Published October
2004
Around
the County
Lynnwood projects
multiply
At a recent Lynnwood Business Advisory Group meeting, members learned
that:
- The Alderwood
Mall expansion will be completed by November, with the Loews Theater
due to open in February.
- The city’s Convention
Center construction is on schedule for an April opening.
- Lexus of Seattle
is tripling its size with a new dealership in Lynnwood on Highway 99,
due to open in March.
- A draft implementation
plan for the City Center project is due to the City Council in October.
- A new luxury
auto dealership proposed for Lynnwood is studying purchase of a site
at the southeast corner of Alderwood Mall Parkway and Poplar Way near
I-5.
House of Bread
opens
Mill Creek Town Center offers visitors another attraction with the House
of Bread, which opened in late September at 15224 Main Street, Suite 105.
The bread shop and cafe joins a growing list of House of Bread franchises
nationwide, with almost a dozen up and running and 17 in development,
according to California-based House of Bread Franchising Inc. The Mill
Creek shop, operated by House of Bread Washington LLC, offers customers
a variety of homemade specialty breads as well as muffins, scones, quick
breads and cinnamon rolls, said franchisee Wayne Warren. Sandwiches and
a daily soup also are on the menu for lunch. Following its “soft” September
opening, the shop will celebrate an official “grand opening” before Thanksgiving,
Warren said.
Warbirds flying
Paul Allen’s Arlington Airport-based Flying Heritage Collection includes
flyable vintage aircraft that need to be exercised a few times each year.
The next “flying day” for the planes is set for Oct. 23 at the airfield.
A P-40 Warhawk and a World War I Jenny are due to fly from noon to 1:45
p.m., followed by an I-16 and a P-51 Mustang from 4 to 6 p.m. Best views
are usually from the east side of the airport at the entrance to the facility.
Flights will depend on weather. For up-do-date information, check the
air museum’s Web site, www.flyingheritage.com.
Junior Achievement
active
Snohomish County’s Junior Achievement board of directors recently launched
their annual operating gift campaign to fund an active program that continues
to grow. Last year, JA volunteers throughout Washington state conducted
classroom programs on understanding America’s economic system that reached
100,426 students, surpassing 100,000 for the first time. In October the
group’s Dare to Dream dinner and auction will be held in the new Boeing
Center for Free Enterprise in Auburn, a new learning center for students
that is similar to one planned soon for the north Seattle and Snohomish
County area. Also this month, JA will induct four new business leaders
into the Puget Sound Business Hall of Fame — John Ellis, Edward Fritsky,
William Grose and Tony Callison.
Stillaguamish Casino
hiring
Hiring has begun for more than 200 dealers, supervisors, cashiers, food
and beverage service workers, a marketing coordinator, accountant, security
officers and others for the Stillaguamish Tribe’s new Angel of the Winds
Casino north of Arlington. Due to open in October, the casino will include
425 “slot” machines and 10 to 12 gaming tables.
New destroyer arriving
Welcoming ceremonies are set for Oct. 15 for Naval Station Everett’s newest
vessel, the USS Momsen, the Navy’s newest Arleigh Burke-class destroyer,
named for the late Vice Admiral Charles B. Momsen. The 511-foot, 2,600-ton
ship, skippered by Cmdr. Edward F. Kenyon, is designed for multiple defensive
and offensive missions with a crew of 330 sailors that includes Admiral
Momsen’s great-grandson. For more information, go online to www.everettchamber.com.
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