Top Shelf Shoes is a newly opened business at 3417 Broadway, Suite B, in downtown Everett. The unique store for buying, selling and trading shoes is owned by Everett High School graduates and sports enthusiasts DeVante Edwards and Wesley Monger. The young entrepreneurs are just 21 years old. This is their first professional business venture.
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DECKED, a manufacturer of full-sized pickup truck bed storage systems, has announced a partnership with five new dealers in the greater Seattle area including Magic Toyota in Edmonds and 4-Wheel Parts in Lynnwood. Nationwide, 82 new dealers were added to the DECKED network of retailers.
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Coast|Sperry Van Ness in Everett has arranged a lease to place FEMA in the recently-acquired future administration offices of Coastal Community Bank at 5415 Evergreen Way from which FEMA will deploy resources tied to President Obama’s declaration of support for Oso slide victims. FEMA intends to occupy the office between three to 12 months.
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Dave Kleiber, president of the board of Whatcom Counseling and Psychiatric Clinic, has signed a letter of intent to merge the Whatcom County-based company with Compass Health, a behavioral health organization in Everett that serves Snohomish, Skagit, Island and San Juan counties. The expected closing date of the merger is June 30.
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FROST Doughnuts announced plans to move to a new location in Mill Creek Town Center in May. The move to 15217 Main Street, Suite 106, across from La Palmera restaurant and next to The Split End Salon will double its current space. Additionally, the location would add a dessert lounge with cupcakes, soft serve frozen custard, full service coffee bar and more. FROST’s spring launch in the new location will introduce cupcakes in 12 rotating flavors.
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Coast|Sperry Van Ness in Everett last month arranged a 20,000-square-foot lease to Snohomish County in the America West Bank Tower on Colby Avenue in Everett. Occupancy is scheduled for July 1.
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A campaign to raise funds for social purpose corporation and food hub North 40 has been set up. Contributors are refunded with sponsored gift cards. For example, if people give $25 to North 40, they receive $25 to a major retailer. Details about the campaign can be found at https://fundrazr.com/campaigns/birrc.
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Cafe Rio Mexican Grill will open at 10:30 a.m. April 16 at 3000 184th St. SW in Lynnwood. This will be the company’s second location in Washington. There are 71 locations nationally. Cafe Rio was named the nation’s No. 1 Overall Quick Service Restaurant for the third time by Sandelman &Associates.
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Boomerang in Clinton will change its name to Whidbey Island Printing &Office Supply. By the end of the month, there will be a new website, instituting new email addresses, and a new store sign. The current website, www.boomerangpng.com, will redirect traffic to the new website www.wiprinting.com.
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The state’s Public Service Recognition Week Celebration Committee is asking the public and fellow employees to nominate recipients for two state awards — the Leadership Award and the Extra Mile Award. Nomination forms are due by April 25 and may be downloaded from www.sos.wa.gov/psrw, under the “awards” tab at the top of that web page.
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The PUD has improved its online EnergyAdvisor tool, a resource to help customers identify ways to save energy and money. Through the end of June, customers can try it out and get a chance to win $200 off their utility bill. Three prizes will be awarded during the promotion, which runs through June 30, 2014. Visit www.snopud.com/energyadvisor.
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Washington Banking Company, the holding company for Whidbey Island Bank, announced that the Board of Directors declared a cash dividend of $0.14 per common share to be paid on April 29 to shareholders of record on April 15, 2014. Payment of the quarterly dividend has been accelerated due to the pending merger of the company with Heritage Financial Corp.
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The U.S. Small Business Administration is seeking nominations for its annual Tibbetts and Small Business Innovation Research Hall of Fame Awards. The Tibbetts Awards are presented to those small businesses and individuals judged to exemplify the best in the SBIR program. Nominations can be submitted online at www.sbir.gov/news/2014-tibbetts-and-hall-fame-award-nominations. The deadline is 8:59 p.m. May 2.
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The Washington State Department of Commerce has announced a grant to Snohomish County’s Paine Field to advance environmental permitting efforts and help prepare sites for large-scale manufacturing development. Paine Field will receive $400,000 to conduct environmental review for the approximately 840,000-square-foot Aerospace Business Park planned for the west side of the airport.
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Heritage Financial Corporation and Washington Banking Company announced that Glass Lewis &Co. and two independent proxy voting and corporate governance advisory firms recommend that Heritage and Washington Banking shareholders vote to approve the proposed merger agreement at their respective special shareholders’ meetings. The meetings are scheduled for April 14 for Heritage and April 15 for Washington Banking.
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Aspiring entrepreneurs, small business owners and others are invited to attend the U.S. Small Business Administration’s National Small Business Week events held May 12 to 16 in San Francisco, Kansas City, Boston and Washington D.C. Throughout the week there will also be webinars and other live events. Interested individuals can register online at www.sba.gov/smallbusinessweek where additional information
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