Why go to the Kent Chamber of Commerce’s Annual President’s Gala?
Why indeed.
“It’s the biggest night we have,” said chamber Executive Director Andrea Keikkala of the April 3 black-tie affair at the Kent ShoWare Center.
Expect a complete legislative roundup at the Kent Chamber of Commerce's April Membership Luncheon April 7 at the Meridian Valley Country Club.
Green Garden Food Products, Inc., a leading Northwest salad dressings and sauce manufacturer based in Kent, on Monday announced a new partnership with another Kent-based firm: foodservice broker Encore Sales and Marketing.
Congressman Adam Smith will provide an update on healthcare, the economy and the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan at the Southwest King County Chamber of Commerce April Membership Luncheon April 9.
Kent-based Castle Bridge Winery is the locale for an April 8 chocolate- and wine-tasting event, to acquaint the public with a new kind of chocolate that is purportedly high in antioxidants and has other health benefits.
The Airways Brewing Co. opened its doors for business March 11, from its location at 6644 S. 196th St., No. T-100, in the West Valley Business Park, at the corner of 196th and West Valley Highway.
After posting the first job gains in more than a year in January, Washington’s economy dropped an estimated 8,300 jobs in February.
Larry Lehnerz has an eye for the unusual.
And it’s in his latest business undertaking that he gets full use of that talent.
Want to learn about business, as it is influenced by the Pacific Northwest’s proximity to Asia? The Great Wall Mall of Kent regularly schedules Asian Pacific Roundtables, with guest speakers and a gourmet Asian meal. The next roundtable is scheduled for 6-8:30 p.m. March 24 at the mall’s Imperial Seafood Garden Restaurant, 18230 East Valley Highway.
To know Don Dinsmore is to know Kent.
The businessman/inventor/photographer and all-around community enthusiast has been a fixture in his adopted hometown for years.
The Communities in Schools of Kent annual fundraising breakfast runs 7:30-9 a.m. March 17 at the Kent Senior Activity Center, 600 E. Smith St.
The Kent Downtown Partnership will have its monthly networking event March 18 at one of the downtown’s newest businesses and KDP members: the Titusville Trading Co. antique shop, located at 205 First Ave South. is hosting KDP Networking Event for March.
Kent4Health volunteers will promote a Grab and Go Meals program each Saturday in March at Top Foods, 26015 104th Ave. S.E.
The meals program offers shoppers a chance to sample a quick-prepared recipe, as well as general nutrition tips. Recipe ingredients will be available at a display in the store, as well.
The Kent Chamber of Commerce will have its March membership luncheon 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. March 3 at the Meridian Valley Country Club, 24830 136th Ave. S.E. The featured speaker will be Kent Police Chief Steve Strachan, speaking about the city police department, crime-fighting, statistics, and public-policy issues.
Nicole Adams has spent 20 years working in the aerospace industry, but, she said, it has “never truly been my passion.”
But with the opening of Intimate Pilates, her new studio on First Avenue in downtown Kent, Adams is changing that.
The WordKrafters, a local Toastmasters Club, is hosting an area speech contest March 19 in Burien.
LaserMotive, a Kent-based company that won $900,000 by completing the 2009 Space Elevator Power Beaming Competition, was honored Feb. 25 and 26, along with other winners of NASA’s Centennial Challenge. The Centennial Challenge is a prize-driven innovation program for citizen inventors.
The Kent Downtown Partnership is hosting its monthly breakfast at 7:15 a.m. Feb. 19 at Bittersweet Restaurant, 211, First Ave. S. The theme of the event is "Action Creates Results."
Kent-based space business Blue Origin last week received a grant of $3.7 million from NASA for the private, commercial business' work to support transport of crew to and from low-Earth orbit.
Green River Community College and the Kent Chamber of Commerce present the Brown Bag Lunch and Learn Series noon Feb. 16 at the Green River Kent Campus on Kent Station.
