With the sun shining overhead and a family of ducks happily swimming along the waterfront, several moms and babies broke a sweat around Island Lake Wednesday morning.
The Kitsap County Community Development Corporation (KCCDC) added Kathy Salazar, owner and broker of Real Estate Connexion of Kitsap County, to its board.
Kitsap Credit Union named George Hall as the new senior vice president/chief lending officer.
Dear Jan: We are confused. We heard on the news about a new law regarding “Distressed Home Sellers.” Who falls into this category?
Jan Zufelt, associate broker and Realtor® and with John L. Scott in Kingston, was awarded the Certified Residential Specialist (CRS) Designation by the Council of Residential Specialists, the largest nonprofit affiliate of the National Association of Realtors®.
There are a lot of banks advertising enticing home equity line-of-credit rates, especially in this lower interest rate environment. It can be tempting to borrow against the equity in your home for that special vacation or a fancy new car. But be mindful of the consequences before you take on the additional debt of an equity line.
On Friday, June 20, about 20 volunteers from the Kingston Windermere Real Estate office showed up to do trail maintenance on the north end of the Kingston-Eglon trail, whacking weeks, hauling wheelbarrows full of gravel and more. They contacted the Parks and Trails subcommittee of Kingston Citizens’ Advisory Council with a request for candidate projects and selected this one – laying down some crushed rock and trimming back brush – from a list of several projects in immediate need of volunteers.
Susan Rodgers’ smile is shining as bright as the sun that’s finally warming up the first week of summer in the North End. It’s her excitement beaming out as the finishing touches are put on her new Cleo’s Learning Center for the Arts at Cleo’s Landing in old town Kingston.
She envisions the 515 square-foot meeting space, that’s topped off with a 650 square-foot rooftop sculpture garden, as not only a place to offer art classes, but also host conferences, receptions and anything to serve her mission to “Bring People to Town!”
When Ruth Harris opened KitsapArt School of the Arts, she only had two students.
A quick look at what’s going on with North Kitsap businesses.
Mallory Jackson believes in keeping the customer satisfied, and she’s convinced it’s this commitment that’s helped to keep her in business while others in downtown Port Orchard have folded their tent and moved to some other town in order to succeed.
As owner of Custom Picture Framing on Bay Street, Jackson, 47, has spent the past 13 years providing her customers a way to preserve their memories in a unique way.
Gandhi’s, located on Mickelberry Road in Silverdale, will host the first of many special nights dedicated to the military Friday, July 4. The Indian restaurant will donate 50 percent of all sales that day to purchase and ship care packages to troops serving overseas in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Frosty’s Sandwiches has sat at 701 Pacific Avenue for more than 28 years.
Now, owner Chung Madsen said it’s time to close up shop.
Frosty’s Sandwiches in Bremerton will close at the end of the month.
“I’m telling all of my customers I’m closing and they don’t know what to do,” Madsen said.
Kitsap Credit Union recently named Jeff Wells as its new E-Business Manager. His position will ensure the efficient operation of internal and external Web sites while improving and innovating new services for its members.
Joan Qvigstad is an assistant program director for Herocare, a nation-wide, non-profit dedicated to providing community heroes with free financial advice and discounted services, offered as a “thank you” for serving.
Herocare, founded in 2006 by Chief Executive Officer and Executive Director Lane Houk in Florida, assists military service members, educators, health care workers, government employees and first response such as police, firefighters, paramedics and EMS personnel.
Prevailing economic conditions have presented small businesses with a significant challenge with regard to acquiring and maintaining a capable staff, according to an address to the Port Orchard Chamber of Commerce last week.
Business briefs for the North Kitsap region.
To best explain her work as a home stager, Heather Cole evokes a scene from the movie “Titanic.” A fancy stateroom is shown after the devastation of water and age, when it suddenly transforms into its former glory.
“I can walk into a room and see what can be done,” she said. “I can then pull resources from different areas, and will put the money where it will do the most good.”
Business briefs from around the Central Kitsap area.
With Central Kitsap Commissioner Josh Brown bringing the giant scissors, Dr. Meg Simans and her husband, Ron, were ready to officially open their new business.
Meg and Ron hosted a ribbon-cutting ceremony Friday, May 30 at the Chiropractic Lifestyle Center on Riddell Road in East Bremerton.
Meg has been a local chiropractor for 16 years and always dreamed of opening a natural healthcare facility such as the Chiropractic Lifestyle Center.
