Portland is municipal fluoridation's odd duck | Brunell
When it comes to drinking water, Portland is an odd duck. Since 1956, voters have consistently rejected adding minuscule amounts of fluoride to their water supply to prevent tooth decay. They again flocked to the polls in May to kill the latest ballot measure.
Property appraisals are key to sale process | Plateau Real Estate
Last month I talked about the greatest force driving our market, which is inventory, or more specifically, the lack of inventory. As long as there are more buyers than sellers, there will always be an upward pressure on prices, and that’s definitely what we’ve seen on the plateau in the first five months of 2013. There is something that is offsetting that pressure, though, and that is the appraisal process.
Small Business Administration announces $50 Million in Early Stage Fund
U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) Administrator Karen G. Mills announced today, during remarks at a G8 session on social impact investing, in London, England, that the agency’s next solicitation for its Small Business Investment Company (SBIC) Early Stage Fund will be opening in the fall of 2013.
Preserve and expand Washington’s traditional manufacturing jobs | Don Brunell
As the budget battles continue in Olympia, state lawmakers are rightly focusing on the need to retain and expand good-paying aerospace and high-tech manufacturing jobs.
Preserve and expand Washington’s traditional manufacturing jobs
As the budget battles continue in Olympia, state lawmakers are rightly focusing on the need to retain and expand good-paying aerospace and high-tech manufacturing jobs.
Connie Bacon wins 2013 Globe Award for Lifetime Achievement | World Trade Center
At the May 31st World Trade Center Tacoma Board Meeting Port of Tacoma Commissioner Connie Bacon was invited to attend and give her perspective on the Globe Awards. Commissioner Bacon was Executive Director of the World Trade Center Tacoma in 1993 when the very first Globe Awards event was launched.
Better Business Bureau alert about contractors
Better Business Bureau and Washington State Labor and Industries are issuing an alert to consumers over a recent and steady stream of complaints against contractors. Homeowners wishing to remodel or improve houses complain to BBB that after paying thousands of dollars for home repairs the work is either shoddy or never completed.
Small Business Administration and the W20 Group webinar
The U.S. Small Business Administration and the W20 Group, a cluster of digital communications companies, will present Identifying and Connecting with Your Influencers, the fourth topic in the five-topic social media webinar series.
Higher taxes and costs will send jobs out of state | Don Brunell
As lawmakers scramble to fund the state budget, some legislators and interest groups are targeting tax incentives designed to attract businesses and create jobs. Meanwhile, much-needed workers’ compensation reforms languish in the Legislature.
Disadvantaged Business Enterprise Program disparity study now online
A study to determine whether the Washington State Department of Transportation’s contracting activities are fair and equitable for all is now available for review.
Who says Congress and the President can't move quickly? | Don Brunell
Air travelers received a bit of good news recently: A bill to put air traffic controllers back to work whisked through the House and Senate and flew into the White House for President Obama’s signature.
