May 07, 1996

Mayor's Small Business Task Force Awards

On May 1, the mayor honored 10 small businesses for their outstanding business growth and planning as well as for contributions to their communities. The winners of the awards for 1996 were as follows: Byrne Specialty Gases, Inc., distributor of specialty gases to biotech; Caffe Appassionato, coffee roaster/restaurant; Edge of Glass Gallery, fine glass art gallery & studio; Julia's in Wallingford Inc., a restaurant owned by Karsten Betd; Kids Kraft, kids craft items; Olympic Hot Tub Company, retail spa store and sales; Philly's Best, restaurant and catering; Severson Construction, construction firm specializing in complex requirements, including environmental applications and toxicity abatements; The Blue Parrot, a retail store that sells locally made clothing, folk art and jewelry, with a buying philosophy based on social responsibility and buying first from the producer; and TRAC Associates, a job counseling and placement service for economically disadvantaged and disabled people.

Metapath Corporation

To reflect the widening scope of its products in the telecommunications industry, Securicor Wireless Networks has changed its name to METAPATH corporation. The new name will take effect immediately.

Lenihan

Lenihan Distributing of Tukwila has become an authorized distributor for Honeywell's Excel 5000 direct digital control system, an energy management system used in commercial and industrial buildings.

Brownfields technology workshop planned

SEATTLE -- The Duwamish Coalition, the Washington Environmental Industry Association and the Environmental Coalition of South Seattle will present an environmental technology workshop on June 6. Called "Duwamish Brownfields Environmental Technologies '96," the workshop is designed to educate land owners, business owners, bankers and real estate brokers about new technologies for cleaning contaminated brownfields. The workshop is scheduled for 7 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at the Aerospace Machinists District Lodge in Seattle. The technologies to be discussed include: capping; dig and haul; thermal; pump and treat; solidification; in situ fixation and bioremediation; surface bio; sub-surface air movement; six-phase heating; soil washing; and plant technology. The event will include a Continental breakfast, displays by exhibitors and a box lunch. Interested individuals may view technologies at work in the field from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. The workshop fee is $20 a person. The cost of a box lunch is $10. To register for the workshop, call the Washington Environmental Industry Association at (206) 528-3410.

Forum on the business of the environment

BELLEVUE -- "Environmental Challenges Equal Business Opportunities" will be the theme of a dinner and program sponsored by the MIT Enterprise Forum of the Northwest. Scheduled for 5:30 p.m. May 15 at the Hyatt Regency in Bellevue, the program will feature a panel of entrepreneurs who successfully turned environmental laws, regulations and the public's perception into business opportunities. Panelists will include David Beschen, president of GreenDisk; Craig Lorch, general manager and partner of Total Reclaim, Inc.; and Joseph A. Lucas, president of Inland Technology, Inc. The moderator of the panel discussion will be Mike McDowell, president of Technologies/Environment, Inc. Reservations are required. Cost of the dinner and program is $30. To make reservations, call (206) 623-8632.

May 03, 1996

Alpha Technologies

Alpha Technologies, a local cable television and telecommunications power supply manufacturer, will provide products to power the video transmission portion of the communication network being deployed for the upcoming '96 Summer Olympic Games in Atlanta. Alpha will provide power supplies and related products to power an extensive on-site video transmission system deployed especially for the '96 Games.

Sound Marketing Services

Darrell Oldham, local publishing executive, has founded Sound Marketing Services, a Vashon-Island based consulting firm specializing in the publishing business. Oldham helped found The Seattle Weekly and served as its associate publisher for eight years. He has also worked for the Seattle Times and Seattle Post-Intelligencer as the advertising marketing manager.

Weyerhaeuser Real Estate

Weyerhaeuser Real Estate Company has promoted J.J. McCament from project manager to general manager of Northwest Landing, the mixed-use, planned community in Dupont. McCament supervises planning, construction, financial management, marketing and sales, and was instrumental in bring Intel Corporation to Northwest Landing. Intel is building a research and assembly campus at Northwest Landing that will eventually employ 6,000 people. Jim Nyberg is taking on expanded responsibilities, which include the new title of general manager at the planned community Snoqualmie Ridge. Nyberg also serves as assistant vice president for Weyerhaeuser Real Estate Company's Land Management Division, which owns and manages approximately 14,000 acres in Washington and Oregon and is currently developing the master-planned communities of the Northwest Landing, Snoqualmie Ridge and Meridian Campus.