It has only been in recent months that the term “green collar industry” has made its way into the American parlance, partly as a result of the federal and state government efforts to build a new industry that is more environmentally and fiscally viable than those currently in crisis.
The NaturoMedica clinic in Sammamish is celebrating its second year anniversary at its open house Dec. 8, 9 and 10.
With constant rain increasing the threat of a repeat of the flooding which damaged businesses and residences in Issaquah last winter, the King County Office of Emergency Management will host a workshop to help protect businesses’ employees, assets and property, and reduce their risk.
In the past two years, the City of Issaquah’s Lodging Tax Advisory Committee (LTAC) has invested $40,000 in a new tourism web site, discoveroutsideseattle.com, which features a number of cities clustered around Interstate 90 and State Route 202, east of Seattle.
Last week a group of doctors and staff from the Eastside Pediatric Dental Group dressed up in their best Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs gear.
More than 80 Issaquah business and community members gathered at a Nov. 17 luncheon of the Greater Issaquah Chamber of Commerce to launch the “Shop Issaquah” program, which organizers hope will help support the local economy and promote Issaquah businesses.
Issaquah City Council adopted a new law at its Nov. 16 meeting to reduce landfill waste, litter and pollution by…
During the month of October, Curves, a fitness center in Issaquah, participated in Breast Cancer Awareness fund raising to benefit…
With regular advances in wireless technology, cities all over America are trying to come to terms with how their municipal codes can keep track with the demand for new infrastructure.
Real estate activity in Issaquah and Sammamish appears to be buoyed by the $8,000 homebuyers federal credit, now exteneded through…
In first few months of 2008, the Sammamish City Council, and the city’s planning commission put the final touches on a document that will guide development in the planned Town Center — the broader brushstrokes of what the city’s planners want the center to be.
An audience spanning from worldwide investors to Mayor Ava Frisinger are keeping a close eye on Issaquah-based Costco Wholesale Corp.,…
In his influential book “Deep Economy,” writer Bill McKibben argued that, in this time of uncertain global relations, diminishing fossil…
News of the possible auction of Wellington Park Pointe’s development on the slopes of Tiger Mountain may have rattled some,…
While the Northwest has a reputation for being more eco-minded that most other regions of the country, stats on our near-abusive usage of certain raw materials go almost unnoticed.
Congratulations to Issaquah’s Tom Craig, who was recently honored by his employer, Hilton Hotels, for his positive work attitude and spirit.
The unemployment rate in Sammamish is now four times greater than it was nine years ago, as the continued economic contraction manifests itself in layoffs in regional businesses.
America is in a period of reinvention.
Not only is there plenty of change in the political landscape, the dramatic collapse of many business sectors has forced business people to change the way they do commerce, redevelop ideas and plans, and imagine ways in which they can thrive in a new future.
Merrill Design is a local home designer that excels in planning aesthetically pleasing, comfortable spaces, which are suited to their environment and conscious of both up-front costs and long term energy use.
In continuing to pursue the goal of creating a sustainable community, Issaquah is considering joining a league of other cities and counties which ban the use of polystyrene, styrofoam, food containers.
