Business briefs
Published 9:00 pm Sunday, January 21, 2007
Annie McCall has been promoted to assistant vice president at Cascade Bank, where she has been employed since 1993. She is the marketing services manager of the marketing department in the bank’s corporate headquarters in downtown Everett. In 2006, she earned several national awards for her design of the corporation’s annual report.
Russell Conklin is the new warehouse supervisor at Pape Material Handling in Arlington. Kenneth LeBlanc has joined the company as parts department coordinator and Chris Husby has been hired as a truck driver.
Events
Snohomish County Job Fair, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Thursday, Everett Community College, 2000 Tower St. Everett. Call 425-388-9278. Co-sponsored by Everett Area Chamber of Commerce.
“Stop Starving” is the theme of the BizArt 2007 conference set for Friday and Saturday in Everett. Presented by Edmonds and Everett community colleges and University of Washington’s Bothell campus, the conference seeks to introduce artists of all types to resources available to help them earn a living. Cost is $99 before Wednesda. To register, call 425-388-9584 or e-mail kjenny@everettcc.edu.
The National Association of Professional Organizers plans a free, drive-through shredding event noon to 4 p.m. Sunday at Staples, 13240 Aurora Ave. N., Seattle.
Business After Hours mixer, sponsored by the Everett Area Chamber of Commerce, is set for 5 to 7 p.m. Jan. 30 at Stadium Flowers, 37th Street and Broadway, Everett. Register online at www.everett chamber.com or by calling 425-257-3222, ext. 0.
Business news
Arlington Physical Therapy has moved to 7728 204th St. NE, Suite A, Arlington. An open house is planned for 5 to 7 p.m. Feb. 13. Arlington Physical Therapy will continue to offer patients a variety of therapy services including hand therapy, aquatic therapy, orthodics, vestibular rehabilitation, sports training and injury prevention.
Gamut 360 Holdings has relocated to the just-completed Everett Gateway Center at 3726 Broadway, Suite 301. Gamut is a full service real estate development and business investment firm owned by Bob Dobler and Bruce McKinnon. The number is 425-212-2210.
CareForce, a Lynnwood home care company, plans a “celebration of excellence in care giving” set for noon to 3 p.m. Feb. 3 at Embassy Suites in Lynnwood. The company’s 100 caregiver employees will be honored. The company is in its ninth year.
Education, opportunities
A breakfast cart operated by Washington Vocational Services is available to visit businesses. The nonprofit agency assists individuals in finding employment opportunities and operation of the breakfast cart is an interim step toward employment. For information, call 425-774-338, ext. 201.
Ever dream of seeing your work in print? Everett Community College offers a course to help people publish, market and sell their own books. The class is 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Feb. 10. Registration is recommended at least one week before the start date. To register, call the Continuing Education office at 425-267-0150 or by visit the Enrollment Services office in Jackson Center on the EvCC campus.
Workshops in business planning, business finance basics and strategic marketing are offered in January and March by Edmonds Community College’s Small Business Development Center. For information, call 425-640-1435 or go online to www.btc.edcc.edu/sbdc.
Computer forensics fundamentals, a free class offered at Edmonds Community College, is set for 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Feb. 11 in Snoqualmie Hall 213, 20000 68th Ave. W., Lynnwood. To enroll, email instructor Steve Hailey at shailey@edcc.edu. Hailey will take class participants through an actual computer forensics case.
Human services classes are available at Western Washington University’s Everett Community College site. An information session is set for 3 p.m. Thursday. For location and more information, call 425-339-3810.
Awards
Everett Community College’s School of Business Design has been chosen one of 20 schools nationwide to receive a grant from the Coleman/Hughes Foundation. The grant will be used to start a student business loan fund for Everett Community College’s entrepreneurship classes. The courses immerse students in the world of entrepreneurship by forming student teams who will start, manage, grow and then liquidate a business over the course of two quarters. The School of Business Design opened in the fall with the goal of redefining traditional business education by focusing on hands-on business experience and innovation. The program is the first of its kind to be offered at any community college nationwide. The SBD offers a 90-credit associate’s degree in entrepreneurship, skill-specific small business certificates, continuing education workshops and seminars to support business people at all levels. For more information, go online to www.everettcc.edu/sbd.
Good deeds
Mountain Pacific Bank has started an employee giving fund with the Greater Everett Community Foundation. The fund, generated through personal employee and director donations, will be used to fund grants to Snohomish County charities. Mountain Pacific’s headquarters is at the new Everett Gateway Center, 38th Street and Broadway, Everett.
New tennis shoes for kids are being accepted by Sleep Country USA stores for its 2007 Foster Kids New Shoe Drive. The drive ends Feb. 18. For the location of a nearby store, go online to www.sleepcountry.com. Before Christmas, Sleep Country USA collected 10,205 new toys for foster children in Washington and Oregon.
Classes and seminars
“Tilling the Soil of Opportunity,” a course for agricultural entrepreneurs to be offered by the Snohomish County office of the Washington State University Cooperative Extension office, is set for 6 to 9 p.m. Wednesdays through April 11. Participants will gain skills in business planning, direct marketing and financial and legal issues. Cost is $250, including materials. To register, call 425-338-2400.
Emergency Planning and Disaster Management Seminar offered by the Association of Washington Business, 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Jan. 31 at 1414 Cherry St., Olympia. To register and to obtain more information, call 800-521-9325.
Cascade Bank of Everett collected more than 3,000 pounds of food for Food Lifeline. Cascade’s holiday donations helped Food Lifeline provide more than 5,800 meals served by food banks in the region.
The Rotary Club of Lynnwood has awarded a total of $14,400 to eight nonprofits groups. They include: Alderwood Boys and Girls Club, $2,500; Center For Battered Women, $1,250; Louis Braille School, $2,250; Lynnwood Food Bank, $2,500; Lynnwood Senior Center, $2,300; Support 7, $1,250; Teen Hope, $1,250 and Work Opportunities, $1,200.
Send your Business FYI news and color photos to Mike Benbow, Business editor, The Herald, P.O. Box 930, Everett, WA 98206, by fax at 425-339-3435 or by e-mail at economy@heraldnet.com.
