The latest & greatest on all things Bellevue, Eastside, and Chamber-member-related.
Who said land use policy has to be boring? This week, the PLUSH Committee met up at Bellevue Brewing Company to discuss the group’s recent accomplishments, as well as critical items on the horizon like the City of Bellevue’s Comprehensive Plan Update and the “Next Right Work"... Continue Reading
Last week, the Bellevue Chamber and W2A’s Tony Williams hosted Rep. DelBene’s chief of staff, Aaron Schmidt, for a government-affairs-themed Happy Hour at the Chamber office. As head staffer for Rep. DelBene for the past ten years, Schmidt has consistently worked behind the scenes to... Continue Reading
Learn how to utilize your Member Compass to get the most of your Bellevue Chamber membership benefits. These features, part of our association management software Novi AMS, allow you to manage your membership information conveniently and efficiently. Keeping your profile up to date in the... Continue Reading
The community coalition We Are In recently hosted an event for its Eastside stakeholders covering the topic of homelessness, with Microsoft Philanthropies, Symetra, Amazon, and the Bellevue Chamber serving as sponsors. Renton City Councilmember Ed Prince, We Are In Executive Director Felicia... Continue Reading
Arlene Hampton, senior site director for Mary's Place in Bellevue, answers Chamber questions during our visit. Bellevue Chamber members and staff recently toured the Mary’s Place family shelter, which is located in what was previously a hotel property. The former hotel is not a... Continue Reading
Alex Jensen may be the grandchild of an Eastside burger empire, but he planned to spend his career behind a counsel table ... not a fryer. Starting around age nine, Jensen began putting in hours at the family business as a coke-pourer, shake-maker and dishwasher, but didn’t decide to join... Continue Reading
Welcome to our new website! We have a brand new look and updated technology in an effort to better serve all our members. We hope that you'll enjoy it as much as we do. In order to get the most out of your member experience, you will need to create a new login. Your previous username and password... Continue Reading
Kyohei Sugimoto has had his father’s tea every day, without fail, since he was a child. On special occasions they would have matcha – and this isn’t your Americanized drive-through latte version – whereas sencha was for any day, all the time. They would visit the fields... Continue Reading
The 2022 Election Primary results are trickling in across Washington, with plenty of remaining races still up for grabs. Of the declared races, here is the breakdown: Races Impacting Bellevue: Congressional District 1, U.S. Representative: Declared winner: incumbent Suzan DelBene ( D )Declared... Continue Reading
The Bellevue Chamber’s Policy Council has voted in favor of the 2022 Levy for Parks & Open Space, which will officially be on the ballot for the Nov. 8 election. But what does that actually mean? The Levy: If approved, this measure would cost an owner of a $1M home approximately $200... Continue Reading
East King Chambers of Commerce Coalition members representing 11 Eastside Chambers met with state legislators this past week for its annual Legislative Wrap-Up, giving the local representatives a chance to debrief and discuss actions taken during the recent session. Held at the Hilton Garden Inn... Continue Reading
Congratulations to our first cohort of Eastside miniMBA graduates! Forty-one local business professionals completed their “miniMBA” crash course this week, all thanks to a collaboration between the University of Washington - Bothell and the Bellevue Chamber. Valedictorians Megan Adams... Continue Reading
