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Des Moines Business Committee
Tuesday, February 27
8:00 am - 9:00 am
Landmark on the Sound
23660 Marine View Dr S, Des Moines
The speaker will be Des Moines Code Enforcement Officer, Nancy Ulrich.
Register
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Professional
Development: Marketing Strategies
Thursday, March 1
8:00 am - 10:00 am
Chamber Office
14220 Interurban Ave S, #134, Tukwila
Cost is $20.
Develop a plan of action to increase your business in 2007! In addition
to reviewing basic principals of marketing, you will develop a Marketing
Plan of Action designed to assist you in reaching your business goals in
2007. Taught by Katheryn Evans, President of Strategic Sound Solutions,
Inc.
Register
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· Next
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Tukwila Government and Community Affairs
Tuesday, March 6
12:00 pm - 1:30 pm
Chamber Office
14220 Interurban Ave S, #134, Tukwila
Register
Now...
SeaTac Business
Committee
Thursday, March 8
8:30 am - 10:00 am
Federal Detention Center
2425 S 200th Street, SeaTac
Register
Now...
March Membership
Luncheon
Friday, March 9
11:30 am - 1:30 pm
Highline Community College
2400 S. 240th St, Des Moines
Register
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· From the Chairman
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 Greetings Members,
2007 promises continued positive change for the Chamber. We started
January with the introduction of a new Professional Development program
for members. Twice a month, members and their employees have an
opportunity to participate in two-hour educational sessions ranging from
marketing ideas to learning Microsoft Excel to getting a handle on
business taxes. Check out the Chamber
website for future classes.
To continue to achieve the Board of Directors’ goal for 2007 of enhancing
Chamber members’ education and exposure, the Chamber’s first Restaurant
Guide will begin distribution in April. The brochure will feature dining,
catering and banquet opportunities to tourists, Southwest King County employers/employees,
and residents. The guides will be available in the Chamber and Visitor
Center offices, local city halls, libraries, at hotels, and participating
restaurants. In the first year, 10,000 guides will be printed.
The Restaurant Guide is the first in a series of guides to be published
to promote Chamber members’ businesses. The focus of future guides has
not been determined at this point. Your suggestions will certainly be
appreciated. We are considering a Home Guide that will feature all businesses
that can help a homeowner. This guide would include real estate
professionals, financing professionals, hardware and furniture stores,
electronics, maintenance, etc. If you have an idea for a future guide,
please let our President/CEO Nancy Damon (ndamon@swkcc.org) or me
(chuck.cox@raymondjames.com) know.
Other member benefits we are currently developing are a Member-to-Member
Benefits program, which will offer discounts to Chamber members and their
employees, and a medical insurance program for Chamber members. We’ll
keep you posted on the progress.
If there are other programs you would like us to explore, please let us
know. Have a great month!
Chuck Cox
Chairman
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· Joni Earl, Chief Executive Officer of Sound Transit to speak
at March Luncheon
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 Joni Earl, Chief Executive Officer of Sound Transit, will be
the Chamber’s guest speaker at the March 9th Membership Luncheon to be
held at Highline Community College, 2400 S. 240th St in Des Moines.
The Sound Transit Board unanimously appointed Joni Earl as the Executive
Director of Sound Transit, the Central Puget Sound Regional Transit
Authority, in January 2001. In 2003, her title was changed to Chief
Executive Officer. Joni has responsibility for all aspects of Sound Transit,
including its substantial capital and operating programs. Joni came to
Sound Transit as the Chief Operating Officer in October 2000.
Before joining Sound Transit Joni served as the Deputy County Executive
of Snohomish County, Washington for over eight years.
Prior to her service to Snohomish County, Joni was the City Manager of
Mill Creek, reporting to the City Council. She also served as the
Director of Internal Management and Chief Fiscal Officer for Kitsap
County.
Joni is a graduate of Harvard University’s State and Local Government
Executive Program. She holds a master’s in business administration from
the University of Puget Sound, and received a bachelor’s degree from
Washington State University.
Joni currently serves on the Board of the Puget Sound Chapter of the
Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation, and chairs the public sector
campaign for United Way of King County. She is a past three-time Rotarian
and is the proud grandmother of three grandchildren.
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· SUCCESS Foundation Student Scholarship Fundraising Raffle
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The SUCCESS Foundation kicked off
its annual student scholarship fundraising efforts at the December 8th
Membership Luncheon. Every year, the SUCCESS Foundation honors one or
more high school students with a scholarship to be used toward continued
education. The number of $1,000 scholarships varies from year to year.
Eligible students are those that have been selected as Business Students
of the Month throughout the current school year. The winner(s) will be
recognized at the Chamber’s Education Luncheon on June 8, 2007.
The SUCCESS Foundation plans three separate raffles for this school year.
The raffles are for a trip to Mexico, two unrestricted airline tickets,
and a trip to Roche Harbor. The first raffle is for two unrestricted
airline tickets from Alaska Airlines to any destination within the
Alaska/Horizon Air service area. One ticket requires a $10.00 donation.
There are only 250 raffle tickets, so the odds of winning are 1 in 250!
The winner need not be present at the drawing on March 9, 2007 to win.
Help support the SUCCESS Foundation’s student scholarship fundraising by
purchasing raffle tickets at the Chamber office or at Chamber membership
luncheons and networking breakfasts. The Chamber thanks Alaska Airlines
for the tickets.
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· SWKCC Introduces the 2007 Restaurant Guide
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Your restaurant will want to be
part of the 2007 Southwest King County Restaurant Guide. With
distribution to over 10,000 local business owners, residents and
visitors, this guide will be the "go to" piece for individuals
and groups looking for places to dine in Southwest King County. The
guides will be available at the Chamber Office, the Visitor Center,
libraries, city halls, hotels and Chamber businesses.
The guide will be published and distributed beginning in the Spring of
2007, just in time for the busy tourism season. Distribution to
individuals will continue year-round and the Restaurant Guide will be
updated annually. Participation in the Restaurant Guide is $50 per year.
Only Chamber businesses can participate. Participation costs $50 for the
year.
Contact Nancy Damon at (206) 575-3016 or ndamon@swkcc.org for additional
information.
The 2007 Restaurant Guide is Sponsored by Puget Sound Energy.
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· Joe Breidenbach to Sponsor March Membership Luncheon
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Joseph A. Breidenbach, Attorney
at Law, aka DUI Joe, is one of a handful of attorneys in the state to
successfully complete the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
Standardized Field Sobriety Testing Instructor Certification Course. He
is a member of the National College of DUI Defense and a four-time
graduate of their summer training sessions taught in Cambridge,
Massachusetts. He is a frequent lecturer on the subject of DUI and DUI
law.
Joe has over 25 years of experience, and has represented people in more
than 70 different courts from Ocean Shores to Ritzville. He has
represented more than 3,000 people in the State of Washington who have
been accused for everything from speeding to first-degree murder.
Joseph’s law office has been located in Burien for over 25 years. The
focus of his practice is on DUI and other traffic offenses. He also
represents people accused of domestic violence and other criminal
offenses. You may contact Joseph Breidenbach at (206) 246-3333 or visit
him online at www.duijoe.com.
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· Nominations for an A•C•E Award Being Accepted
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 We are now accepting nominations for the 2007 A•C•E awards.
The first step is for Chamber members and friends to nominate Chamber
member businesses for one of the awards. Award categories are: Large
Employer Business Excellence, Small Employer Business Excellence, Non-
Profit/Humanitarian Service, Beautification, and People’s Choice Award. Click
here for the nomination form.
The awards will be presented at the Chamber’s November A•C•E Awards
celebration. More details will be available in the coming months.
Don’t miss the opportunity to be a sponsor of this annual celebration of
business excellence. Click
here to select the sponsorship option just right for your company.
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· Tukwila Trading Company Ribbon Cutting
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Tukwila Mayor Steve Mullet (7th from left) is joined by
Tukwila Trading Company vendors and friends in their Grand Opening Ribbon
Cutting on January 31st.
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· February Business Student of the Month: Anh-Tuyet Tran
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 Anh-Tuyet Tran is a senior at Foster High School. She moved
to the United States from Vietnam three and a half years ago. At the
time, she didn’t speak any English. Embracing her new life in America and
a new language and culture, she is now an honor roll student who is both
confident and goal-oriented.
At Foster, she has taken the following business courses: Digitool and Web
Page Design. She is a member of the National Honor Society and was honored
with the Mathematics Award in 2004 and the Achiever’s Scholarship in
2006. She has also been Student of the Month for both The Rotary Club of
Tukwila and her church youth group.
Her goals for the future involve attending the University of Washington
and majoring in Nursing. She feels that her classes in Biology,
Chemistry, Psychology, and Business have prepared her to be an
accomplished leader in the nursing profession.
We wish you every success in obtaining your goals and ambitions!
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· City Beats - Burien
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 North Highline Annexation -The Burien City Council will soon be
discussing the results of a detailed financial study commissioned last
fall, following the designation of the entire 31,000 population North
Highline unincorporated area as a “potential annexation area” (PAA) in
November, 2006. The City contracted with Berk & Associates in
November 2006 to conduct a study which will include revenue and cost
projections through 2022 if the City annexes (or does not annex) North
Highline. The Seattle City Council in December also voted to designate
all of North Highline as a PAA. Both Seattle and Burien have filed
challenges to these conflicting designations before the Central Puget Sound
Growth Management Hearings Board. The Hearings Board is expected to issue
decisions on the challenges by August 2007.
Town Square – Abatement work prior to demolition is being
conducted on two buildings on the site of the future Burien Town Square.
The former Gottschalks building will be razed to make way for Phase One,
a seven-story building that will have residential units on the five upper
floors, and parking and retail space on the two lower levels. The Puget
Sound Education Services District building will be demolished and
replaced by the joint Burien City Hall/King County Regional Library.
Hazardous materials including asbestos are being removed from both
buildings prior to demolition. Developer Urban Partners announced it will
open a marketing center near the Town Square site in May or June. The
center will include a full-scale model of a Town Square residential unit.
City Hall Retirements - Two of the City’s longtime department
heads are retiring this spring after serving the City since Burien
incorporated in 1993. Linda Gorton, Finance Director, and Jan Roegner,
Director of Community Relations and Human Resources, were among the
handful of Burien’s first employees 14 years ago when Burien became a
city.
Burien Clean Sweep - Burien’s annual community-wide clean-up is
planned for Saturday, April 28. Hundreds of volunteers will gather at the
downtown fire station at 8 a.m. They are assigned an area of downtown or
park where they can pick up litter and sweep. In some places,
participants pull weeds and plant flowers. The volunteers meet back at
the fire station at noon for a free barbecue lunch and prizes.
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· City Beats - SeaTac
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 State Senate Committee on Health and Long-Term Care - At the invitation of Senator Karen
Keiser, Assistant City Manager Tina Rogers testified on February 5 at the
Senate Committee on Health and Long-Term Care. The testimony described
the City of SeaTac’s employee wellness program, its 15 year history and the
level of City funding, as well as anecdotal and measurable results of the
program. This testimony was supportive of SB 5665, sponsored by Senator
Keiser, which would establish a state employee health program.
Village at Angle Lake - The Village at Angle Lake Child Care
Center hosted a Grand Opening on February 5, 2007. Operating hours are
6:30 AM to 6:00 PM, Monday – Friday, and is located at 4040 South 188th
Street. The Child Care Center is owned by Lutheran Community Services and
operated by Easter Seals Washington. As a new partner at the Village at
Angle Lake Community Center, Easter Seals will offer:
- Multi-generational programming
- NAEYC quality standards
- Special activity rooms
- Inclusive programming for children with
disabilities and special needs
- Family discounts
- DSHS subsidy accepted
For more
information and tuition rates, please contact Emilia Holbik, Statewide
Director of Child Care for Easter Seals, (206) 281-5700 x 104 or www.wa.easterseals.com
for on-line registration.
City of SeaTac Proposition No. 1 – Fireworks: Proposition No. 1
went before the SeaTac citizens in the February 6, 2007 King County
Special Election. This measure would have repealed SeaTac's current
ordinance (05-1006) which bans fireworks except for displays authorized
by permit and would establish a new ordinance allowing fireworks sales
from June 28 through July 5 and from December 27 through December 31
annually and would have allowed fireworks to be discharged on July 3,
July 4, July 5, December 31, and until 1:00 AM on January 1 annually.
This measure was brought forward per an initiative petition proposed by
voters through the initiative and referendum powers granted to voters by
SeaTac Municipal Code (SMC) 1.10.040.
The election results have remained consistent with approximately 39
percent of the voters voting yes and 61 percent voting no. If this
proposition fails, SeaTac’s ban on fireworks will remain in effect. The
election results were officially certified on February 21, 2007.
For information about fireworks permits, contact the SeaTac Fire
Department at (206) 973-4500. The City’s Code section on public displays
is SMC 5.35.050. For election results, go to www.metrokc.gov/elections/200702/res.htm.
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· City Beats - Tukwila
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 Real Estate Market Analysis - The City has hired the real estate
consulting firm of Gardner-Johnson
for an analysis of the commercial real estate market along Tukwila
International Boulevard between SR 518 and SR 599. Matthew Gardner will
present his findings at the Tukwila City Council meeting on Monday,
February 26. The meeting is open to the public. For more information, you
may view the agenda on the city's
website starting February 23 or contact Derek Speck at
dspeck@ci.tukwila.wa.us or (206) 433-1832.
Tukwila Village - The City has contracted with Ron Sher of the
development firm Metrovation for advice on the retail tenanting strategy
and overall development concept for the Tukwila Village project. It is
very likely Ron will present his results to the Council in March. For
more information contact Derek Speck at dspeck@ci.tukwila.wa.us or (206)
433-1832.
Green-Duwamish River Watershed - The next Green-Duwuamish
Watershed Visioning Forum meeting will be held Friday March 23rd from
3:30 to 5:30 at the Tukwila Community Center.
The meetings are a chance to get together and talk about the many
activities, projects, concerns, and other issues facing the
Green-Duwamish watershed. The watershed has a tremendous effect on
businesses in the area in terms of how a beautiful and high quality river
can attract employees looking for exercise and a healthy environment or
even tourists and new residents. River and watershed projects also make
great team building exercises.
The agenda in March will include updates from working group
sub-committees and time for small groups to work together towards action
on specific projects/issues.
At the March meeting, sub-committees will provide updates on the
following topics:
- River Mapping
project/River Visioning
- Boat Launches/Access
- Trails/Signage
- Water Quality
- Habitat
- Various Master Planning
processes
In addition to the visioning forums, the Green-Duwamish Watershed
Alliance (GDWA) has reformed and is looking for a web site designer. For
more information on the Alliance or the visioning forums, please contact
Cari Simson at: (206) 234-5102.
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· New Members
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Castle Megastore
Ed Quillard
405 Evans Black Drive
Tukwila, WA 98188
(480) 921-1005 x 1403
Fax: (480) 882-0196
www.castlemegastore.com
Retail/Department Store/Specialty
Edward Jones
Doug Myers
22207 7th Ave S., Suite A
Des Moines, WA 98198
(206) 824-3096
Fax: (206) 824-2326
www.edwardjones.com
Financial Advisors/Planners
HomeTown Lending
Paul McFadden
1201 Monster Rd. SW #450
Renton, WA 98057
(425) 282-0553
Fax: (425) 282-0575
www.HometownLending.us
Mortgage Loans & Bankers
Instant Imprints - Tukwila
Toni McKinnon
16870 Southcenter Parkway
Tukwila, WA 98188
(206) 575-2905
Fax: (206) 575-2907
www.instantimprints.com
Embroidery – Custom, Screen Printing, Banners
Mark Restaurant & Bar
Chris Mark
914 SW 152nd St.
Olde Burien, WA 98166
(206) 241-MARK
Fax: (206) 242-3880
www.markrestaurant.com
Restaurants/Lounges
Radisson Hotel Gateway
Mark Behnen
18118 International Blvd.
SeaTac, WA 98188
(206) 244-6666
Fax: (206) 244-6679
www.radisson.com/seattlewa_seatac
Hotels/Motels
The RMC Group
Robert Campbell
15610 9th Ave SW, Suite #1
Burien, WA 98166
(206) 883-6275
www.thermcgroup.net
Consultants
Tukwila Trading Company
Gary Carlson
3725 South 144th Street
Tuwkila, WA 98168
(206) 242-5290
Fax: (206) 431-8196
Grocers/Supermarkets
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· Renewing Members
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1-5 Years
Advanced Care Dental Center
Anthony’s Homeport – Des Moines
B&E Meats and Seafood
Beth Young – CM Travel
Brett Bakken Insurance Agency
Grief Inc.
Highline Work Clinic
Interurban Chiropractic Center
John L. Scott Real Estate – Sheryl Clark
Project Management Northwest
Quality Auto Electric
Watermark Credit Union
6-10 Years
AAAA Mini Storage
Auto Driveaway Company
D&R Sales
El Dorado West Retirement Community
O S Winery
Rreef
State Farm – Kristin Gopal
11-15 Years
Homewood Suites
SeaTacPark.com
16-20 Years
Hihgline YMCA
Les Schwab Tire Center - Burien
21-25 Years
Banana Pages
Burien Honda
Green River Community College
Red Robin - Southcenter
Siler License Agency, Inc.
26-30 Years
Mendoza Law Center, PLLC
Tri-Land Corp./William E. Boeing Enterprises
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