Today's featured members, Matt and Kyle Montes-Valdivia, said after an eventful 8-year hiatus because of their Air Force journey, they have returned to Seattle, ready to relaunch their passion project, MVP Photo Booth.Tell us about your organization With a decade of...
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Black Coffee Northwest: Doing Good With Every Single Cup
Community Business Connector has served Darnesha Weary, who owns Black Coffee Northwest, but it is really Darnesha and her business and nonprofit organization that serve us all. Weary was born and raised in the Seattle area and started a coffee shop in 2020 to support...
Member Feature: The McLaughlin Method
Today's featured member, Katie McLaughlin, founder, chief strategist & transformation artist of The McLaughlin Method, said she helps mid-stage startups create thriving, high-performing teams and collaborative work environments that help people do their best work....
Meet our new members: February-November 2020
Gold PNC Bank Executive Belltown Self Storage Corporate Bavarian U.S. Office for Economic Development, LLC Cloud Security Alliance Convoy, Inc. Denali Advanced Integration DoorDash...
Our Commitment to Racial Equity
This summer, the Chamber pledged to become an antiracist organization by engaging our BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, People of Color) members and partners to use our collective voice and...
Questions about PPP forgiveness Pivoting your business outdoors
Many businesses are struggling to survive due to the ongoing impacts of the pandemic, and with explosive growth in daily coronavirus cases and hospitalizations and new restrictions,...
Rachel Smith named Seattle Metro Chamber President & CEO
The Seattle Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce has selected Rachel Smith to lead the regional business association. I am thrilled to welcome Rachel as the next president and CEO of the...
New restrictions taking effect tonight
Tonight, many of the new restrictions that Governor Jay Inslee announced on Sunday take effect, with the exception of restrictions for restaurants, which take effect tomorrow night at...
2020 Regional Leadership Conference Recap: How We Unite
We kicked off our 2020 Regional Leadership Conference by setting our goals for this year's conference: to go deeper than talking points and find concrete ways each of us, our...
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What Bills Survived Cutoff? | Legislative Report
We are now in the final stretch of the 2023, 105-day legislative session. March 29 was the Opposite House Policy Committee Cutoff where all bills that passed their chambers of origin...
Public Safety, Housing + Education in Proposed Senate Budgets | Legislative Report
We have only four more weeks left in the 105-day legislative session. Last week, hearings and executive sessions on policy bills continued in advance of the March 29 opposite-house...
Small Business Disaster Relief Grants
The Washington State Department of Commerce has $9.7 million available for grants to small businesses with annual gross receipts of $5 million or less that have sustained a reduction...
Bipartisan Support Highlights Middle Housing Legislation | Legislative Report
Last week legislators returned to their respective committees to hear bills from the opposite chamber. Bills must now move forward in the opposite chamber, progressing through policy...
Member Feature: Northwest Film Forum
Today's featured member, Derek Edamura, executive director of Northwest Film Forum, said the nonprofit is a film and arts center located in the heart of the Capitol Hill neighborhood...
Nurse Staffing Moves Ahead After Negotiation of Hospitals, Labor | Legislative Report
Last week the legislature cleared a major hurdle, the House of Origin cutoff. March 8 was the deadline for bills to move out of the chamber (House or Senate) in which they were...
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