By Hope Belli Tinney, Washington SBDC
MOSES LAKE, Wash. – Some cookies were too sweet and others too dry, moist or just blah. But after nearly six months of research and development, students in Susan Moberg’s culinary arts class at Columbia Basin Technical Skills Center are hoping the oatmeal cookie served up at a food trade show in South Korea this week will be just right.
From the Yakima Herald-Republic
YAKIMA, Wash. – An Ellensburg woman was named Entrepreneur of the Year by the Washington State Main Street Program for her persistence in opening a clothing store in a renovated building downtown.
By Hope Belli Tinney, Washington SBDC
SEATTLE – Grant Jones, owner of KuKuRuZa Gourmet Popcorn in Seattle, has been named the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) Washington State 2015 Young Entrepreneur of the Year.
By Hope Belli Tinney, Washington SBDC
FEDERAL WAY, Wash. – Jack Walsh was looking for a new business opportunity when his daughter came home from a trip raving about an ice cream shop she’d visited in Boise, Idaho.
By Hope Belli Tinney, Washington SBDC
TWISP, Wash. – When fire came to the Methow Valley in July 2014, the difference between essential and non-essential became startlingly clear. Very quickly, Dwain and Erika Hutson realized that it was essential to keep their NAPA Auto Parts store open.
By Hope Belli Tinney, Washington SBDC
VANCOUVER, Wash. – Tony Curtis, owner of Current Home Technologies, is in the enviable position of having a business that grew during the recession. He started in 2008, and by 2009 he had two employees and a steady stream of new and returning customers.