West Sound Café will open for the 2016 season re-energized by new chef Dirul Shamsid-Deen.
Rosario Resort and Spa has announced the hiring of Chef Raymond Southern as Executive Chef.
Are you interested in doing business with the government? Join the San Juan Economic Development Council for a two-hour seminar on San Juan Island, which will provide information on the goods and services that state and federal agencies buy, and how they buy them. The workshop will also cover San Juan County’s designation as a HUBZone by the Small Business Administration, which gives local businesses an edge over others competing for government contracts.
The San Juan County Economic Development Council will present a free half-day workshop for small businesses and entrepreneurs on Orcas on Wednesday, Nov. 18 from 9 a.m. until noon at the Orcas Island Library.
Dave Snavely’s world has come full circle.In 1984 he graduated from Penn State University with a bachelor’s degree in forest science. He spent the next 23 years working as a general contractor, and met Tom Crowley while working on Blakely Island.
Rock Island Communications founder Mike Greene, who has most recently been serving as vice president of technology, has announced that he will be leaving the company as of Oct. 15.
Entrepreneurs can bring their business ideas to the next level in the first annual EDC Launch San Juan Islands business plan competition, created by the San Juan County Economic Development Council.
With all this good news, you must be asking yourself why I’m always whining about county revenues not keeping up with expenditures.
The San Juan Islands Made brand was established to help protect the integrity and value of locally manufactured, fished and timbered goods.
The two, who are born and raised on Orcas, have opened Sticks and Stones Outdoor Services.
Darrell Brayer has purchased San Juan Insurance Services and moved the agency to a new location at 19 Fishing Alley Suite B, off Main Street, next to the Washington Federal building.
An Orcas Island artist has been selected by the Blue Moon Brewing Company to help celebrate the company’s 20 years of brewing.
Noted economists Dr. Hart Hodges and Dr. Anneliese Vance-Sherman will be featured guest speakers at the Economic Development Council’s annual “Economics” luncheon.
