David Graybill, president and CEO of Tacoma Pierce County Chamber since September 1983, has announced his pending retirement.
The move came 27 years to the day of his hiring to lead the largest business organization in Pierce County. Graybill says he will stay in his post through Dec. 31, 2010, to assist the board of directors in finding his replacement.
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Sep. 2, 2010 at 11:25am Longtime chamber leader to retireSep. 1, 2010 at 12:05pm Blog watch: Fishin', fields, visits, fruits and linksWashACE Blog is taking a late summer break and won't be blogging for a while, but you can catch a video of Louis Armstrong and Bing Crosby singing "Gone Fishin'." The Live Wire takes a look at the field of candidates narrowed during the primary election and provides a wrap-up of the South Korean ambassador's visit to the area. Posted in BE Daily, Manufacturing/Trade/Transportation, Olympia, Tacoma, Thurston County by Mike Boyd
Email Mike Aug. 31, 2010 at 2:34pm People on the MovePromotions, hires and recognitions in South SoundThe South Sound Association of Health Underwriters has installed its 2010-11 executive board. They include: Chris Free of Rapport Benefits Group in Tacoma, president; David Maddock of Maddock & Associates in Tacoma, past president; Dan Eich of Oak Insurance Services in Olympia, president elect; Jan Smith of GHB Insurance Inc. in Olympia, vice president; Patty Rice of Albers & Co. in Tacoma, treasurer; Lisa McKay of Regence Life & Health in Tacoma, secretary; Jill Flodstrom of Flodstrom-N-Daughters Insurance in Puyallup, education/events; Ann Miller of Group Health, membership; and Nancy Harris of Regence BS in Tacoma, awards. Posted in BE Daily, Charities/Non-profits, Health care, Mason County, Olympia, Tacoma by Breanne Coats
Email Breanne Aug. 31, 2010 at 2:28pm South Korean ambassador tours Port of TacomaAmbassador Han Duk-soo of South Korea toured Port of Tacoma customer facilities today to talk about the Korean Free Trade Agreement. If approved by Congress, the Korean agreement would be the first U.S. free trade agreement with a major Asian economy and the largest trade deal since the 1993 North American Free Trade Agreement. Aug. 30, 2010 at 11:09am Around the SoundBusiness-related events in the South SoundThe Tacoma-Pierce County Chamber, U.S. Chamber of Commerce and Korean Women Association are is hosting "South Korea-United States Free Trade Agreement" from 1:15 to 2:30 p.m. Aug. 31 at 1702 44th St. East, Tacoma. The featured speaker is Han Duk-Soo, ambassador of the Republic of Korea to the United States. Click here to register. The Fife Milton Edgewood Chamber of Commerce is hosting a membership luncheon from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sept. 1 at Emerald Queen Hotel & Casinos, 5700 Pacific Highway East, Fife. The guest speaker will be Calvin Goings, regional administrator for Small Business Administration. The cost is $20 for members and their guests and $30 walk-ins and non-members. RSVP to dlevi@fifechamber.org or call (253) 922-9320. Posted in BE Daily, Pierce County, South King County, Tacoma, Thurston County by Mike Boyd
Email Mike Aug. 27, 2010 at 11:55am Around the SoundBusiness-related events in the South SoundThe Tacoma-Pierce County Chamber, U.S. Chamber of Commerce and Korean Women Association are hosting "South Korea-United States Free Trade Agreement" from 1:15 to 2:30 p.m. Aug. 31 at 1702 44th St. East, Tacoma. The featured speaker is Han Duk-Soo, ambassador of the Republic of Korea to the United States. Click here to register. The Fife Milton Edgewood Chamber of Commerce is hosting a membership luncheon from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sept. 1 at Emerald Queen Hotel & Casinos, 5700 Pacific Highway East, Fife. The guest speaker will be Calvin Goings, regional administrator for Small Business Administration. The cost is $20 for members and their guests and $30 for walk-ins and non-members. RSVP to dlevi@fifechamber.org or call (253) 922-9320. Aug. 27, 2010 at 10:50am HOV work closes I-5 lanes and ramps in Pierce County this weekendMotorists whose weekend plans include travel on Interstate 5 Saturday or Sunday nights from Portland Avenue to the Pierce/King County line can expect delays while the Washington State Department of Transportation works on two HOV projects. On Saturday, crews will close three lanes of northbound I-5 from Yakima Avenue to SR 167 (mileposts 133 to 135) and the off-ramp from northbound I-5 to SR 167. Work hours are 10 p.m. Saturday to 9 a.m. Sunday. Posted in BE Daily, Manufacturing/Trade/Transportation, Pierce County, Tacoma by Mike Boyd
Email Mike Aug. 26, 2010 at 2:36pm Sound Transit awards Sounder D-to-M Streets contract to MidMountainThe Sound Transit Board of Directors today authorized the award of the construction contract for the Sounder D-to-M Streets Track and Signal project to MidMountain Contractors Inc. The project will build a commuter rail line from East D to South M Streets in Tacoma. Work on the project is expected to begin in late September. Aug. 26, 2010 at 12:20pm Museum of Glass receives highest level of accreditationMuseum of Glass has achieved accreditation from the American Association of Museums, the highest national recognition for a museum. Of the nation's estimated 17,500 museums, 775 are accredited, including 319 art museums. Museum of Glass is one of only 14 museums accredited in Washington and joins Tacoma Art Museum and Washington State History Museum to form a trio of accredited museums in Tacoma. Aug. 25, 2010 at 12:36pm Blog watch: Competition, surveys, questions and answersCheck out WashACE Blog for stories about out-of-state competition for biotech and reforming Washington's collective bargaining rules. Log onto the Live Wire to participate in the semi-annual Small Business Success Index survey. Posted in BE Daily, Building, Lacey, Manufacturing/Trade/Transportation, Olympia, Tacoma by Mike Boyd
Email Mike Aug. 24, 2010 at 12:51pm People on the MovePromotions, hires and recognitions in South SoundBob Pearsall has been named head superintendent of Salish Cliffs Golf Club at Little Creek Casino Resort in Shelton. He previously was head superintendent at The Golf Club at Hawks Prairie in Lacey. Wayne Horvitz will join the University of Puget Sound School of Music this fall as director of the jazz band and as an affiliate faculty member. He is a composer, pianist and keyboardist, and has performed or recorded with musicians including Billy Bang, Marty Ehrlich, Bill Frisell, Carla Bley, Robin Holcomb, Butch Morris, Bobby Previte, Michael Shrieve, Eddie Palmieri, John Zorn, Elliott Sharp, the World Saxophone Quartet, Human Feel and The Living Daylights. Posted in BE Daily, Education, Health care, Mason County, Pierce County, Tacoma, Thurston County by Mike Boyd
Email Mike Aug. 24, 2010 at 12:07pm Print NW receives IDEAlliance G7 CertificationPrint NW has received G7 Proof to Press Process certification from the International Digital Enterprise Alliance. The process practices are based on principals of digital imaging, spectrophotometry and computer to plate technologies. Aug. 23, 2010 at 2:38pm First parking pay station going upThe first parking pay station in downtown Tacoma will be installed tomorrow at 10 a.m. in front of Paddy Coyne's, on the east side of Pacific Avenue between 8th and 9th streets. Installation will take only about 15 minutes. A second pay station will then be installed on 7th Avenue between Pacific and Commerce Street. Aug. 20, 2010 at 1:01pm St. Joseph Medical Center receives award for stroke careSt. Joseph Medical Center in Tacoma has received the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association's Get with the Guidelines–Stroke Silver Performance Achievement Award. The award recognizes the medical center's stroke-care program and its success in implementing a higher standard of stroke care. Aug. 20, 2010 at 12:38pm Around the SoundPromotions, hires and recognitions in South SoundThe Tacoma-Pierce County Chamber is hosting Together Thursday (on Wednesday) from 6 to 9 p.m. Aug. 25 at Cheney Stadium, 19th and Tyler St. The cost is $7 for members and $15 for prospective members. Contact Judy Singley at (253) 627-2175 for more information. The Kent Chamber of Commerce is hosting Business After Hours from 5 to 7 p.m. Aug. 26 at McMonigle Veterinary Hospital, 1014 N. Central Ave. For more information, contact Marge Williams at (253) 854-1770. Aug. 20, 2010 at 10:56am Clover Park, Bates ink deal to broadcast student programsA partnership between Clover Park and Bates technical colleges will provide Pierce County television viewers with more local programming options. Beginning in September, viewers of Clover Park Technical College Television will be able to watch Bates student-produced programming on Comcast channel 28 every Friday. The agreement provides Bates access to county cable households for its student-produced programming for the first time in six years. Aug. 20, 2010 at 9:38am HOV environmental mitigation project begins in TacomaThe Washington State Department of Transportation has begun construction on a wetland site off SR 167, mitigating the potential impacts of future high-occupancy vehicle construction projects in Tacoma. The $1.5 million project is being funded by the 2005 Transportation Partnership Ac and will include a 10-acre wetland mitigation site near 31st Avenue Court East. Aug. 19, 2010 at 1:33pm Port of Tacoma settles EPA paperwork dispute for $137,000The Port of Tacoma has agreed to pay $137,000 to settle a dispute with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency over paperwork related to the former Kaiser Aluminum smelter site. The dispute focused on a half-acre former waste-handling area cleaned up by Kaiser in 2002 before the port purchased the Tacoma Tideflats property. Aug. 19, 2010 at 1:26pm People on the MovePromotions, hires and recognitions in South SoundJohn Blankenship has been hired as interim executive director of the Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater Visitor and Convention Bureau. He is the former executive director of Wolf Haven International in Tenino. Tracie Cochran has joined the South Sound Washington Business Center as director and Linda Jadwin has been promoted to the chief operating officer. Cochran has a bachelor's degree in accounting and a master's degree in business administration, and she is currently working on her CPA license. Posted in BE Daily, Lacey, Olympia, Pierce County, Tacoma, Technology, Tumwater by Mike Boyd
Email Mike Aug. 19, 2010 at 10:46am Tacoma takes home 2010 Joint Planning AwardThe American Planning Association-Washington Chapter and the Planning Association of Washington has honored the City of Tacoma with a 2010 Joint Planning Award for the Complete Streets Design Guidelines. The awards recognize outstanding contributors to the field of planning in Washington and exemplary planning efforts; promote quality planning at all levels of government and by the private sector; and increase public awareness about the role of planning in the state. Plenty more in the Archives Older Entries » |
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