginning later this year. The rule is a result from provisions of the Affordable Care Act signed [...]
New food truck reflects couple’s love for Bellingham
By Janae Easlon The Bellingham Business Journal Shayle and Casey DenBleyker combined their passions for design and cuisine in their new venture Feast, a food trailer business that’s just getting under way. The couple, who moved to the Bellingham area with their four children four years ago, are bringing their unique talents to the business. [...]
Contents, Features, New Business
Bellingham sisters launch custom made gift company
By Janae Easlon The Bellingham Business Journal They get paid to shop together. Sisters and Bellingham residents Kristine Samoylenko, 24, and Lana Solo, 32, said they can’t imagine a better business to start. Gift Garden, an online-based store, custom creates and curates gift arrangements for clients in need of house-warming, bridal or new baby presents. [...]
Peoples Bank expands in Snohomish County with flagship financial center
By Jim Davis The Herald Business Journal EVERETT — Peoples Bank has opened the doors on its biggest and splashiest location in Snohomish County. The Everett Financial Center — a $3.4 million, 13,000-square-foot building at the corner of Colby and Everett avenues — will serve as the flagship for the bank’s efforts in the community. “We [...]
Go to the Archives to see more entries
