Nov 22, 2016

Broth Bar

Portland's Broth Bar has opened a second location in Olympia's new food hall: 222 Market. Bone broth is considered a traditional healing remedy. Broth Bar owners Tressa and Katie Yellig said they have gotten requests to open broth bars in other cities, and are looking at expansion. 222 Market will also have an oyster bar, bakery, distillery, florist, gelateria, grocery and cooking school.

Bellevue Arts Museum

Bellevue Arts Museum said Kemper Freeman of Kemper Development Co. is making two significant gifts to launch fundraising for updating the museum: $1 million for capital expenditures and $1 million to match other donations. The goal is to make external and internal upgrades to the museum, which was designed by Stephen Holl.

Nov 18, 2016

Emergency Food Network

The Employees Community Fund of Boeing Puget Sound gave a $320,000 grant to the Emergency Food Network in Pierce County to build a 2,500 square-foot storage facility in 2017 adjacent to the network's 20,000 square-foot warehouse. The new facility will have the capacity to hold an additional 140,000 pounds of food. The organization serves 70 food banks, meal sites and shelters. Information is at http://www.efoodnet.org.

Kent Parks

Mayor Suzette Cooke named Julie Parascondola director of Kent's Parks, Recreation and Community Services Department, effective Dec. 5. She replaces Jeff Watling, who resigned in July. Parascondola will oversee 117 employees in seven divisions, overseeing maintenance and development for 68 parks and open spaces, and an extensive trail network. She has worked for Metro Parks Tacoma for 19 years, most recently as regional parks manager.

Nov 17, 2016

Lane Powell

Schaer

Murphy

Hulteng

Fickes

Lane Powell said Aaron J. Fickes, Meryl Hulteng, Patrick T. Murphy and Aaron Schaer have recently joined the firm. Fickes is in the Seattle office as an attorney in the Litigation Practice Group, where he will focus on transportation, aviation, regulatory compliance and appellate litigation. Hulteng has rejoined the Portland office in the Litigation Practice Group. Murphy has rejoined the Seattle office in the Startups and Emerging Companies Practice Group, where he will focus on corporate, business and transactional matters. Schaer has joined the Seattle office in the Litigation Practice Group, where he will focus on securities and corporate governance litigation.

Nov 16, 2016

Columbia Basin Development League

O'Brien

Dobson

Chip Dobson of Mattawa and Shawn O'Brien of Moses Lake were elected trustees on the Columbia Basin Development League board effective Jan. 1, 2017. Dobson operates Rosebud Vineyards. O'Brien has worked for the city of Moses Lake Engineering Division for 24 years. The league supports the Columbia Basin Project and future development. Several trustees were re-elected to three-year terms: Orman Johnson, Connell; Jeff Schibel, Odessa; Alice Parker, Royal City; Matt Hawley, Pasco; Clark Kagele, Odessa; Reid Phillips, Ritzville; Dale Pomeroy, Warden; Eli Stahl, Ritzville; and Mark Stedman, Lincoln County.

King County

King County Executive Dow Constantine won a Public Officials of the Year award from Governing magazine. He will receive the award at a ceremony in Washington, D.C., on Nov. 30. The magazine honored eight people and singled out Constantine for using a data-driven approach in managing one of the nation's most populous counties.

Nov 15, 2016

Riddell Williams

Howell

Riddell Williams has added Kristen Howell to the firm. She handles corporate transactions, including entity formation, sales agreements, private offerings, bank financings, mergers and acquisitions, and investment vehicles for firms in technology, financial services, and retail fields. Howell was general counsel for an investment management firm and corporate counsel for a tech company.

Aronson Security

Nielsen

Aronson Security Group in Renton said Dan Nielsen, a 30-year industry veteran in risk, resilience and security, has joined its Enterprise Security Risk Group as a principal consultant. He works on fraud investigations and computer related crimes, and was a special agent with the Federal Bureau of Investigation focused on computer-based crimes as well as bank, mortgage and wire fraud. Nielson was also head of security for NW Natural, a gas utility in Oregon.