Legal threat prompts Bellingham laundromat name change
By Jim Davis For The Bellingham Business Journal BELLINGHAM — Q Laundry in the Sunnyland neighborhood is changing its name and branding after getting into a trademark dispute with a national laundry manufacturer. The laundromat at 810 Alabama St. will be known as Brio Laundry. Owner Colleen Unema said she started the business in 2013 [...]
Business Briefs, People On The Move
Western’s Steve Swan, VP of university relations, to retire
Western Washington University’s vice president of university relations and community development plans to retire Dec. 31. Steve Swan, who came to Western in 2008, said he decided to announce his retirement now to provide continuity during the first part of the administration of Western’s next president. Western President Bruce Shepard plans to retire in June. [...]
Business Briefs, Nonprofit Notes
Driver’s ed scholarships available for teens in need
Bellingham’s Blue Skies for Children is offering scholarships for homeless, low-income or foster care children, ages 15 to 17, to take driver’s education classes. The nonprofit will offer five scholarships this spring and five in the fall. Teens must have a car available, a 2.0 cumulative GPA or higher and auto insurance. Application packets can [...]
Sterling Life Insurance Company office to close
By Emily Hamann The Bellingham Business Journal Health services company Cigna plans to lay off 55 workers in Bellingham as it completes its purchase of Sterling Life Insurance Co. The employees will lose their jobs May 11, according to a Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification announcement released Wednesday. Those workers can apply for positions at [...]
Downtown Bellingham to hold first quarterly meeting of the year
The Downtown Bellingham Partnership has announced its first quarterly meeting of the year will be from 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. March 23 at The Local’s Annex Bar at 1427 Railroad Avenue. The Downtown Meeting will consist of a half hour of mingling, then dive into the agenda at 6 p.m. interim Director Alice Clark [...]
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Albertsons to keep Haggen name on some stores
By Emily Hamann The Bellingham Business Journal It looks like things will be almost the same. Almost. Albertsons laid out on Monday what will happen if its purchase of 29 Haggen Food & Pharmacy’s stores is approved. Fifteen of the stores will remain under the Haggen brand. The other 14 stores across Washington and Oregon [...]
Haggen reaches deal to sell remaining stores to Albertsons
By Jim Davis The Herald Business Journal Haggen Food & Pharmacy announced Friday evening that it had accepted Albertsons’ bid to acquire 29 core stores in Washington and Oregon including five in Whatcom County. The Boise, Idaho-based Albertsons would pay $106 million for the stores, according to documents filed in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Delaware. The agreement [...]
Bellingham cartoonist makes a living in a dying art
By Emily Hamann The Bellingham Business Journal Despite the success he’s found in it, drawing cartoons and illustrating was not George Jartos’ first choice. “I was doing sculpture,” he said. “But I knew I could never make a living at it.” Before he went into semi-retirement, Jartos was a prolific cartoonist and illustrator. His work [...]
Pollution measure calls for paying more at pump, less at register
By Deanna Duff For The Bellingham Business Journal Many in Washington believe that it’s time to clear the air regarding climate change. Now environmental groups are currently proposing different approaches to do that. As the 2016 ballot season nears, voters may face multiple options of how best to tackle the challenge. Non-partisan group Carbon Washington [...]
Don’t go in debt: How Judd & Black appliance store expanded since the recession
By Patricia S. Guthrie For The Bellingham Business Journal If you’re ever looking for the owners of Everett’s homegrown appliance store, Judd & Black, try the freight room. Or the repair shop. Or the aisles of their five stores now spread up and down the I-5 corridor in five counties. Because that’s where Bob and [...]
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