Old Allen’s Furniture space will be revamped
December 1, 2009
The former Allen’s Furniture space, at 131 Front St. N., will be the new home for a bicycle shop and restaurant. By Warren Kagarise
The former Allen’s Furniture store — a vacant space in downtown Issaquah — will be remodeled and reopened as a bicycle shop and a restaurant.
City Senior Planner Jerry Lind said the 7,795-square-foot former furniture store would be repurposed. Crews will add restrooms and a dividing wall to separate the bicycle shop from the restaurant. The developer will be required to adhere to Olde Towne design standards in order to blend with the quaint downtown surroundings. Lind said the revamp would be accomplished with “more of a light touch.”
The plate-glass windows will go, and workers will add windows with smaller panes, Lind said. City planners received the site development permit request in mid-October. The building, at 131 Front St. N., was built in the 1950s and needed updates, Lind said. Read more
Business briefs
December 1, 2009
Antique Gallery gets new owners, name Read more
Chamber members win awards for excellence
December 1, 2009
Rogue wins world’s best pale ale Read more
Issaquah firm helps in hydro- power study on job creation
November 3, 2009
Architectural-engineering-consulting firm HDR played an instrumental role in a new study by the National Hydropower Association that supports development of the nation’s hydropower resources. Read more
Issaquah resident purchases The UPS Store in Redmond
July 21, 2009
The UPS Store, 23515 N.E. Novelty Hill Road, Redmond Ridge, is under new ownership. Longtime Issaquah resident Jack Graham purchased the existing franchise and took over May 23. Read more
Business Briefs
June 9, 2009
Tutta Bella opens June 15
Tutta Bella Neapolitan Pizzeria will open its Issaquah restaurant June 15. The pizzeria will be the Seattle-based chain’s first expansion to the Eastside. Read more
Business Briefs
May 19, 2009
Sammamish doctor honored by state chiropractic association
Business Briefs
May 5, 2009
Overlake in top 5 percent
Overlake Hospital Medical Center has been honored as one of the recipients of the 2009 HealthGrades Patient Safety Excellence Award. The top five percent of all hospitals in the U.S., 242 hospitals, were recognized with this award in a report issued by the leading independent healthcare ratings organization.
“It’s kind of like getting an Oscar in our industry,” said Craig Hendrickson, president and CEO of Overlake Hospital Medical Center. “HealthGrades looks at 40 to 50 million hospital records and compares safety standards, processes and outcomes at 5,000 U.S. hospitals. We’re listed as among the best for overall patient safety.”
New businesses
March 9, 2009
The Issaquah Chamber of Commerce welcomes the following new businesses partners:
AtWork! is feeling recession bite
January 27, 2009
Berkeley Smith, an eight-year veteran employee of AtWork!, stands next to a mountain of recycled cardboard while throwing pieces onto a conveyor belt to a compactor, which compresses the pieces into 1800-pound bales. By Greg Farrar
With market prices for recyclable goods dropping along with everything else, local recycling centers have struggled to maintain the status quo.
Hardest hit has been AtWork!, which saw its revenue drop by about 75 percent in the first quarter of the fiscal year.
Still, both AtWork! and Waste Management are accepting all recyclable goods, though AtWork! is holding onto shredded office paper until the markets improve and it becomes profitable to sell it.
Waste Management, which handles the recycling for all of the city of Issaquah except for South Cove/Greenwood Point, has seen the cost of recycling inch close to the cost of disposing garbage and waste, but that hasn’t and shouldn’t affect its recycling practices in the future, Community Education Director Rita Smith said. Read more
