Apr 11, 2008

ArtWorks

ArtWorks is moving to 923 S. Bayview St. in Seattle. Seattle-based ArtWorks give at-risk youth opportunities to create art. It was founded in 1995 to help clean up the busway in Sodo. The new space will allow ArtWorks to expand the studio for mural painting.

First Heritage Bank

First Heritage Bank will open its seventh branch on Nnortheast 175th Street in Woodinville. Kirtley Cole is the general contractor and Mosaic Architects is the architect. First Heritage Bank has branches in Everett, Lynnwood, Marysville, Monroe, Arlington and Snohomish.

Fisher Communications

Fisher Communications, a Seattle-based communications company, named Joseph L. Lovejoy acting chief financial officer following the resignation of S. Mae Fujita Numata from her position as senior vice president, CFO and corporate secretary. Lovejoy has been a senior vice president since 2006.

Lee & Hayes

Spokane law firm Lee & Hayes will move its headquarters to 30,000 square feet in the Bank of America Financial Center in downtown Spokane. Lee & Hayes will occupy the 14th floor and most of the 13th. The firm is interviewing architects, and plans for construction to begin by early summer.

Small Business Administration

The U.S. Small Business Administration's Seattle District Office named Mary Jo Juarez of the Naval Facilities Engineering Command Northwest as the 2008 Washington State SBA Veteran Small Business Champion of the Year. The award goes to an individual who advances small business opportunities for veterans. Juarez is a civilian who works as a small disadvantaged business utilization specialist at NAVFAC in Silverdale.

Apr 10, 2008

Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition

Michael Herschensohn, former executive director of Northwest Folklife, will join the Seattle Office of Arts & Cultural Affairs to manage a citywide Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition Centennial celebration in 2009. The AYP was held on the University of Washington campus in 1909. The AYP Centennial will look back at Seattle's history, and the city's ties to the Pacific Rim, Canada and Alaska, and will predict what innovations will shape Seattle over the next 100 years.

Seattle Community Colleges Television

Seattle Community Colleges Television hired John Sharify as general manager of Seattle Community Colleges Television. Sharify will oversee SCCtv and its IRIS Education and Rainier Radio entities. He worked with KOMO TV for 18 years and replaces Ross Davis, who is retiring after creating the station and running it for 11 years.

Puget Sound Blood Center

Richard B. Counts, president and CEO of Puget Sound Blood Center, said he will retire Aug. 31. He has worked at PSBC for 35 years and has been president since 1987. Puget Sound Blood Center is an independent, community-based blood center.