‘A second renaissance of retail’: How some downtown Bellingham stores are thriving in the age of the internet
It has been a tough couple of years for many big box retailers. Last month Sears and Mattress Firm became just the latest in a series of major companies to file for bankruptcy and close stores. While it may be bad news for chain stores, things are looking up for small, local retailers. That’s especially [...]
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Kulshan Community Land Trust awarded $10,000 State Farm grant
Kulshan Community Land Trust announced that it has received a $10,000 State Farm Good Neighbor Citizenship grant. The grant will be used for the land trust’s affordable homeownership programs and for financial literacy and education. Since 2016, State Farm has granted a total of $23,500 to the land trust. Kulshan Community Land Trust holds land [...]
Bellingham hotel making renovations, affiliates with Best Western Plus
Hotel Bellingham, located off Interstate 5 near the Bellingham International Airport, is making millions of dollars in renovations and will become a Best Western Plus property. New owners of the 132-room hotel are upgrading the furniture, televisions and bedding the rooms, as well as tripling the size of the fitness center, adding fire pits by [...]
Former Bellingham Housing Authority leader receives statewide honors
The Washington State Housing Finance Commission honored seven affordable housing advocates with its 2018 “Friends of Housing” award. The awards were presented Oct. 3 in a ceremony at the annual Housing Washington conference in Tacoma. Awardees included John Harmon, the recently-retired leaders of the Bellingham and Whatcom County Housing authorities. While at the agency, Harmon [...]
From manure into clean water: Deming dairy tests new filtration tech
By Emily Hamann A Whatcom County dairy is testing out a new technology that has the potential to make farms cleaner, greener and more efficient. Coldstream Farms, a 3,500-cow dairy in Deming, will be the first dairy farm in the state to install filtration technology that turns cow manure into clean water. The system was [...]
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Young professional award winner announced
A Ferndale gym owner took the top prize at an event honoring young professionals earlier this month. Eleanor Margulies, founder of Flex Movement Lab, was named the ultimate winner at the Top 7 Under 40 Awards at an event held at the Lightcatcher Museum on Oct. 12. The event was sponsored by First Federal and [...]
Meet the next generation of business leaders
By Emily Hamann The Bellingham Business Journal They represent the future of business in Whatcom County — bright, ambitious and dedicated to building something greater, not just for themselves, but for everyone around them. The 2018 winners of the Top 7 Under 40 Awards come from different industries and different walks of life. Some have [...]
Whatcom Community College to build on-campus housing
By Emily Hamann The Bellingham Business Journal Students attending Whatcom Community College may soon have an easier time finding a place to live. The school is planning on building new on-campus housing that is slated to open in two years. The school went through the permitting process this summer. It’s scheduled to break ground in [...]
BTC bringing new beauty school to Bellingham students
By Emily Hamann The Bellingham Business Journal Students wanting to study cosmetology will once again have an option in Bellingham. Starting in fall quarter Bellingham Technical College will be starting its cosmetology program. It will accept 20 new students each term, and the full degree is designed to take about five terms to complete, including [...]
Bellingham nonprofit empowers girls around the world
By Emily Hamann The Bellingham Business Journal It’s a small thing, but it can change or even save the life of a girl in a developing country. That’s what Celeste Mergens realized when she started Days For Girls 10 years ago. Headquartered in Bellingham, Days For Girls International is global organization that gets menstruation supplies [...]
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