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Grand Cru Shaking Up Cocktails in Downtown Bellevue

Grand Cru Wine Bar owners Robert Reichel, Steve Walker and Tom Cottrell are pleased to announce the addition of hand-crafted cocktails, premium spirits and beer on-tap to their Bellevue wine bar.  With the decision of adding premium spirits and cocktails the owners have decided to change the name from Grand Cru Wine Bar to Grand…

New Bartell Drugs location opening at Factoria Village September 13th

Family-owned Bartell Drugs opens its 59th store when its doors open September 13th at Factoria Village, formerly Loehmann’s Plaza, in Bellevue’s Factoria neighborhood. Located at 3620 Factoria Blvd SE, just east of I-405 and south of I-90, the new 15,000 square-foot Bartell’s store was formerly the Loehmann’s clothing store. Blog this! Bookmark on Delicious Digg…

New Watercolors by WA Artist Mike Smith to be Exhibited at Gunnar Nordstrom Gallery Sept 8 – Oct 10

The Gunnar Nordstrom Gallery will be exhibiting new watercolors by Washington artist, Mike Smith from September 8th to October 10th. Mike Smith was born in 1942 in Portland, Oregon, and spent his childhood growing up in Vancouver, Washington, and the Puget Sound area. He now resides in a small pulp and paper community located on…

Jobless Benefits a Vicious Cycle for Employers

By Don C. Brunell, President, Association of Washington Business Finding a job is the best substitute for an unemployment check, but as more and more Americans exhaust their jobless benefits, employment opportunities remain sparse. In July, the state unemployment rate was 8.6 percent, down from 9.5 percent a year ago; however, in parts of Washington…

Bellevue College TRiO program receives $1.3 million grant to help more students graduate

Bellevue College’s TRiO program has received a $1.3 million federal grant for activities to improve student success and increase graduation rates. Awarded by the U.S. Department of Education, the grant funds the program for the next five years. Blog this! Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Recommend on Facebook Share on FriendFeed Share on Linkedin…

Agent Reboot: One-Day Real Estate Marketing Training Event Comes to Bellevue

Calling all Bellevue, Eastside, Seattle and Washington state real estate agents! Inman News, the leader in independent real estate news and technology, will be bringing Agent Reboot to Bellevue. Agent Reboot is a hands-on training day for newer agents or seasoned professionals in Seattle. This one day, fast-paced program, will equip agents and REALTORS® with…

Do They Really Care About Employers?

By Don C. Brunell, President, Association of Washington Business With unemployment stubbornly stalled at 9.6 percent, the Obama administration is desperately looking for ways to get the economy moving again. Recently, in a meeting with my manufacturing counterparts from around the country, President Obama’s representative read a speech about all the administration is doing to…

New 1-800-DryClean Business Opens in Bellevue

Claude Tyler, owner and fellow Bellevue resident, recently announced the Grand Opening of a new pickup and delivery dry clean business serving the Greater Bellevue area. 1-800-DryClean features FREE pickup and delivery of your laundry and dry cleaning from your home or office.  “We are excited, and quite proud, to offer our neighbors this valuable…

Skin and Soul, a first of its kind body art studio and gift boutique launched earlier this month in downtown Bellevue

Skin and Soul is a full service tattoo and piercing studio that takes the concept one step further by adding massage, henna tattooing and a retail art and gift gallery. Skin and Soul owners Darcy Kovacs and Michelle Richmond Jackling, life-long friends and Bellevue natives share a passion for tattoos and creative expression, longed to…

Bellevue Philharmonic offers three year contract to Music Director Michael Miropolsky, Announces 2010-11 season

The Bellevue Philharmonic recently announced that Michael Miropolsky has accepted the position of Music Director with the Orchestra for a three year term.  Maestro Miropolsky conducted the 2009-10 season as Interim Music Director and both the Orchestra Committee and Board recommended he continue as Music Director of the Bellevue Philharmonic.   Blog this! Bookmark on…