Business Events

Free business workshop puts thoughts into action

The GROW Washington orientation is a workshop that will help you on your path to being a successful business owner.

Entrepreneurial planning is personal planning. If you think entrepreneurship is for you, start here. This session

using the “Dream to Reality” guidebook is designed to help you think, plan and put on paper your values, dreams and goals — for your personal life or your business life.

GROW Washington is a nonprofit 501(c)3 formed as a microenterprise business development program to test

and launch Washington products and service businesses.

Where: GROW Washington @ Snohomish, 1204 First St., Snohomish

When: 6 to 8 p.m., Wednesday, July 6

More info: 360-217-7235.

Young professionals to meet at Diamond Knot Brewery

The Snohomish County Young Professionals Network will meet at 5 p.m., Thursday, July 7 at Diamond Knot Brewery, 4602 Chennault Beach Road, Suite B2, Mukilteo.

Diamond Knot’s original alehouse is in a building that has housed a pub for over 20 years. Before the building became a pub, it was a bus garage used by the local transit company and the main roll-up door can still be seen just inside the front door. The original thick, sturdy wooden beams and open plank ceiling, giving the building a wharf-like atmosphere that fits perfectly with the our nautical feel and the waterfront on which we are located.

More info: 425-257-3222, ext. 211; scypn@scypn.com; www.scypn.com.

Community Transit to host hearing on 2012 changes

The public will get its chance to share comments about three 2012 system change alternatives with the Community Transit Board of Directors during a public hearing starting at 5 p.m., Thursday, July 7 at the Rosehill Community Center, 304 Lincoln Ave., Mukilteo. Rosehill is accessible by Community Transit routes 113, 190, 417, 880 and Everett Transit route 18.

The hearing will last until each person present has had an opportunity to comment.

The public hearing will take place following a regular board of directors meeting, which will begin at 4 p.m. The meeting and hearing were moved from the usual board meeting location, which has space for only about 40 people.

Community Transit plans to cut 80,000 hours of service in February 2012, or about 20 percent. Earlier this month, Community Transit unveiled three service alternatives to the public and began to collect input.

No decisions will be made immediately following the public hearing. The board is scheduled to decide on the cuts in August or September. Full details about each of the three alternatives are available at www.communitytransit.org/2012changes.

13th annual EASC Banner Bank golf tournament

If you need an excuse for fun in the sun, according to golf professionals’ estimates, at least half the golfers on a course at any given time are tying in some work with their play. When else do you get a client’s ear for five hours?

Economic Alliance Snohomish County’s Banner Bank golf tournament on Friday, July 15 at Legion Memorial Golf Course, 144 W. Marine View Drive, Everett, includes two carts per foursome, golfer gift bags, tournament hat, beverage ticket, commemorative photo, barbecue awards dinner and more. Contests and prizes will be available to win the day of the tournament.

Registration opens at 11:15 a.m. with a shotgun start at 1 p.m. Rates are $110 per individual, $440 per regular foursome, $1,500 per executive foursome.

Go to tinyurl.com/SCBJeascgolf for more information or to register, or call 425-257-3222, ext. 0.

Marysville Tulalip Chamber meets after hours July 14

The Marysville Tulalip Chamber of Commerce’s Business After Hours will be hosted by Ablemark Corp. from 5 to 7 p.m. Thursday, July 14. This is a terrific opportunity to make new contacts and connect with your community. The event serves as a way to educate local businesses about your business. It is an opportunity to create, learn and develop new and effective ways to work together in the Marysville Tulalip business community.

Ablemark has been in business for more than 20 years and provides high-end screen printing and embroidery. Promotional products such as lapel pins, coffee cups, pens, banners, small signs and more are available.

Businesses may pay $50 to reserve table space to promote their business by calling 360-691-9356. Everett Community College will have information about its Small Business Accelerator Program.

Ablemark is located at 1239 State Ave., Marysville. Admission is $5 and includes a barbecue, beverages and a T-shirt for the first 100 preregistered guests.

Lynnwood Convention Center welcomes gamers

Star City Games returns to the Lynnwood Convention Center to host its StarCityGames.com open weekend on July 23 and 24. The event will feature “Magic: the Gathering,” a trading card game produced by Wizards of the Coast, which has its headquarters in Renton.

StarCityGames.com open weekend will include two full days of events. July 23 events will include the standard open, the Two-Headed Giant Sealed and the Legacy Challenge. Events on July 24 will include the Legacy Open, the Draft Open, the Two-Headed Giant Sealed and more.

Events are open to the public from 10 a.m. to 11 p.m. July 23 and 10 a.m. to midnight July 24.

More info: www.starcitygames.com/openseries.

Kla Ha Ya Days community picnic and all-class reunion

The Kla Ha Ya Days Festival invites the community to celebrate with a picnic and all-class reunion from 4 to 11 p.m., Friday, July 22 at the southwest side of Harvey Field near 10530 Airport Way, Snohomish.

This year’s event welcomes the alumni of Snohomish, Glacier Peak and AIM high schools and features live bands, food, a beer garden, aviation displays, skydivers, helicopter rides and a special appearance by Snohomish graduate and NBA star Jon Brockman.

Admission is $10 for guests 21 years and older, which includes entrance into the beer garden; $5 for guests 6-20; free for guests under 6. Buy tickets online at bit.ly/KlaHaYaFridayNight.

The full schedule of events is at www.KlaHaYaDays.com. For more information, email info@KlaHaYaDays.com or call 425-493-7824.

Local art group makes a splash in Edmonds

ARTSplash, the annual ArtistsConnect member exhibit and sale, will be held July 21-24 in Edmonds with a wide variety of two- and three-dimensional artworks that will be exhibited for sale in the ArtWorks building, 201 Second Ave. The kickoff coincides with Edmonds Third Thursday Art Walk.

ARTSplash is an exhibition and sale presented by members of ArtistsConnect, an Edmonds-based group that is affiliated with the Edmonds Arts Festival. Hours are 4 to 8 p.m. Thursday and Friday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. Admission, parking and refreshments are free. Artists will be on hand to answer any questions and to demonstrate their processes.

More info: www.artsplash-edmonds.com.

AAA celebrates new Mill Creek office grand opening

AAA Washington is celebrating the grand opening of its new office in Mill Creek from July 11-15. The office offers a full-service leisure travel agency, auto travel assistance, maps, a full-service insurance agency, travel merchandise and more.

The first 100 visitors will receive a AAA water bottle. Enter to win a drawing for great prizes, including a trip for two to Victoria on the Victoria Clipper, a AAA Premier membership, travel store merchandise and more.

Get a free insurance quote while you’re in the office and receive a free movie ticket. Refreshments will be offered each day.

The office is open to members and nonmembers.

Find the new office at 15415 Main St., Suite 104, Mill Creek Town Center.

Snohomish County Business Watch sets July 19 meeting

Join the Snohomish County Business Watch at our public meeting from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., Tuesday, July 19 at Staybridge Suites, 9600 Harbour Place, Mukilteo.

The group will have Emily Thompson from the Washington State Fusion Center as a guest speaker, talking about their information-sharing platforms’ impact on business crime prevention efforts.

Mukilteo Police Chief Rex Caldwell is special guest.

The group will get an update on the State of the County from ITT Technical Institute’s Criminal Justice Chair, Arthur Jackson, who is an SCBW board member.

Lunch will be served and admission is $5.

Join business and law enforcement leaders from around the county and bring business cards for networking.

If you plan to attend, email rsvp@thescbw.org so we can make sure to expect you. Let your network on LinkedIn and other colleagues know about this event as well!

Businesses can gain exposure by sponsoring a general meeting. The cost is $175 and we are currently in need of sponsors for our upcoming meetings. We are a 501(c)3 registered nonprofit corporation, meaning your assistance to SCBW is tax deductible!

We are also taking donations of door prizes for the general meetings. Contact Matt Adams at sponsors@thescbw.org for more information on sponsorship.