Brownbag today on ‘targeted hiring'
By JOURNAL STAFF
The Seattle City Council and a panel of people involved with workforce development will hold a brownbag discussion today from noon to 1:30 p.m. about targeted hiring programs for city-funded capital projects. It will be in the council chambers in Seattle City Hall.
SBA to boost lending to veterans
By JOYCE M. ROSENBERG
The Small Business Administration says it has lined up pledges from more than 120 banks to increase lending to veterans.
Met Market building purchased for $32M
By JOURNAL STAFF
An entity related to Houston-based Weingarten Realty Investors bought the Queen Anne Marketplace, a shopping center anchored by a Metropolitan Market store, at 600 First Ave. N. in Lower Queen Anne, property records show.
Cause of grain elevator fires unknown
A state investigator says the cause of a fire that destroyed three grain elevators in the small town of Craigmont earlier this month remains a mystery.