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Property manager: Rentals thriving
OLYMPIA — A slower home-sales market and tighter lending standards have resulted in brisk business for Hometown Property Management, a business that manages more than 800 single-family rental houses in Thurston County. Co-owner Andrew Barkis says the business could manage more than 1,000 houses by next year.
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Washington Business Bank eyes future
OLYMPIA — Jon Jones, the new president and chief executive officer of Washington Business Bank, says he is on a mission to raise the South Sound profile of the six-year-old financial institution.
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Trade with China tops to-do list
LACEY — Business opportunities between South Sound and China are high on Riley Moore's list of priorities.
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Housing project, views discussed
OLYMPIA — Jeanette Hawkins gained political fame for issues such as promoting a downtown conference center, development of the Fourth Avenue bridge and installing traffic roundabouts while an Olympia city councilwoman.
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Gluten struggles led to G.F. Joe’s
TUMWATER — Three years ago this month, Joe Spancic's doctor diagnosed him with celiac disease, an intestinal disorder triggered by ingesting the food component gluten, found in wheat, rye and barley.
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St. Peter official addresses going green
OLYMPIA — Providence St. Peter Hospital won a green business award last week from the Thurston County Chamber of Commerce, which cited the hospital's program of discarding used vegetable oil that volunteers convert to biodiesel fuel.
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YWCA grateful to benefactors
OLYMPIA — The average client of YWCA of Olympia supports a family on $650 a month, and about 54 percent of those who get weekly help with personal hygiene items or cleaning supplies are younger than 21, according to YWCA.
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Adviser: Small business needs plan
LACEY — For nearly three years, Celia Nightingale has been the director of the Small Business Development Center, a federally funded organization affiliated with South Puget Sound Community College that offers free business counseling.
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Mah sees potential for downtown
OLYMPIA — Newly elected Olympia Mayor Doug Mah assumes the job with the city on the brink of several downtown construction projects and facing issues that could bring new regional economic development.
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Realtors Association chief expects diverse housing options in county
OLYMPIA — Bill Hutchinson took over as president of the Thurston County Realtors Association this year as the real estate market cooled off from record sales in 2006.
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New hospital chief looks to future
OLYMPIA — Capital Medical Center chief executive officer Michael Motte, 44, returned to the center last month after spending two years at a South Carolina hospital.
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‘It’s warm, it’s open, it’s inviting’
OLYMPIA — Mike Dexter doesn't mince words about his new role as executive director of the Olympia Lacey Tumwater Visitor and Convention Bureau.
