Retail
Movies in the City
Lines of patrons snaking outside the 90-seat Pickford Cinema in downtown Bellingham prove one thing: Movie theaters can be an important part of any urban revitalization effort. The 12-year-old cinemas move this month into a renovated 29,000-square-foot, 101-year-old historic buildingand reinvention as the three-story Pickford Film Centercould be an important boost to Bellinghams core. Michael…
Old World Meets New at RPI
In our increasingly paperless world, you might thinkprinting companies would be struggling to survive. Tukwila-based RPI is notonly surviving, but also thriving. RPI, which stands for Reischling Press Inc., printspersonalized products such as posters, notebooks, calendars, greeting cards andphoto albums for individual clients. The company has printed unique photo booksfor Mike Holmgren after his final…
Ace Hotels’ Power of Design
Editors Note: The most creative companies in the world understand that design is about creating experiences that consumers crave. In a new book, Design Is How It Works: How Smart Companies Turn Products Into Icons, former BusinessWeek reporter Jay Greene explains how several companies, including Ace Hotels, which was founded in Seattle, use design to…
Political Activists in Pinstripes
In January, Eddie Spaghetti figured this was the year he could take it easy. Spaghetti isnt his real nameits Edward Agazarmbut thats what everyone in the states political world calls him. If you havent heard the name before, you know his work. Spaghetti runs the biggest signature-gathering operation in the state, Citizen Solutions, and every…
Rolling Hunger
Kurt Beecher Dammier opened Maximus/Minimus as an extension of his food business. Photograph by Brooke Fitts. Tessie Decker and a clutch of co-workers cancelled meetings to join the half-block queue outside a smoke-spewing 1962 Airstream trailer parked on a South Lake Union side street. Its like a little adventure, she says. First you have to…
TYE Adds an ‘E’ to the Three R’s
TYE winners this year (top): Arnavi Chheda, Diane Liu, Joy Hsu; (bottom): Nancy Xiao, mentor Bob Crimmins, Shreya Rajsekar. Math and English are cornerstones of a high school education, but TYE Seattle and DECA Washington are introducing high school students to business studies with the hope of teaching them to think creatively about their futures….
Seattle to Target Fashion as New Industry Cluster
On Monday, enterpriseSeattle will release the results of a study that suggest fashion represents an important new industry cluster in the region that should be encouraged. Earlier this year, the King County Economic Action Plan identified “Fashion and Apparel” as one of six “emerging clusters” that provide opportunities for new job growth.
Clearer Skies at Bellingham International
Bellingham International Airport (BLI) definitely subscribes to the bigger is better philosophy. Especially right now. BLI sits poised to start a three-year, $30 million terminal expansion Nov. 1. And that addition comes on the heels of a $30 million runway resurface and rehabilitation project. What does it all mean? More flights, bigger airplanes and more…
Washington Wines Get Star Power
Geoff Tate, of the local band Queensryche, has launched his own wine label, Insania, with Three Rivers Winery. For a while, it seemed as if a new winery was opening every few days in Washington. Glamorous winery launch parties featured lush catering, Cirque du Soleil-caliber entertainment and expensive gifts for guests. Pro golfers, dentists and…
Elevating Service
An instructor demonstratesmaking sushi at the International Culinary School at the Art Institute ofSeattle. Social networking, shifting consumer tastes and emergingsectors are changing the game for hospitality schools and their graduates. In adynamic, competitive market, schools are exploring new industries, stepping uptechnology training and tuning in to trends to give students an edge. As hotels…
Closing the Deal
As a very new lawyer, I once found myself sitting across thetable from a seasoned and well-respected attorney. We were negotiating theterms of a transaction between our respective clients and had almost reachedagreement. I say almost because I was insisting that we memorialize severalmeaningless concessions in favor of my client. Truth be told, my client…
How to Be a Good Sport
How do you stop thinking about all the negative things thathave recently happened to sports in Seattle? The Sonics left. Our professionaland collegiate teams have seen better years. Professional and amateur sportspersonnel keep speaking out of turn on Twitter and Facebook. NFL players arereprimanded for advertising brands after they score touchdowns. The list goeson. There…