For the first time in 63 years, Dave’s Sports Shop — a much-loved sporting goods store in Lynden’s Fairway Center — may be owned and operated by someone other than a VanderHoek. Current owners Dave and Claudia VanderHoek are perched on the edge of retirement, and they...
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Featured business: Lynden BBQ restaurant forges ahead during COVID-19
Brian and Tanya Poag, owners of Jake’s Restaurant in Lynden, Washington have navigated restaurants through 9/11 and the 2008 financial meltdown. Now they are forging their way through a global pandemic and finding it to be the most challenging time to...
Featured business: Fairhaven Village Inn reopens with emphasis on traveler safety
One of Bellingham’s most-loved hotels – The Fairhaven Village Inn – reopened its doors to travelers July 1, more than three months after pausing operations due to COVID-19. Closing the inn for three months was an individual decision made in response to market...
Featured Business: YESWhatcom.com aims to build robust career pipeline for local youth
Whatcom County, like the rest of the United States, is experiencing an employment crisis. Many great jobs are going unfilled because there simply aren’t enough workers seeking employment in the trades. Jobs are out there, and a four-year degree isn’t necessary to get...
Featured business: Take My Hand At-Home Care helps families thrive
One reason we’re such big supporters of community here at PR Consulting is that to do well in life, we often need the help of others around us. It’s rare that we can thrive on our own. Take My Hand At-Home Care is one community partner whose services are lifelines for...
Featured business: As the decades go by, CHCC continues to innovate
Christian Health Care Center in Lynden has been around for decades — since 1956, in fact — and these many years later has not ceased to innovate. CHCC is always pushing to make things better for residents, patients, staff and community members. A scroll through some...
Featured Business: Seattle-based firm to assume majority ownership of Bellingham Cold Storage
BELLINGHAM, WA—The Joshua Green Corporation, a Seattle-based company that has been investing in the Pacific Northwest since the late 19th century, has agreed to purchase a majority stake in Bellingham Cold Storage. Since its founding on the Bellingham waterfront in...
Featured Business: $20K donation to community nonprofits marks 20th anniversary of Bellingham company
BELLINGHAM—Drywall and framing company GK Knutson, in celebration of its 20 years in business in Bellingham, recently donated $20,000 to local nonprofit organizations that work hard to support families in Whatcom County. GK Knutson pledged $15,000 to Habitat for...
Featured Business: SPARK Museum capitalizes on strengths to attract visitors
Located on bustling Bay Street in Downtown Bellingham, SPARK Museum of Electrical Invention has over the past two decades steadily become a local icon. Many locals appreciate the combination of quirkiness and scientific rigor that is just SO Bellingham — the...