 |
Subscribe / Renew |
 |
Contact Us |
| ► Subscribe to our Free Weekly Newsletter | |
Construction Bids
| home | Welcome, sign in or click here to subscribe. | login |
Construction
Subscriber content preview
February 9, 2012
2 contractors find a new career: zip lines
By LYNN PORTER
Journal Staff Reporter
Journal Staff Reporter
Photo courtesy of Treehouse Island Zip Line Adventures
[enlarge]
Riders can zip through 25 acres of woods on seven different lines on Goat Island.
Before the recession Jim Misner was a painting contractor in Clark County. Grady Eilts had built some houses, but mostly did stamped concrete for single-family home developers.
. . .
To read this story in full login or purchase a subscription.
Related Stories:
- Bellevue may put a zip line in city park 02-03-2012
Previous columns:
- Keep your historic windows, save energy too, 02-02-2012
- New bridge key to Gig Harbor creek restoration, 01-26-2012
- Loggers ease removal of Condit Dam, 01-12-2012
- Pilot project spells out quake risk to schools, 01-05-2012
- Got a cold room? Try heating it with art, 12-15-2011
- Concrete panels give Amazon lobby a unique look, 12-08-2011
- Liability can continue after warranty expires, 12-01-2011
- Lasers lock University Link TBMs on target, 11-17-2011