The WordKrafters, a local Toastmasters Club, is hosting an area speech contest March 19 in Burien.
LaserMotive, a Kent-based company that won $900,000 by completing the 2009 Space Elevator Power Beaming Competition, was honored Feb. 25 and 26, along with other winners of NASA’s Centennial Challenge. The Centennial Challenge is a prize-driven innovation program for citizen inventors.
The Kent Downtown Partnership is hosting its monthly breakfast at 7:15 a.m. Feb. 19 at Bittersweet Restaurant, 211, First Ave. S. The theme of the event is "Action Creates Results."
Kent-based space business Blue Origin last week received a grant of $3.7 million from NASA for the private, commercial business' work to support transport of crew to and from low-Earth orbit.
Green River Community College and the Kent Chamber of Commerce present the Brown Bag Lunch and Learn Series noon Feb. 16 at the Green River Kent Campus on Kent Station.
Valley Bank on Feb. 9 announced the recent promotions of Greg Jones to executive vice president/credit administrator and Leo Dreith to executive vice president managing wholesale operations in South King and Pierce counties.
For the first time in recent memory, the aroma behind Allied Waste in Kent was something people were breathing in and enjoying.
That’s because on Feb. 5 the company celebrated its safety numbers by throwing a special barbecue for its workers, complete with chicken, ribs, pork and all the fixin’s.
The Kent Chamber of Commerce announced this week that it is accepting nominations for the Business Leadership Excellence Awards.
The Kent Chamber of Commerce’s New Member Reception is scheduled for 5 p.m. Feb. 11 at the chamber office, 524 W. Meeker St.
The Kent Chamber of Commerce in January came out in support of both of the Kent School District’s levy propositions for the Feb. 9 ballot.
“We believe that investing in education is investing in our future as we train tomorrow’s workforce and urge you to support the extension levy proposed by the Kent School District,” wrote Executive Director Andrea Keikkala.
Two proposals for funding Kent schools received endorsement from the Seattle KingCounty REALTORS (SKCR). The measures will be on the Feb. 9, 2010 ballot.
King County Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, Urban Enterprise Center and Kent School District join for B.E.S.T., a program designed to focus on how better to engage parents in minority communities and to reinforce the importance of creating an environment in which education is important.
The Kent Downtown Partnership is joining a growing opposition to a plan from the governor to remove funding for the Washington State Main Street Program as a way to help close the state's $2.6 billion budget gap.
With the 2010 legislative session under way in Olympia, the Kent Chamber of Commerce has released its priorities for this session.
According to Executive Director Andrea Keikkala, the top priority for the chamber this session deal with the potential for flooding throughout the Green River Valley.
The 2010 Washington State legislative session has begun.
This year’s session is expected to once again be dominated by the state budget and attempts to fill a $2.6 billion budget gap created by falling state revenues due to the recession.
As relief supplies from all around the world are pouring into the earthquake-ravaged Caribbean nation of Haiti, one Kent-based company is sure their product will begin to make a difference as soon as it arrives.
Kent-based LaserMotive won the NASA-sponsored Space Elevator Laser Beaming Challenge in November and is gearing up for the next competition in May.
Wade Schwartz, whose Seattle salon closed because of the monorail land purchases has opened a new shop in Kent and plans to expand even further.
Bremerton Mayor Patty Lent wants to bring flood-threatened businesses along the Green River to Bremerton, but some businesses threatened by floods said no thanks.
Beginning Jan. 18, Find It In Kent will launch the Amazing Place scavenger hunt. This eight-week promotion encourages Kent residents to shop locally, learn more about local businesses and to educate all on the benefit of tax dollars to their community.
