July Issue
July, Q & A
Q&A - Matthew Schiltz
DocuSign
July
Out on the Town
BOOKS & TALKS
Intiman Theater
Jul 16 Clayton Corzatte and Michael Winters: Acting the Classics. Part of the Conversations with Artists series, in which artists discuss their craft with each other and Intiman communications...
July
Bookend
Recruit or Die: How Any Business Can Beat the Big Guys in the War for Young TalentBy Chris Resto, Ian Ybarra and Ramit Sethi (Portfolio, $24.95)
It shouldn't only be giant corporations that recruit top talent from college...
July, Wine
Wine: Bringing Back the Riesling
Riesling lovers have much to smile about these days. The once-lackluster varietal is now having a renaissance of sorts and shining brighter than ever before.
The grape has had an illustrious career dating to the 1400s, but a...
Life & Style, July
No Place Like a Second Home
Make sure you choose a property that matches your lifestyle
July, Snapshots
Trafficking in Talent
Three companies offer new models for recruiting employees and executives
Forum, July
The Importance of Excellence
How to be a Best Company to Work For
Law, July
Solving the Leave Equation
Working with Washington's New Paid Family Leave Act
Features, July
Irrational Numbers
Reform math draws criticism in schools and creates an opening for business
Features, Made in Washington, July
Boeing Reinvents the Airplane
In his 21 years at Boeing, Don Bryant has worked on just about every commercial jet the company has built. But as he gazed out recently at the first 787 Dreamliner coming together in the massive final assembly factory in Everett,...
Cover, July
Here, You're Like Family
Top nonprofit Organization - Spokane Federal Credit Union focuses on balance
Cover, July
Employing Tools for Success
Top large Company - Leadership and open communication define life at McKinstry
Cover, July
Accounting for Employees
Top medium Company - Clark Nuber represents a different sort of firm that nurtures talent
Cover, July
Programmer's Paradise
Top Small Company - Openness, flexibility, lifestyle underpin Construx Software
Cover, July, Features
100 Best Companies to Work for 2007
Employees of Pot o'Gold Coffee rave about the cold beer available from their company kegerator, while at Comcast they love their benefits. An aQuantive employee is impressed by the $100 bill once taped to the bottom of his chair...
Workplace, July
Culture is the New Perk
Washington employers increase salaries to attract talent, but relationships matter, too
Sports Biz, July
For the Love of the Game
Fox Sports Net Northwest has carved out a lucrative niche on cable
July
Location location location
The most remarkable thing about the first quarter 2007 numbers is the 4,912 building permits granted to builders in King County, a 116.6 percent increase over the first three months of 2006. If all those units are actually built,...
Outspoken, July
The Believer
Dino Rossi tests the waters for a second run at Olympia
July, Vital Signs
Software on the rise
Software publishing continues to expand in Washington, with 3,100 jobs added in April since the year before. The expansion is driven by Microsoft. But there is also a large and growing information technology cluster. ...
OutFront, July
BRIEFcase
ISSAQUAH - A long-running battle with the state Department of Health came to an end when Swedish Medical Center was given the green light to build a new full-service hospital in Issaquah. Swedish and Overlake Hospital Medical...
OutFront, July
Developer Plans City?s New Center
What do you do if you're a small, suburban city with no downtown? If you're University Place, a city of 31,000 people southwest of Tacoma, you spend $250 million on a "Town Center" project that is expected to generate...
OutFront, July
More Redevelopment in Bellevue
Two developers plan to transform a 36-acre Safeway distribution center in Bellevue into an urban village featuring 2.5 million square feet of office space and more than 600 housing units. Seattle-based Wright Runstad and San...
OutFront, July
Vulcan?s 2200 Wins Design Awards
Vulcan Real Estate's 2200 project has been nationally recognized by the Urban Land Institute as one of 10 winners in this year's Awards for Excellence competition. The award is widely recognized as the country's most prestigious...
OutFront, July
Our Cows Are Huge in Southeast Asia
A growing appetite for dairy products in Asia could be largely to blame for rising milk prices, which are projected to increase through the end of the year.
In April 2006, the government-mandated price for milk in the...
OutFront, July
New UW campus plan gets leader
Former University of Washington president Lee Huntsman will lead a planning team from the university as it decides where to build a new UW campus and how to run it. The state wants to open a new branch UW campus and must decide...
OutFront, July
Wine de Fuca: It?s Time for Olympic Vines
The north Olympic Peninsula is fertile ground for cool-climate cultivation of grapes, a new study concludes, and growers should take the opportunity to make the light, crisp, aromatic style of wine that goes well with the seafood...
OutFront, July
Executive Appointments
Safeco Insurance Foundation has named Virginia Anderson, former director of Seattle Center, its new president.CollinsWoerman of Seattle has promoted Helen Brown to principal.Getty Images has hired former U.S. Attorney John McKay...
OutFront, July, Agriculture
Organic on the Rise
The amount of certified organic land in Washington rose to 64,325 acres last year, up from 46,181 acres in 2005, according to Washington State University.
The number of certified organic producers grew to 554 last year from 529...
OutFront, July
Cleaning Up the Ports
The ports of Tacoma, Seattle and Vancouver, B.C., plan to team up to reduce air emissions from port activity in the Puget Sound area. The ports are proposing goals of reducing particulate matter emitted by ships at berth by 70...
OutFront, July
Paccar to Build Engine Plant
Paccar Inc. plans to build a $400 million engine manufacturing plant in Columbus, Miss. Construction on the 400,000-square-foot plant is expected to be completed by 2009. About 200 workers will initially build 12.9-liter and...
OutFront, July
More Tourism, Fewer Lame Slogans
The tourism budget for Washington state will more than double in 2008, rising to $8 million from $3.6 million under a bill signed by Gov. Chris Gregoire. The idea is to better promote the state as a travel destination.
Beginning...
July
From the Editor
Washington businesses have had it pretty good when it comes to hiring. They've been able to take advantage of the "Mount Rainier Effect," the willingness of many employees to work for lower wages for the opportunity to live amid...
Portland Is Moving Into Our Backyard; How Should We Manage That?
The growth Puget Sound faces in the decades ahead is staggering: a population mass the size of the...
McNerney: Boeing's insulated from U.S. credit crisis
With 80 percent of its record orders backlog booked with overseas customers, the Boeing Co. should...
Boeing profits up 38 percent
Boeing is reporting a 38-percent jump in first-quarter profits this morning.
The company reported...