“Maybe the Best Trip Ever!”, the pretty incredible sweepstakes contest on Black Star Beer’s Facebook page… There’s a lot going on here, true. But check out what the grand prize winner gets and it all makes sense that this is a sweepstakes worth dropping one’s John Hancock for. One person will win the grand prize – and ...
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Former Husky Football Standout Opens Gym in Bellevue
Braxton Cleman, the starting running back on the 2001 Washington Huskies winning Rose Bowl team, was so pleased with the results he and his personal training clients were experiencing using the methods of CrossFit, he and some friends recently opened their own gym. CrossFit ...
What is it like on “Main Street?” Survey of King County businesses to find out
Twenty-seven business organizations, as well as the regional Prosperity Partnership, King County, the City of Seattle’s Office of Economic Development and the Washington Research Council are launching a comprehensive survey to assess conditions for employers in King County and tell the story about operating and growing a business locally. The first-ever “Job Sector Survey” aims to ...
Franchise Expert Lori Kiser-Block Joins Guidant Financial Group
Guidant Financial Group announced today that franchising expert Lori Kiser-Block will be joining the small business financier’s advisory board. As a member of Guidant’s advisory board, Kiser-Block will provide insight into the franchising community’s needs from, and expectations of, a small-business financing provider. “I am excited to be joining forces with a company that, over the last ...
Network and play @ March’s YPN at Lucky Strike’s brand new expanded space, the PowerPlay Arcade!
YPN is the premier young professionals group in Seattle, providing professional development and networking opportunities for emerging leaders, ages 21-39. March's host, the PowerPlay Arcade has more than 105 gaming stations, from the to-scale Ferrari simulator with life size rear-ends and 62" high definition televisions as windshields to the 16 Sega Outrun 2 full motion simulator ...
Governor appoints Marie Gunn to Bellevue College Board of Trustees
Marie Gunn, Bellevue resident and retired president of Bank of America in Washington state, has been appointed by Gov. Chris Gregoire to the Bellevue College Board of Trustees. Gunn will serve a five-year term, replacing Lee Kraft, a Bellevue attorney and former King County Superior Court ...
Bellevue Breakfast Rotary Club and Kindering are expecting over 1500 runners to participate in this year’s Bellevue 5K Run/Walk
The Bellevue Breakfast Rotary Club (BBRC) with their partner Kindering are encouraging everyone to seek healthy lifestyles by signing up for the Bellevue 5K Run/Walk on the 25th April. This flat, fast 3.1 mile course starts and finishes at Bellevue’s Crossroads Park. The ...
Kirkland Goes After High Fiber Google Network
Kirkland hopes to add some seriously high fiber to the community’s broadband network as it competes for Google’s “Fiber for Communities” project. Google plans to test ultra-high speed broadband networks in one or more locations in the United States and seeks proposals, including citizen feedback, from cities, counties and communities. The Kirkland City Council supports ...
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