Snohomish Times Newspaper: Snohomish News Story

Published: Tuesday, January 24, 2012
Gigi Burke Elected to AAA Board

Gigi Burke, former co-owner and executive vice president of Crown Distributing and a community leader in Snohomish County, has been elected to AAA Washington’s Board of Trustees.

AAA Washington, based in Bellevue, provides more than one million members in Washington and northern Idaho with preeminent emergency roadside assistance, leisure travel services and personal-lines insurance products.

Burke currently serves on the Board of Trustees for Everett Community College and the Boys and Girls Clubs of Snohomish County, and is a Public Facilities District Commissioner for the City of Everett - Comcast Center.

Previously, she has served on the Snohomish County Executive’s Citizen Cabinet on Economic Development, chaired the Transportation Relief Action Plan Interchange Project, and was a founding board member of Mountain Pacific Bank.

Burke is a graduate of the University of Puget Sound and resides with her family in Everett.

Tuesday, January 24, 2012

Former Marine sharpens knives to support soldiers
Photo by Spc. Loren Cook - Al Furnish, a knife sharpener and concessionaire with the Army and Air Force Exchange Service here, shows off some of his woodcarvings.

Saturday, January 21, 2012

Bikers rumbling back to Snohomish
First street merchants and bar owners are excited to hear the news of this years event returning to First Street Sunday May 20th 2012.

Friday, January 20, 2012

Seattle-Snohomish Mill Closing
Sadly, the Seattle-Snohomish Mill will be closing their gates for good in 60 days. SSM has been an employer to a lot of people since it's opening day in 1941...yet another victim of our economic times.

Thursday, January 19, 2012

Program Sign-Up for Farmers
ACRE provides revenue protection against low market prices or low state and farm yields. Like DCP , a farm must have base acres of a covered commodity in order to be enrolled in ACRE. Eligible commodities include grain and feedstock crops.

Tuesday, January 17, 2012

Residents are now bracing for a major storm
The above-average amount of snow for the region could lead to roof damage for properties not ready to hold large amounts of snow.

Saturday, January 14, 2012

Come for a Ribbiting Good Time
It may not be easy to be green, but sometimes it sure can be fun. Come see why, January 28, 2012 when Snohomish celebrates GroundFrog Day.

Thursday, January 12, 2012

Free business class
Did you know that there are a set of tools that uniquely contribute to and speed up your entrepreneurial success?

Thursday, January 05, 2012

Challenges Walmart
Puget Sound Area Community Groups Launch New Effort to Stand Up to Walmart, Part of Nationwide Movement

Wednesday, December 28, 2011

Ice Cream Delivery wins Seattle Magazine Best of 2011
Moonie Icy tunes a new local business to Snohomish makes Seattle Magazine Best of 2011.

Tuesday, December 27, 2011

Anthony Esposito earns Cisco SMBAM
Network management firm 3D Corporation announces Anthony Esposito, 3D Technical Analyst, has earned the Cisco certification as a Small Business Account Manager specialist.