Archive of: Lakewood

	Title	Issue
	Tacoma site of clean up conference The Washington Department of Ecology will host the state's first-ever conference focusing on efforts to clean up sites that can be used to produce economic benefits. "Brownfields and Land Revitalization Conference 2008" is scheduled Oct. 21 and 22 at the Greater Tacoma Convention and Trade Center.	October 2008
	State takes action in local health worker cases The Washington State Department of Health has taken disciplinary actions or withdrawn charges against the following health care providers in the South Sound: In Grays Harbor County, the Nursing Commission charged licensed practical nurse Phyllis S. Stephenson with unprofessional conduct. She allegedly failed to comply with a medical assessment for a patient and documented that a patient refused medication when there was not an attempt to administer the medication.	October 2008
	COFFEE BREAK: bail out The Business Examiner would like to know what you think about the bailout proposal currently under debate and what its passage - or failure - means to small businesses. To reply to the poll, send an e-mail to news@BusinessExaminer.com. Poll results will be published in Friday's BE Daily.	October 2008
	Blog Watch: talk, technology, talk The talk around the downtown Tacoma blog is all about planning for the future and the need to build its mix of offerings. Andrew Fry has an update on the South Sound Technology conference shaping up for later this fall at the University of Washington Tacoma.	October 2008
	Property tax revenues increase Property tax revenues increased 6.2 percent to $8.2 billion in 2008, with more than half of the increase stemming from new construction and voter-approved levies, the Washington State Department of Revenue reported. About 1.3 percent of the increase came from new construction added to the tax rolls, and 2.1 percent was the result of voter-approved tax increases for junior taxing districts, according to Property Tax Statistics 2008, the agency's annual compilation of property tax information.	October 2008
	People on the move St. Joseph Medical Center has received the prestigious Consumer Choice Award for the 10th straight year for being identified as a preferred hospital in Tacoma by an independent survey of area residents by National Research Corp. Winners of the Consumer Choice Award from 190 markets across the U.S. were announced Sept. 29 by National Research Corp., an independent company that measures health care performance and improvement. The list of winners also was published in the current edition of Modern Healthcare, an industry publication.	September 2008
	Small biz owners fear credit freeze At a time when many of the nation's largest companies are struggling to survive, a growing number of small businesses are also feeling the stress that comes from making and saving money in a tough economy, according to the results of a new survey conducted by Harris Interactive for ING DIRECT's ShareBuilder 401k. "A lot of small businesses are struggling to cover their monthly expenses and still have something left to put into savings," said Stuart Robertson, general manager of ShareBuilder 401k. "Before this down economy set-in, the number of small businesses making regular contributions to their savings plan was actually on the rise. Today we're beginning to see a step backwards."	September 2008
	Boat servicer expands in downturn Commencement Bay Marine Services, a full-service boat repair and haul-out service on the Thea Foss Waterway, has announced it will expand its workforce from the recently closed Olympic Boat Center.	September 2008
	Small biz index plummets The Small Business Research Board's Small Business Confidence Index decreased to 30 points in the second quarter of 2008, a downturn of nearly 14 points, or 31 percent, from the previous quarter, according to a report issued today. The greatest decrease in confidence is among businesses in the Western states, where the index decreased to 27.7 from the 59 points recorded in the previous study, according to the report co-sponsored by International Profit Associates. Businesses in the Western states reported they are most pessimistic about the improvement of the overall economy.	September 2008
	People on the move St. Mary's Vestry, the Lakewood church's governing body, recently announced the call of a new rector, the Rev. Kendall Haynes. Haynes will begin his duties on Oct. 1. For the past 22 years, the Rev. Kent McCulloch served St. Mary's as its rector. Fr. McCulloch retired in September 2007.	September 2008

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