Family Business
2016 Family Business Awards: Heritage/Legacy Award
Winner: Bartell Drugs
WINNERBartell DrugsLocation: Seattle Sometimes, the best course for a family business managing succession is to reach outside the family for expertise while it prepares for the next generation to assume leadership. This happened to Bartell Drugs in 2015. With third-generation family leaders George Bartell and Jean Bartell Barber retiring and the five fourth-generation Bartells mostly…
2016 Community Impact Awards: Growth
Gold: Bellmont Cabinet Company
GOLD AWARDBellmont Cabinet CompanyLocation: Sumner Bellmont Cabinet set a new course after 2009, when annual revenue plunged to $12.6 million, less than half of what it had been the year before. A strategy to bring affordable, contemporary, frameless Eurostyle cabinets to market worked, helping the companys revenues soar to $60 million by 2015. President Steve…
2016 Family Business Awards: Transition
Gold: Continental Mills
GOLD AWARDContinental MillsLocation: Tukwila Continental Mills has a staple of tried-and-true brands such as Krusteaz and Alpine Cider Mix, but to reach millennials it has devised new brands such as WildRoots trail mixes and Buck Wild natural snacks. The snacks are available at many retailers, from Starbucks to Walmart. Third-generation President Andy Heily, 44, who…
2019 Family Business Awards, Multiple Generations: Pocock Racing Shells
Plus: Silver Award winner The Napoleon Co.
ROWING TRADITION. Pocock Racing Shells Bill Tytus, former owner and president emeritus, along with his children John, co-owner and president; and Kate, co-owner and director of outreach have carried on the companys family-ownership legacy.
2018 Family Business Awards, Innovation: Aspen Power Catamarans
The company uses two buildings in Burlington and about 80 feet of a dock in Anacortes to display its boats.
ASPEN POWER CATAMARANS. On the boat, from left: Natalie Holmes, Charlotte Holmes, Brandon Holmes, Chrissy Holmes and Otto Holmes. On the dock, from left: Sara Graf holding Peyton Graf, Nick Graf with Sucia, Steve Graf with Captain Duke, Cathy Graf and founder/owner Larry Graf. This article appears in print in the December 2018 issue. See…
2018 Family Business of the Year (Small Firms): L’Ecole No. 41
Plus: Silver Award winner Mid-Mountain Materials
LECOLE NO. 41. Managing winemaker Marty Clubb, right, with, from left, Megan Clubb and Riley Clubb. This article appears in print in the December 2018 issue. See more about the winners of the 2018 Family Business Awards here. Click here for a free subscription. L’Ecole No. 41Location: Lowden Named in honor of french-canadians who settled…
2018 Family Business Awards, Heritage/Legacy: Burkhart Dental Supply
Company values include providing strong, customer-oriented service and honoring its 400 employees, including about 150 in Washington.
BURKHART DENTAL SUPPLY. President Lori Burkhart Isbell, foreground, with, from left, coworkers Tori Collins, Christa Hickox, Jeremy Barnes, Ellie Newton and Robb Marshall. This article appears in print in the December 2018 issue. See more about the winners of the 2018 Family Business Awards here. Click here for a free subscription. Burkhart Dental SupplyLocation: Tacoma…