Notable in Business: Stores relocate; Stilly Sea Yarns opens; more, News
Notable in Business: Stores relocate; Stilly Sea Yarns opens; & more
Carquest Advanced Auto Parts has relocated to 8530-D Cedarhome Drive in downtown Stanwood, from its former location at nine thousand nine hundred twenty two SR 532.
A ribbon cutting and mini car showcase were held June Three, along with a retirement celebration for Mike Hamel, to recognize his eighteen years with the company.
Carquest carries assorted vehicle products, including hydraulic hoses and fittings and welding supplies, and will mix paint, test batteries and alternators. It is open weekdays seven a.m. to six p.m., Saturday eight a.m. to five p.m. and closed on Sunday. For information, call 360-629-0829.
Stilly Sea Yarns to hold grand opening
A grand opening celebration and ribbon-cutting is planned for June 24, ten a.m. at Stilly Sea Yarns, nine thousand nine hundred thirteen 271st St. NW, Stanwood. The locally-owned store opened May 16,. It’s an independent fiber arts supply store and yarn shop suggesting knitting classes and private knitting lessons and supplies for knitting, crochet, hand-spinning and weaving.
Stilly Sea Yarns will be open Tuesdays ten a.m. to eight p.m., Wednesday-Saturday ten a.m. to five p.m. Call 360-631-5801 for more information.
Videographer to film Stanwood
The city of Stanwood is working with a company called CGI Communications to update the city’s promotional movie. CGI prepares the movie at no cost to the city. A videographer will come to Stanwood in August to film, according to a chamber news release.
The business community is welcome, but not obligated, to participate during the filming. For information, visit elocallink.tv or cgicompany.com/movies.php or call 360-629-0562.
Camano Island Chamber of Commerce will host a mixer Thursday, June 16, Four:30-6 p.m. at Pub 282, three hundred seventy NE Camano Drive, Ste. 6, Camano Island. All are invited to network and blend with other local business professionals and chamber members. No host bar, appetizers provided. RSVP to [email protected].
Start-a-business workshop at library
Stanwood Library will present “Business Pros: Are You Ready to Begin a Business” on Saturday, June 17, eleven a.m. to 1:30 p.m., at nine thousand seven hundred one 271st St. NW, Stanwood.
Leona Rehm will talk what it takes to begin a business and discuss resources, character qualities, support systems and things to consider when choosing what product or service to provide or franchise to purchase. RSVP at sno-isle.org/events/stanwood or call 360-629-3132.
Sno-Isle Libraries is suggesting Business Pros classes through December. The classes are listed online at Sno-Isle.org. See Meetup.com for the Business Pros series.
Chamber to host EASC networking
Stanwood Chamber of Commerce and the Economic Alliance of Snohomish County will gather for networking in Business After Hours for members and investors on Wednesday, June 21, 5-7 p.m. in Draft Sports Bar & Grill, Tulalip Resort Casino, ten thousand two hundred Quil Ceda Blvd., Tulalip. No host bar, light appetizers provided. RSVP to economicalliancesc.org.
Phillips Publishing wins print award
Seattle-based Philips Publishing Group was awarded a Silver M by Marketing Magazine in its custom-made publishing category of this year’s Marketing Awards Competition.
Philips won for its print publication called Detect Port Susan, aimed at bringing visitors to this region, in a joint effort with the city of Stanwood. The magazine promotes the communities around Stanwood from Warm Beach and Silvana to Conway and Camano Island, according to a news release.
Publisher Peter Philips said his design team, editorial writers and sales staff worked with city staff and Ellen Hiatt to produce the magazine, which is published twice yearly in May and October.
Stanwood City Administrator Deborah Knight said the magazine is a cost-effective way to market the region’s many attributes “to the widest possible audience.” Almost 20,000 copies of Detect Port Susan are distributed along the I-5 corridor, from Olympia to Blaine and around Puget Sound in visitor centers and through local hotels.
Razzle Dazzle celebrated five years in downtown Stanwood earlier this year and now has moved to La Conner, where possessor Ellen Russel lives. Russel will open a fresh store soon at Pier 7, one hundred twenty eight S. Very first St. in La Conner.
“We appreciated all the loyal customers who made an effort to shop locally,” Russel said.
Business announcements are published the 2nd Tuesday each month. Send to [email protected] or call 360-629-2155.
Potential workers under-utilized in state
The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics released in March some interesting details about involuntary part-time workers in Washington state.
For example, the broadest measure in two thousand sixteen of labor underutilization, designated U-6 (includes the unemployed, workers employed part time for economic reasons, and the marginally affixed to the labor force), was Ten.Three percent in Washington, compared to the U.S. average of 9.6 percent.
Washington had 198,600 unemployed residents in 2016, and another 133,500 were employed part time for economic reasons (also known as involuntary part time).
Some 45,900 Washingtonians were marginally linked to the labor force in 2016. These are individuals who would like a job and have looked for work during the past twelve months, but had not searched for work in the four weeks preceding the survey and are therefore are not counted as unemployed in the official unemployment rate.
Another 12,200 discouraged workers (a subset of the marginally fastened) did not look for work during the four weeks preceding the survey because they believed no jobs were available for them.