Blake Peterson

Seattle

Digital Content Manager at 425 Magazine

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Articles

Verity Credit Union Awards More Than $32K to Local Nonprofits

1 week ago | 425business.com | Blake Peterson

Seattle's Verity Credit Union this week announced that it awarded a total of $32,500 in microgrants to a sextet of area nonprofits. Chosen from a pool of more than 100 applications, this year's recipients were the Washington State Coalition of African Community Leaders , Washington United Migrant , the Not Forgotten Foundation , the Rainier Avenue Business Coalition , the Village Life Project , and Independent Achievements for Minority Youth .
Edge & Spoke, a Shop by and for Bike and Ski Lovers

1 week ago | 425magazine.com | Blake Peterson

In our sister publication's latest issue, we're highlighting a handful of outdoor-focused businesses. Meet the third below; get to know last week's, Issaquah's Creekside Angling Co., here. “I freaking love to ski, and I love to bike,” said Brian “Venny” Venable, the proprietor of Redmond’s bike- and ski-focused Edge & Spoke, in mid-February. A good thing, since Venable has been in the hyper-specific bike- and- ski-store milieu since he was a senior at the University of Washington 22 years ago.
The Perils of Passion in ‘Materialists’ and ‘Misericordia’

1 week ago | 425magazine.com | Blake Peterson

“Materialists,” Celine Song’s follow-up to 2023’s much-acclaimed “Past Lives,” centers on a love triangle and a semi-autobiographical experience the way its predecessor had. But it otherwise doesn’t reheat a formula that garnered the then-first-time feature filmmaker Best Picture and Best Original Screenplay Oscar nods.
Mercer Island's Sano Cafe Opening Second Location in Bellevue

2 weeks ago | 425business.com | Blake Peterson

Mercer Island's health-forward restaurant Sano Cafe is opening a second location in Bellevue's Centre 425 building tomorrow, the Bellevue Downtown Network reported this week. Founded in 2015 by Lisa Nordstrom, the menu at the café - whose name translates to "healthy mind and body" in Italian - encompasses breakfast bowls, juices, smoothies, salads, and more. In addition to its café offerings, Sano caters and has loyalty rewards for members.
Pagliacci Pizza Prepping for Redmond Location

2 weeks ago | 425business.com | Blake Peterson

Puget Sound chain Pagliacci Pizza is looking to open a new location in Redmond near the city's new light rail station in the fall. According to the Puget Sound Business Journal, who originally reported the news, co-owner Matt Galvin said that the location might also feature drone delivery in collaboration with the San Francisco-headquartered Zipline.
BECU Announces New Lakewood Location

2 weeks ago | southsoundbiz.com | Blake Peterson

Washington credit union BECU today announced that it’s opening a neighborhood financial center in Lakewood. The new, 3,600-square-foot branch, which is slated to open sometime this winter, will be BECU’s eighth location in Pierce County. It’ll be located on Bridgeport Way Southwest. BECU’s newest Pierce County branch opened earlier this year in Tacoma. Other locations in the county are in Bonney Lake, Gig Harbor, Puyallup, and University Place.
Snohomish County Health Department Leader Named State's New Secretary of Health

2 weeks ago | 425business.com | Blake Peterson

Othello-born Dennis Worsham was this week appointed by Gov. Bob Ferguson to serve as Washington's secretary of health. Worsham was most recently the Snohomish County Health Department 's inaugural director of public health. "As Washington's secretary of health, I am honored to serve and deeply committed to upholding and strengthening a public health system that is not only resilient, but also more just," Worsham said in a release from Ferguson's office.
Creekside Angling Co. Flies High

2 weeks ago | 425business.com | Blake Peterson

In our latest issue, we're highlighting a handful of outdoor-focused businesses. Meet the second below; get to know last week's, Everett's Pops Skateshop, here. Bad customer service inspired childhood friends and longtime fly-fishing aficionados Peter Corbett and Hugh Pastoriza to open Creekside Angling Co. in Issaquah. "I found it to be an extremely intimidating experience," Pastoriza recounted recently of past visits to fly-fishing shops around town.
Creekside Angling Co. Flies High

2 weeks ago | 425magazine.com | Blake Peterson

In our sister publication 425 Business' latest issue, it's highlighting a handful of outdoor-focused businesses. Meet the second featured spot below; get to know last week's, Everett's Pops Skateshop, here. Bad customer service inspired childhood friends and longtime fly-fishing aficionados Peter Corbett and Hugh Pastoriza to open Creekside Angling Co. in Issaquah. “I found it to be an extremely intimidating experience,” Pastoriza recounted recently of past visits to fly-fishing shops around town.
How These Local Businesspeople Juggle Various Enterprises

3 weeks ago | southsoundbiz.com | Blake Peterson

Most feel busy enough with the responsibilities of their day jobs before factoring in the obligations of their personal lives and whatever side quests to which they might be attending. Some entrepreneurs, though, go the extra mile: A 2022 Bank of America survey found that 26% of small-business owners were running multiple businesses, and, of that group, 58% had two businesses, and 30% had three businesses. A segment of those professional jugglers can be found right here in the South Sound.