The latest & greatest on all things Bellevue, Eastside, and Chamber-member-related.
Last Wednesday, four Young Entrepreneurs Academy students pitched their business ideas to a panel of investor judges. The students — hailing from different local high schools — came up with their business ideas based on different personal experiences and with the help of instructor... Continue Reading
Weekly Update The beginning of the week focused on getting bills passed off the floor by house of origin cutoff on Wednesday. Legislators worked long hours with some floor debates going late into the night. Bills that did not pass out of the chamber in which they were introduced by that day are... Continue Reading
Weekly Update As a reminder, last Friday, February 24th, was the cut-off for bills to get out of the house of origin fiscal committees. Click here to see a list of bill statistics from the House and Senate. The past week has been dominated by floor action. Several days at least one chamber... Continue Reading
Weekly Update This last week was fiscal week, which meant there were long days, sometimes going into the evening, of hearings and executive sessions in order to move bills out of fiscal committees by house of origin fiscal cutoff on Friday, Feb 24. The committee meetings are marathons, sometimes... Continue Reading
On February 23, the Bellevue Chamber PLUSH Committee submitted the following letter to Kirkland City officials. Read for yourself below. Continue Reading
Weekly Update Friday, February 17 was house of origin policy cutoff where all bills referred to a policy committee had to be passed out of committee by that date. The week was filled with tight hearings and committee votes. Those that didn’t get out of committee are now considered... Continue Reading
"This is an exciting announcement for the Eastside," said Bellevue Chamber President and CEO, Joe Fain. "As the first company to reach 10,000 employees in Bellevue, this is extraordinary news for the health and vitality of downtown." Continue Reading
The following letter was recently sent to the City of Bellevue's Transportation Commission on behalf of the Bellevue Chamber's advocacy group focused on transportation. To meet growing demand in Bellevue, curb space must serve a variety of functions for our community. The work the City is... Continue Reading
Weekly Update One third of the 2023 session is done, and committees were busy voting on bills before the first deadline next Friday, February 17 . If a bill has not moved out of its policy committee by February 17, it will be considered dead (unless it’s deemed necessary to implement the... Continue Reading
After 20 years of service, Jennifer Robertson has announced that she will not seek a fifth term on the Bellevue City Council. Robertson was first elected in 2009 to a partial term and re-elected in 2011, 2015, and 2019 with significant margins. She served as Deputy Mayor from 2012 to 2014 and... Continue Reading
Weekly Update The fourth week of session continued at a rapid pace with many hearings and bills moving out of committee. Both chambers continued to focus on affordable housing and held a bipartisan press conference announcing their support for 13 bills meant to increase housing stock. The... Continue Reading
It’s baaaack … and finally, in-person! This year’s Women’s Leadership Conference will be taking place on Tuesday, February 28 at the Meydenbauer Center, and we can’t wait to get together to bounce ideas off each other. Our theme for the 2023 WLC is... Continue Reading
