The development of downtown Kenmore has been a big focus for the city. Kenmore officials hope to rejuvenate and redevelop Kenmore Village with the addition of Kenmore Camera.
Bothell’s Evergreen Washelli announced the arrival of Kevin Smith as the new manager for the funeral home.
Bothell-based HaloSource, Inc., the clean water technology company, has entered into a development and production agreement with Tupperware Brands Corporation,
Menchie’s will celebrate the grand opening of its Canyon Park Commons store from Oct. 20-26.
The City of Kenmore invites representatives of Kenmore businesses to attend an Open House from 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. on Oct. 30 at Kenmore City Hall.
King County Executive Dow Constantine celebrated the importance and the accomplishments of small businesses throughout the county by presenting the second annual King County Executive’s Small Business Awards at the Meydenbauer Center in Bellevue on Wednesday.
The Greater Bothell Chamber of Commerce will host a networking breakfast from 7:30-9 a.m. on Tuesday at the Country Inn and Suites in Bothell.
KeyBank will open a new branch in Bothell on Tuesday.
Element Materials Technology, an established multi-national business in Bothell, announces two senior appointments, with Jo Wetz joining the board as Executive Vice-President Finance and Chief Financial Officer and Jonny Crane taking over the role of Non-Executive Member of Element’s Operating Committee.
Kenmore was a hub for alcohol distribution and those looking to socialize with a good drink during Prohibition. And while the city has changed greatly during the past 80 years, many still thirst for a friendly place to get a good brew.
Chase Community Giving, a charity grant program that gives $5 million dollars annual to local charities across the country, is seeking votes from local residents to help decide which charities will share the grant money.
When disastrous floods hit Thailand last fall, Eva Cherry and her Silicon Mechanics crew had to rack their brains in order to complete their rackmount-servers orders.
What happened a world away affected the Bothell company since the servers need hard drives, and Thailand is the place where nearly 45 percent of the world’s devices are produced, according to an NPR report.
Bothell’s Vertafore, a leading provider of software that transforms the insurance industry, announced the availability of ReferenceConnect with mobility. For use on any leading mobile device, this enhancement provides insurance professionals with greater access to the only online insurance research service delivering up-to-date content from more than 40 top publishers into a single source.
Bothell-based HUB Northwest has helped global insurance brokerage Hub International Limited place second in an Insurance Journal ranking of the nation’s 100 largest privately-owned property/casualty insurance agencies. Hub International had nearly $4.9 billion in 2011 property/casualty premiums.
Sarah Hanavi has been named manager of KeyBank’s new branch in Bothell.
The branch, scheduled to open in October, will be located at 240th Street Southeast and Bothell-Everett Highway.
The Greater Bothell Chamber of Commerce held a grand-opening ribbon cutting on Aug. 3 at The Mercantile Wine & Goods, located at the front of Country Village in Bothell (23732 Bothell Everett-Highway, Suite B). Several chamber representatives and members, along with Bothell City Manager Bob Stowe and City Councilmember Del Spivey, were present to welcome the new co-op wine tasting room to the community.
Hub International Limited — a global insurance brokerage whose HUB Northwest operations are based in Bothell — has acquired Signature Insurance Group, Inc., a Woodinville insurance brokerage firm. Dennis Boyd, Signature’s president and a former defensive lineman for the Seattle Seahawks, has joined HUB Northwest as vice president of retail sales; he reports to Erik Kuhn, vice president of commercial retail. Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed.
Recognizing the growing importance of empowering the insurance industry to turn ever-increasing amounts of data into real insight that can help drive business growth, Bothell’s Vertafore announced that it plans to integrate the Oracle Business Intelligence suite, providing enhanced reporting across the Vertafore product portfolio.
King County Executive Dow Constantine honored 92 local companies for reducing waste and increasing recycling, naming them as the county’s “Best Workplaces for Waste Prevention and Recycling for 2012.”
Abilities Unlimited NW is hosting an open house, where a portion of proceeds from the event’s sales will benefit Childhood Cancer Careline. The event will be held from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Aug. 15 and 16. Serving the greater Seattle area, Abilities Unlimited NW specializes in providing mobility solutions for the physically challenged and elderly. The open house will be held at the Bothell store located at 17901 Bothell-Everett Highway, F-104.
