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And The Winners Are…
Big winners of the 2019 Business Person of the Year event. From left: Doug and Robin Robertson, owners of Bellingham Training & Tennis club, Grace...
Renaissance Woman: Grace Borsari Flying High As Lifetime Achievement Award Honoree
By Mike McKenzie
By definition, it’s easy to refer to Grace Borsari as a Renaissance Woman (one with many talents or areas of knowledge).
Early on,...
Casting Positive (Sun)Light On Small-Scale Solar Energy In the State of Washington
By DANA BRANDT
Recently, I came across the guest column in the Jan-Feb edition of Business Pulse that painted solar power in Washington State in...
Free Market Environmentalism
The Key to Saving Energy and Money? Consumers–Not Politicians...
By Todd Myers
With the 2018 ballots tallied, Washington’s environmental activist community wants to call it a...
Angel Investors
Providing an Investment Boost to a Select Few Who Need Funding
By Mike McKenzie
In business, to state the obvious, money talks. And it talks the...
INDUSTRIES
JCPenny Building: Dead Or Alive?
By Mike McKenzie
During the Summer of 2018, for our regular Business Pulse Q&A feature, Jeff Kochman and Jeff McClure discussed their offer to purchase...
Business Succession Planning Smooths the Path of Ownership Transition
By PAUL TWEDT
“Broad and deep preparation, both mental and emotional, is necessary for successful leadership. It’s important to mentor a possible successor to share...
Video Marketing: Easy, Effective, and On-the-Rise
By SHERRI HULEATT
Video marketing is one of the most effective ways to promote your business or organization. According to the State of Video Marketing...
Dynamic Duos: Father-Son & Lean Six Sigma
Interview by Mike McKenzie
Jeff Gray and his son, Mason, moved to Bellingham last year and they have cut a wide swath into their life...
Anchors Our Way
Photo courtesy Port of Bellingham
Cargo Ships and Jobs Return to the Docks of Bellingham
By Dave Brumbaugh
Cargo ships will return to the Port of Bellingham...
2019 Forecast: Slowdown But Not a Downturn
By Mike McKenzie
TV business networks rely on insights from tech fund guru and business professor Paul Meeks, so we went to him, too. Here’s...
Pollution-Control Ruling On Dairy Farm Permits a Big Deal?
Farmers Say a Resounding, 'Yes!'
By Rich Appel • Appel Farms Cheese/Vice-President Whatcom Family Farmers
"Vindication” is the word local farmers typically use to describe the Pollution...
Q+A with Kevin DeVries
Exxel Pacific employees (left to right in the photo): Adam Bravo, Brian Proctor, Mike Shafer overseeing construction of the new Bellwether Apartments
Kevin DeVries has...
Wight Helps People in Need—Day & Night
By Business Pulse Staff
For Doug Wight, his philanthropy begins when people in need walk through his office door or share their thoughts in a...
Back To The Future of Local Salmon
By Sherri Huleatt
Experts mark 1985 as Whatcom County’s last great fishing season. Stakeholders from business, government, the Lummi Nation, higher education, and more have...
Locals Fish Alaska but Bring the Bounty Home
By Pete Granger
Did you know that Whatcom County has a thriving commercial-fishing industry? Many people don’t. The Port of Bellingham estimates that commercial fishing...
Why the Cattlemen and the Farm Bureau are Suing the County
Ben Elenbaas
Second Vice President, Whatcom County Farm Bureau, and Vice President | Whatcom County Cattlemen’s Association
I submitted a research paper in May of 2014...
Regenis is Converting Manure into an Environmental Success Story
By Dave Brumbaugh
The consumer knows that dairy cows are the source of many delicious and nutritious foods, including milk, cheese, and ice cream. The...
