Posts for category ‘Business’

Are you aware of what is happening right here in Everett? OMG. Regular people are working hard, living out their dreams and being responsible. There are tons of Everett citizens right now that care about themselves and those around them and they are doing a good job at what they do. We are here FIRST to report it to you. That’s right. Everett Wa Blog is going to tell you first about the normal hard working people in our town that do things right. This week we are featuring Espresso Avenue coffee and juicy drink drive-thru owned by Suzy Schuller. This fantastic coffee drive-thru is located on the corner of Everett and Rockefeller Ave. The girls here have their clothes on which keeps me from puking early in the morning. Read more »

It’s seriously coming down to the wire now.  The poll was hacked but now you can still vote on where you want your  Dick’s drive-thru in Snohomish County and everyone has a say. Just posted in the Lake Steven’s journal, Snohomish County Executive Aaron Reardon urged local residents Wednesday to voice their vote in what some call the county’s most important poll in decades. “The fact is, we need a Dick’s Drive-In in Snohomish County,” Reardon said. Read more »

Believe it or not Seattle folks do travel North. They do enjoy  the very businesses that are provided right here in Everett and Snohomish County. See, you can’t get to the tulips without getting hungry on I-5. You also have to feed your kids after a big day at the Imagine Children’s museum.  The visiting friends and family of the Navy base are all visitors. Don’t forget there are  a number of  out of town contractors for the Navy and other businesses that stay in Everett and they all need to use our services.  This is why we are proud to announce that The Seattle times partnered with us Everett Wa Blog. We will work together to make your business grow. We definitely want to thank The Seattle Times for recognizing Everett Wa blog as a reputable source.

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Today Radical Breeze announced the immediate availability of Illumination Software Creator version 2.1. This latest version of the companies multi-platform, visual software development tool brings numerous improvements, including full support for easily creating Android applications. Version 2.1 is a free upgrade for all existing users. Illumination Software Creator which runs on Linux, Windows & MacOS X — is designed to make it easy for anyone, even people Read more »

The Young Leaders Society of Snohomish County will present a lunch-time training session on Thursday, August 12 titled, Understanding Ourselves in the Workplace: Dealing with Impulses, Emotions and Stress. The talk will be presented by Dennis G. Smith, Ph.D., executive vice president, United Way of Snohomish County in the United Way Board Room at 3120 McDougall Ave. Lunch provided. For more information or to RSVP, contact Shannon Abitbol at 425.374.5524 or shannon.abitbol@uwsc.org

For more info, visit: http://www.uwsc.org/events.php

Boeing [NYSE: BA] today announced that it has received a contract from Inmarsat to build three Ka-band satellites to add to Inmarsat’s current mobile satellite services fleet. Financial details were not disclosed.The fixed-price contract, with options, calls for three 702HP commercial spacecraft with 89 Ka-band beams that will operate in geosynchronous orbit with flexible global coverage. The new satellite series, called Inmarsat-5, draws on Boeing’s four decades of experience gained from the production of more than 175 commercial communications satellites and its extensive expertise in Ka-band satellite communications systems. Read more »

Everett Public Library has produced a podcast walking tour of the Everett Central Business District. Narrated by historian David Dilgard, the podcast tour looks at 66 sites of historical significance along a 2.5 mile route. The tour begins and ends at the Everett Public Library, 2702 Hoyt Ave. The podcast may be downloaded at no cost from the library website at http://www.epls.org/podcast, where a tour map, biographical index, and photos-both historical and present day-are available. You can also subscribe to the Library’s podcasts via iTunes. This audio-visual tour of Everett’s history is designed to be heard on a portable player while walking the route. It may also be listened to at home, following the narrative on the computer while viewing photos of these historically significant buildings by clicking on Flickr. For further info contact: David Dilgard, 425-257-8005 or email ddilgard@ci.everett.wa.us.

Gov. Chris Gregoire announced on Wednesday the formation of a Higher Education Funding Task Force to help create a sustainable funding model and develop strategies that increase accountability to ensure taxpayers get the best value for the state’s and student’s investment at our four-year universities. The task force consists of several leaders in business and education, with Mayor Stephanson as the only elected official serving.

Gregoire is asking the task force to focus on three tasks: Read more »

Planning Commission meets Tuesday, July 20 @ 6:30 pm
Are you looking for any vintage clothing for your wardrobe or fine antique furniture for your home? Hopefully those shopping sprees will become easier in downtown Everett. While downtown Snohomish and LaConner are abundant with antique and vintage stores, the very few such shops in Everett find themselves skirting city ordinances, like The Spare Room on Hewitt Avenue. In an effort to discourage pawn shops and second hand stores in downtown Everett, in 2006 the City of Everett designated the main streets in downtown as “retail streets” and prevented business owners from opening up shops that the City deemed undesirable. Read more »

Snohomish County PUD is partnering with the City of Everett, Snohomish County, local neighborhoods and community organizations on a pilot program, Community Power!, aimed at saving energy and money for utility customers – neighborhood by neighborhood. Community Power! is made possible in part through $2.17 million in funding under the American Recovery & Reinvestment Act. Read more »