Blaine brewery is focused on the farm
By Emily Hamann The Bellingham Business Journal It doesn’t look like a typical brewery. In an open field, wheat sways in the breeze, while vines climb trellises up toward the blue sky and eagles and hawks circle the adjacent field near the power lines. But this is where Atwood Ales are made. It is located [...]
Business Toolkit, Contributors
When companies forget where their income comes from
By Mike Cook For The Bellingham Business Journal Nothing earth shattering or mind bending in this week’s post, just a simple musing on some observations on the evolving business environment. The history of business is full of stories, too many stories, of products and ideas that someone, usually their creator, were certain would become the [...]
Building permits, July 10-14
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. July 10-14 Applied 635 Springside Lane, $217,642.17 for new single-family residence with attached garage – Caitac USA Corp Prop Mgmt. Historical owner: Larrabee Springs Inc. Contractor: AJW Builders LLC. Permit [...]
WCC selected as national ‘super hub’ for cybersecurity education
The National Security Agency has selected Whatcom Community College to help improve and expand cybersecurity education in the country. WCC was named one of four Centers of Academic Excellence in Cyberdefense National Resource Centers. WCC will help support and guide 10 regional centers. The college will receive up to $1 million in federal grant funding. [...]
Business Briefs, Contents, People On The Move
Semiahmoo Resort appoints new director of sales
Semiahmoo Resort, Golf and Spa has named Kanami Fujita as its new director of sales. Fujita has worked in the hospitality industry for more than 17 years. She officially joined the team in May 2017 and oversees the resort’s group business, which includes guestrooms, meetings and events. Previously, Fujita served as director of sales and [...]
Recent news
The changing face, and business, of death: Meet the people working and building companies in the funeral industry
Everyone will have to deal with it. No one wants to talk about it. Some people make their careers, build businesses and spend their professional lives dealing with death. When a person dies it’s a tragedy for that person’s loved ones. It’s also big money. In 2012 in the U.S, cemeteries, crematories and funeral homes [...]
New Bellingham sticker shop gets noticed with bold branding
By Emily Hamann The Bellingham Business Journal One of the major challenges of starting a new business is getting your name out there. A 3-foot tall, more than 30-foot long sign on the front of your business on a high-traffic road in Bellingham might do the trick. That’s what Carlos Olvera, 35, and Andrew Howard, [...]
From simple to ornate, tap handles vie for beer drinkers’ eyes
By Aaron Swaney For The Herald Business Journal Arlington’s Skookum Brewery uses a carved wooden bear claw. Bothell’s Decibel Brewing recycles old microphones. Everett’s Scuttlebutt features a mermaid, which to be fair, is far from beautiful. “The saying went if the mermaid started to look good then you’d had enough,” said Matt Stromberg, head brewer [...]
Bellingham builder makes tiny houses with homey touches
By Emily Hamann The Bellingham Business Journal One of the biggest trends in housing is actually very small. And a recent Bellingham transplant is hopping on. Shannon Black works out of a warehouse space in the Irongate neighborhood. His latest tiny house sits inside. From the outside, it almost looks finished, from the wood siding [...]
Retail shakeup: Why some stores are going out of business, others are growing, and how malls can cope
By Emily Hamann The Bellingham Business Journal If you walk into a mall today, you’ll likely see lots of change. That’s true at Bellis Fair Mall — depending on the day, you might see a large sign proudly proclaim that Dick’s Sporting Goods is now open, going-out-of business signs filling the windows at Rue 21, [...]
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