October-November 2016

Annual Awards Dinner

OCT/NOV 2016 BELLINGHAM/WHATCOM CHAMBER OF COMMERCE & INDUSTRY NEWSLETTER CHAIRMANS CLUB MEMBERS

Bellingham/Whatcom Chamber

119 N. Commercial, #110

Bellingham, WA 98225

BWCCI

Board of Directors

Troy Wills, First Federal

Glen Groenig, The UPS Store

Rene Morris, Bellis Fair Mall

Julian Greening, Wilson Motors

Anne Rasmussen, PeaceHealth

Cale Luna, Advanced Solutions Tech

Don Kurtis, Cascade Radio Group

Lesa Boxx, Country Financial

Seth Woolson, Chmelik, Sitkin Davis

Jeff Callender, Phillips 66

Lynn Murphy, Puget Sound Energy

Lori Reece, RE/MAX

Keith Coleman, SpringHill Suites

Kathy Herndon, VSH CPAs

Anne Bowen, What. Comm. College

Michael Lilliquist, City of Bellingham

Rud Browne, Whatcom County

Loni Rahm, Bellingham Tourism

Rob Fix, Port of Bellingham

Bob Wilson, Whatcom COG

Cassie Robles, BIAWC

November 1

Behavioral Health Career Fair

Sponsored by:

Touchstone Behavioral Health

Where: Bellingham Ferry & Cruise Terminal

When: 11a.m.—1p.m.

Cost: Free to attend

November 11

Networking Breakfast

Sponsored by: Praise 106.5

Where: Northwood Hall

3240 Northwood Ave., Bellingham

When: 7:15—9 a.m.

Cost: $14 with RSVP / $18 without RSVP

RSVP at bellingham.com

Bring unwrapped toys for Toys for Tots!

November 17

Business After Business Sponsored by:

Launching Success Learning Store

Where: 133 Prince Ave. Bellingham

When: 5:30—7:30 p.m.

No RSVP needed

December 1

Annual Awards Dinner

Sponsored by: Bank of the Pacific

Where: Silver Reef Hotel Casino Spa

4876 Haxton Way, Ferndale

When: 5:30—9 p.m.

$65—Members

$75 Non-members

$750 Table Sponsors (seats 8) Members only

Tickets available at Bellingham.com

December 9


This Breakfast sponsorship is available!

Email [email protected]

or call (360) 734-1330 for details



When: 7:15—9 a.m.



$65—members

$75—non-members

$750—table sponsors

(seats 8) (members only)

RSVP at Bellingham .com

THURSDAY

DECEMBER 1 5:30—9:00 p.m.

Silver Reef Hotel Casino Spa

4876 Haxton Way, Ferndale

Upcoming Chamber events

By Shelli Jones Bellingham/Whatcom Chamber of Commerce & Industry

Every year the Bellingham/Whatcom Chamber of Commerce holds an

annual banquet to honor businesses and members of the business

community for their achievements.

This is the 12th year that we're holding the event in its current format.

However, the Chamber has been holding annual banquets and awarding

local businesses for decades. In the 1950's, the awards were for the "Farm

Woman of the Year" and "Farm Family of the Year."

Today we award the Small Business of the Year, Large Business of the Year,

Green Business and Nonprofit of the Year, Man of the Year, Woman

of the Year, CEO of the Year and Chamber Ambassador of the Year.

Nominations for the Small Business, Large Business, Green Business

and Nonprofit of the Year awards are submitted by the public and

our members. The nominated businesses must be members of the

Bellingham/Whatcom Chamber of Commerce for at least one year.

Upon submission, the nominations are evaluated by the Annual

Awards Committee consisting of active Chamber members who

volunteer for the committee. The committee determines the four

finalists for the Small and Large Business of the Year and visit each

business to conduct interviews with managers and employees. The

results of the interviews are used to make a case for each finalist. The

merits of each are discusses based upon the following characteristics:

company management

community service

economic stability

ethics and integrity

growth of company

upward mobility for employees

Join us for the Annual Awards Dinner on

December 1st and help us celebrate as we shines a light on exemplary local businesses and business professionals. It's

a time to celebrate and appreciate all local businesses serving our community—something the chamber has been doing

for more than 60 years.

October 14


Sponsored by: Vibrant USA



When: 7:15—9 a.m.



October 20

Business After Business Sponsored by:

Four Points by Sheraton

Where: 714 Lakeway Bellingham

When: 5:30—7:30 p.m.

No RSVP needed

October 27

Grand Opening Celebration Sponsored by:

Transworld Business Advisors

Where: Regus Office Suites

2219 Rimland Drive, Suite 301, Bellingham

When: 4:00—6:00 p.m.

No RSVP needed

Small Business of the Year finalists:

The Upfront Theatre

Laserpoint Awards and

Promotional Solutions

Ketchup & Mustard

Datalink West

Large Business of the Year finalists

Erin Baker's Wholesome Baked

Goods

Whatcom Land Title

DeWaard & Bode

Woods Coffee

Helge Johanson of the Bellingham Chamber of

Commerce with Elizabeth Bailey: Farm Woman

of the Year, November 20, 1957

2015 CEO of the Year Mike Hammes (RAM Construc-

tion) accepts the award from Jenifer Clark, Director of

Sales and Marketing for Alaska Airlines and Bellingham/

Whatcom Chamber President & CEO Guy Occhiogrosso

Congratulations to this amazine group of

WYPS members, (see left) who generously

collected more than $100 to donate to Charity Water at their September

WYPS Social.

And join us in welcoming Kelsey Rowlson as the newest radio host for the

Chamber’s Whatcom Report Radio Program on KGMI. Tune in for her

first show on Oct. 23rd at 8am on 790 KGMI.

News

Presented by

B.C. Premier Christy Clark and WA

Gov. Jay Inslee signed a memorandum

of understanding affirming their

shared interest in creating regional

e conomic oppo rt un i t i e s fo r

innovation in the technology sector.

Government and business leaders in

British Columbia and Washington are

collaborating on the development of a

new 21st century tech corridor —

the Cascadia Innovation Corridor —

to encourage meaningful and results-

driven innovation and collaboration.

The memorandum was signed at the

Emerging Cascadia Technology

C o r r i d o r : A C r o s s - B o r d e r

Conference in Vancouver, B.C. for

the entire region.

www.governor.wa.gov/news-media

By Dave Brumbaugh & Lylene Johnson

Whatcom County home sales this

year finally have beaten the boom peaks of 2006 and 2007, but distribu-

tion of those sales has changed signifi-

cantly, according to a real-estate re-

port released today.

From 2006 through 2014, 44 percent

to 47 percent of those home sales

were in Bellingham, according to Lylene Johnson of The Muljat Group.

Her report is based on data from the

Northwest Washington Multiple List-

ing Service. However, in the past two

years, Bellingham’s share of Whatcom

County home sales dropped to 38

percent in 2015 and 37 percent

through the first three quarters of this

year.

“Ferndale is

the primary

recipient of

this shift

with market

share rising

from 12 per-

cent to 16

percent this

year,” John-

son said.

“The rest is

spread

throughout

the county. The Blaine/Birch Bay mar-

ket is third with 13 percent of homes

sales this year.” Johnson said likely reasons for the

shift in sales are price and inventory.

The median price of homes sold in

Bellingham in the third quarter was

$369,900, up 13.6 percent from last

year, but the number of homes sold dropped 4.1 percent. The median

price of all homes sold in Whatcom

County during the third quarter rose

8.7 percent to $316,400 and the num-

ber of county sales inched up 0.7 per-

cent despite the decline in Bellingham.

Despite higher prices, demand still is

high in Bellingham – half of the homes sold there are on the market only 13

days before they are under a contract,

according to Johnson. Consequently,

among 904 active listings in Whatcom

County at the start of October, only

244 were in Bellingham.

The median sales price,

average

sales price,

number of

units sold

and average

days on the

market

(DOM) be-

fore a sale

for the

county and

individual

communities

for the third

quarter of 2016, with percentage com-

parisons to the third quarter of 2015,

follow.

468 Communications

CannaZone

Chuckanut Bay Gallery & Sculpture Garden

Coastal Insurance Group

Expedia Cruise Ship Centers

Law Firm of David N. Jolly

Leopold Retirement Residence

My Biz Pro

Rejuvenation MD

Silverado Bellingham

Sterling Real Estate Group

Touchstone Behavioral Health

TracShip

Transworld Business Advisors of Bellingham

Trove Cannabis

Lee Franklin,

Brookdale Fairhaven

Member News & Events

Submitted by The Port of Bellingham

Harcourt Developments, the

development partner for 19 acres on

Bellingham’s downtown waterfront,

announced plans to build four large-

scale projects within the next several

years.

Harcourt is currently renovating the

iconic Granary Building and plans to

start construction on waterfront

condominiums with underground

parking as early as next year.

Additional projects soon to follow

include a “Gateway” commercial

office building near the Granary

building, a retirement and assisted

living complex, and the potential

conversion of Georgia Pacific’s

former Boardmill building into a

hotel and conference center. The

Boardmill project would require Port

Commission approval to adjust the

boundary of a redevelopment area

currently reserved for Western

Washington University.

“Harcourt has a strong reputation

for developing successful projects

around the world and we are excited

to see their level of commitment to

Bellingham’s waterfront” said Port Executive Director Rob Fix. “The

mix of uses Harcourt is proposing

will create jobs, increase property

values and help rebuild our water-

front economy. The Port is already

seeing increased interest from the

business community in expanding to

the waterfront to be near an

increasingly vibrant downtown core.”

In a presentation to the Port Com-

mission, Director of Harcourt

Developments Pat Power detailed

their involvement in several projects

similar to Bellingham’s waterfront

including the Titanic Hotel in

Liverpool, England and Park West,

Ireland’s largest business park. Mr.

Power emphasized the importance of

parks and public art to Harcourt

projects as well as their experience

recruiting new companies and

creating jobs. “Public art is something

we like to do because what we try to do is create an environment where

people can live, work and play but

also enjoy their surroundings. Park

West is a vibrant place with over 300

companies from a standing start.

There are a lot of things we can

draw upon from Park West that will

favor Bellingham in terms of

attracting companies into the

region.”

More information can be found at

www.portofbellongham.com

Bellingham International

Airport Terminal Conces-

sions (RFP)

This exciting opportunity is for lease of

specialty retail space in the non-sterile

area of Bellingham International Air-

port’s Commercial Terminal. Retail

operations would be limited to the sale

of goods that can be purchased by

passenger greeters, off-airport custom-

ers and travelers who can carry pur-

chases through the security screening

checkpoint or in checked baggage.

Preference will be given to company

proposals that would not directly com-

pete with existing airport concession-

aires (Restaurant and Coffee/Gift

Shop).

Fr more information and the RFP form,

go to http://ww.portofbellingham.com/

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Bellingham’s Share of Housing Market Declines in Whatcom County

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Whatcom County – Median price,

$316,400, up 8.7 percent; average

price, $354,623, up 9.8 percent; units

sold, 923, up 0.7 percent; DOM, 54,

down 20.6 percent.

Bellingham – Median price,



sold, 347, down 4.1 percent; DOM,

43, down 4.4 percent.

Birch Bay/Blaine – Median price,




down 19.0 percent.

Ferndale – Median price, $309,500,

up 5.3 percent; average price,

$326,720, up 4.6 percent; units sold,

139, down 2.8 percent; DOM, 40,

down 48.1 percent.

Lynden – Median price, $309,500, up

4.9 percent; average price, $332,783,

up 9.6 percent; units sold, 69, down

10.0 percent; DOM, 47, down 21.7

percent.

Mount Baker – Median price,

$124,500, down 35.8 percent; average

price, $186,814, down 16.1 percent;

units sold, 81, up 12.5 percent; DOM,

95, down 26.9 percent.

Nooksack Valley – Median price,

$228,500, down 6.7 percent; average

price, $234,580, down 21.6 percent;

units sold, 38, up 2.7 percent; DOM,

80, up 12.7 percent.

Sudden Valley – Median price,




down 27.1 percent.

Information provided by Lylene John-

son of The Muljat Group. Lylene has

been tracking Whatcom County sales

data and identifying trends for more

than 10 years.

By Dave Brumbaugh

A new website designed to promote local

events and help event planners avoid date

conflicts has been launched by the Belling-

ham/Whatcom Chamber of Commerce &

Industry.

The website can be reached through two

domain addresses: www.WhatCalendar.com

and www.BhamEvent.com. It is emphasizing

community events in Whatcom County that

are open to the public, fundraisers, galas,

ticketed events, major events that will draw

more than 500 people and athletic competi-

tions such as runs, races and soccer tourna-

ments. The website isn’t designed for wed-

dings, regular or recurring events and meet-

ings, and events that are open only to an

organization’s members.

The event listings are free and open to all

Whatcom County residents, not just Belling-

ham/Whatcom Chamber members.

Member of the Week photos provided

by Radley Muller Photography

British Columbia, Wash-ington state to create Cascadia Innovation Corridor

Photo provided by Windermere Real Estate

http://www.WhatCalendar.com

http://www.BhamEvent.com

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