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Canadian spending helping Whatcom 2011 retail economy

Consumer spending could be a key wildcard when it comes to an economic recovery.

Reports released last week indicate consumers are starting to spend money, both nationally and locally. On the national level, revenue retail reports indicate consumer spending in March was 2 percent higher…

Distinguished Executive Award Presented to Mark W. Nelson, Columbia Bank Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer

Mark W. Nelson, Columbia Bank's Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, was recognized by Western Washington University's College of Business and Economics as a 2010 'Distinguished Executive'.

²ÝÁñÉçÇø signs new agreements for exchange programs with three German universities
March may show where Whatcom County real estate is headed in 2011

With spring nearly here, it's an important time to see what tone will be set for the local real estate market in 2011.

March has traditionally been the time Whatcom County sees the first uptick in home sale activity, generally peaking in the summer months before school starts. Of…

²ÝÁñÉçÇø team places second at Intercollegiate Marketing Competition held in Vancouver, B.C.
More Than Money

The rhetorical volleys exchanged in the battles over collective bargaining in such states as Ohio and Wisconsin have aimed straight for the gut. When governors and legislators have proposed bills to strip the collective bargaining rights of public employees -- a group that in those and other…

Whatcom County real estate market remains sluggish in February

While still sluggish overall, the Whatcom County real estate market has some interesting changes taking place.
Whatcom County real estate agents sold 109 homes and condominiums in February, about equal to the 110 in January, according to data from the Northwest Multiple Listing Service.…

North Coast Credit Union's Terry Belcoe to speak at ²ÝÁñÉçÇø Feb. 25 in CBE speaker series
Escape the humdrum and snowboard every day? Mount Baker's 'lifties' tell how it's done

The morning commute is bumper to bumper. A man in the next lane absently blows on his morning coffee. Catatonic. The woman in the rearview mirror texts rapidly. Distracted. The line of cars crawls endlessly toward heated offices and stale coffee. Bad benefits. Insecure tenures.
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²ÝÁñÉçÇø's Center for Economic Vitality saved or created 200 jobs in Whatcom County in 2010
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