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A guide for your community Hello! In your hands is this year’s edition of The Bellingham Business Journal’s Book of Lists, an annual look at businesses in Bellingham and Whatcom County.

We hope it will be a resource for you throughout the year as a snapshot of some of the major institutions, industries and nonprofits in the county.

The information includes contact names, phone numbers and web addresses and often key details about accounting firms, law offices and insurance agencies and other businesses.

This year, we’ve narrowed the number of categories, but attempted in many cases to be more comprehensive in the ones we listed.

We also added a few categories that had been missing in

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the past, including breweries and theaters and music.

This edition also includes a look at the key trends and issues that will most likely be making business news in Whatcom County in 2015 (see pages 8-10).

Among the changes this year, we pulled major institutions into a separate category for easy-to-reach contact information about the county, cities, the colleges and Peace Health St. Joseph Medical Center.

To show how the county has grown over the years, we added population figures for the county and the cities.

In producing this edition, the Bellingham Business Journal staff drew upon several sources to obtain our information.

At the top is last year’s edition of the Book of Lists, but we also relied upon a paid business database, information from associations and, of course, our knowledge of the community.

To verify the information, we made hundreds of phone calls to businesses to check, and, in some case, recheck thousands of details.

We realize that the Book of Lists is a patchwork of information, an incomplete puzzle when looking at businesses throughout the community.

We relied on information from you and your employees about details that often cannot be independently verified.

There will be omissions and, no doubt, some errors when attempting to pull together so much information

from so many sources.

Then, there’s space and time issues. We know, for instance, there are dozens of law offices throughout Whatcom County, but we could only get in some of the larger firms.

Did we add the right categories? Did we take out categories that you miss? What would you like to see that we didn't include?

Let us know your opinions and how we can improve the Bellingham Business Journal’s Book of Lists in 2016.

Tell us what you think by calling Bellingham Business Journal associate editor Oliver Lazenby at 360-647-8805.

We hope you enjoy this edition and thumb through it throughout the year as an easyto-use guide about businesses in our community.

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The 2015 Book of Lists An annual publication of The Bellingham Business Journal.

Advertising Sales Manager Kelley Denman Associate Editor Oliver Lazenby Researcher Jocelyn Robinson Cover photo Andy Bronson 1909 Cornwall Ave. Bellingham, WA 98225 Phone 360-647-8805 Fax 360-647-0502 www.bbjtoday.com Entire contents are copyrighted

by The Bellingham Business Journal. Material published in The Bellingham Business Journal may not be republished, resold, recorded or used in any manner, in whole or in part, without the publisher’s written consent.

The Bellingham Business Journal is owned by Sound Publishing Inc. Due to space limitations, we can not provide a complete list for every category. Some companies did not rank high enough to be included on a list. Other companies were contacted for these lists, but either declined to respond, provided inadequate information, or did not respond by press time. Companies tied for rankings are listed alphabetically.

There is no charge to be included in The Bellingham Business Journal’s lists. We assume information provided by company representatives is accurate and every attempt is made to provide accurate information.

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Bellingham's fast-growing craft beer industry is developing a winning reputation.

Contents Cover story The craft beer industry continues to grow in Whatcom County.

That's just one of several trends expected to make business news this year, 8-10

Listings Population trends, 6 Major institutions, 7 Accountants, 11-12 Architects, 14 Auto dealers, 15 Banks, 16 Banquet/Meeting halls, 17-18 Bookstores, 18 Breweries, 19 Caterers, 19

Credit unions, 20 Engineering firms, 20-22 Financial advisors, 22-23 Insurance agencies, 23-24 Law firms, 24 Real estate companies, 25-26 Theaters, 27 Top private employers, 27-28 Nonprofit organization, 28-30

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| population | Overview of the past 7 years 2014

2013

2012

2011

2010

2009

2008

Whatcom County

207,600

205,800

203,500

202,100

201,140

199,736

197,675

Unincorporated

88,822

88,276

87,921

87,535

87,065

87,703

87,234

Incorporated

118,778

117,524

115,579

114,565

114,075

112,033

110,441

Bellingham

82,810

82,310

81,360

81,070

80,885

79,383

78,739

Blaine

4,865

4,785

4,760

4,705

4,684

4,648

4,591

Everson

2,570

2,550

2,520

2,495

2,483

2,443

2,296

Ferndale

12,710

12,290

11,830

11,530

11,415

11,281

10,950

Lynden

12,920

12,730

12,340

12,060

11,951

11,789

11,436

Nooksack

1,435

1,410

1,370

1,350

1,338

1,163

1,165

Sumas

1,468

1,449

1,399

1,355

1,319

1,326

1,264

6,968,170

6,882,400

6,817,770

6,767,900

6,724,540

6,672,159

6,608,245

State Total Source: Office of Financial Management

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| major institutions | Rank

Name

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

Top Exec.

Address

Phone Number

Website

Est.

Whatcom County

Jack Louws

311 Grand Ave. Bellingham

360-676-6700

www.co.whatcom.wa.us

1854

City of Bellingham

Kelli Linville

210 Lottie St. Bellingham

360-778-8000

www.cob.org

1903

Harry Robinson

435 Martin St. Blaine

360-332-8311

www.ci.blaine.wa.us

1980

Gary Jensen

2095 Main St. Ferndale

360-384-4302

www.cityofferndale.org

1907

Scott Korthuis

300 4th St. Lynden

360-354-1170

www.lyndenwa.org

1891

Patricia McKeown

3028 Lindbergh Ave. Bellingham

360-752-7000

www.btc.ctc.edu

1957

Western Washington University

Bruce Shepard

516 High St. Bellingham

360-650-3000

www.wwu.edu

1893

Whatcom Community College

Kathi Hiyane-Brown

237 W. Kellogg Road Bellingham

360-383-3000

www.whatcom.ctc.edu

1967

Nancy Steiger

2901 Squalicum Parkway Bellingham

360-734-5400

www.peacehealth.org

1981

City of Blaine

City of Ferndale

City of Lynden

Bellingham Technical College

Peace Health St. Joseph Medical Center

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Chuckanut lead brewer Bryan Caldwell works at the brewery last month. Bellingham has quickly established a reputation for its quality craft brews and more breweries are opening or expanding. Andy Bronson Photo| For the BellinghAm Business JournAl

What's brewing ahead this year

BY OLIVER LAZENBY The Bellingham Business Journal With a looming waterfront development agreement, a changing grocery industry and more beer businesses coming in the first half of the year, 2015 should be another busy year for business news in Bellingham and Whatcom County.

The following items are just a few of the things that could make headlines in the year ahead.

Beer pouring in Two new breweries opened in Bellingham in 2014, and two more are slated to open in 2015, while several established breweries are expanding. Livability.com ranked Bellingham

Chuckanut owner Will Kemper plans to expand his operations to meet demand. Andy Bronson Photo | For the BellinghAm Business JournAl No. 8 in its national list of best cities for craft beer, and some groups are trying to make Bellingham a brewery destination.

Stones Throw Brewing, at

1009 Larrabee Ave. in Fairhaven, will be Fairhaven’s first brewery when it opens later this year. Stones Throw coowners John Luciano and Jack

Plueger are working on their tap room and brewing facility. In mid-January, they were brewing 12-gallon test batches and waiting for brewing equipment to arrive.

Luciano said he hopes to open the brewery by summer.

Another new company called Gruff Brewing is working on a tap room and brewery at 104 E Maple St., across the street from Boundary Bay Brewery.

Eric Wight, Jameson Longman and Chris Bierman, owners of Gruff Brewing, hope to open their brewery and tap house this spring. Wight said the three have been brewing and working on the building during evenings and weekends while working full-time day jobs.

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Kulshan Brewing Co., which opened its brewery and tap house at 2238 James St. in April 2012, is planning a spring opening for its second brewery and tap house north of Interstate 5 at 1538 Kentucky St. The 12,000-square-foot warehouse space will allow Kulshan to brew about 15,000 barrels a year. Kulshan’s original facility maxed out its brewing capacity in 2014 at about 3,000 barrels.

Wander Brewing, at 1807 Dean Ave., is planning to double its brewing capacity this year, co-owner Colleen Kuehl said. Wander opened in May 2014 and already can’t meet demand, she said.

Chuckanut Brewery and Kitchen, at 601 W. Holly St., is planning to expand as soon as possible, owner and brewmaster Will Kemper said.

“I really can’t make any more beer in this facility,” Kemper said. “Right now we’re maxed out.”

Kemper said he doesn’t have a new space lined up yet. Chuckanut opened in 2009, making it the second oldest brewery in town next to Boundary Bay, which has been brewing beer on Railroad Avenue since 2005.

Kemper said new breweries opening is a good thing for established breweries.

“With other breweries coming on board, business is only increasing. Everybody benefits,” he said. “Seemingly, there’s so much activity with craft beer but it’s nothing in the overall beer world.”

The concentration of breweries is making Bellingham a craft beer destination.

Bellingham Beer Week and the Bellingham Tap Trail are working toward improving its tourist appeal. In its third year, Bellingham Beer Week had about three dozen breweries participating in events.

To tie the brewery scene together, the Bellingham Tap Trail, an organization that started in 2014 to promote local beer, published maps to Bellingham’s breweries and

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Irish firm Harcourt Developments is in negotiations with the Port of Bellingham to purchase 14 acres of waterfront property including the Granary Building. Oliver lazenby PhOtO | the bellingham business JOurnal tap houses, and plans to offer brewery tours this spring, cofounder Scott Pelton said.

Waterfront talks underway The Port of Bellingham and Irish firm Harcourt Developments have been negotiating an agreement for a piece of the G-P Waterfront since February 2014. The long process could finally be coming to an end.

Port director Rob Fix said an agreement could come before the Port of Bellingham commissioners at a Feb. 3 meeting.

The agreement will likely be for about 14 acres on the northern end of the G-P site, including the Granary Building, Fix said. Last year, the port and Harcourt were talking about 10 acres. If Harcourt developed the first 10 acres successfully, they could do another 10.

Fix said the discussed agreement has changed, and now includes more specific performance metrics for Harcourt.

“There’s enough performance measurements in there that we’re in good shape,” he said. “If they don’t perform they don’t get the whole 14 acres.”

Harcourt is a development, management and investment company with a portfolio of international projects.

The Titanic Quarter in Belfast is one of Harcourt’s biggest projects. The 300-acre project is a redevelopment of a former shipyard where the Titanic was built. Fix toured the Titanic Quarter and several other Harcourt projects in December.

While there, Fix got a chance to review Harcourt’s finances for 2012.

“I found out that their assets do indeed exceed their liabilities,” Fix told the Port Commission at its Jan. 6 meeting.

“In 2012 they exceeded them by about $70 million.”

He did not get to see Harcourt’s finances for 2013.

Harcourt is currently involved in several lawsuits.

One is over a development project on the island of Jersey, in the Channel Islands, off the coast of France. Harcourt is suing over money spent on work carried out before Jersey terminated Harcourt’s contract, according to the Jersey Evening Post.

Safeway opening Haggen’s announcement in December 2014 that it would acquire 146 former Albert-

sons and Safeway stores this year made national headlines, but a new Safeway at Sunset Square and some other coming changes will likely make bigger waves in the grocery industry in Bellingham and Whatcom County this year.

Safeway should open in the former Cost Cutter location at 1275 E. Sunset Drive on Feb. 6, Safeway spokesperson Chieu Lash said. The 67,000-squarefoot store will have a deli, flower stand, bakery, wine department, and an organic and natural foods section. It will also have an in-store Starbucks kiosk, free Wi-Fi, and a fueling station.

The new Safeway will likely affect everyone in grocery, even the Community Food Co-op, said co-op general manager Jim Ashby.

“I don’t think it will have a huge impact on us, but everything affects us a little bit,” Ashby said.

The co-op also has big plans for 2015. It is expanding across West Holly Street to the building that housed the Better Than New clothing store.

Ashby expects the co-op's new wing, called the Co-op Connections Building, to open in mid-May with a bakery, classrooms and administrative offices.

Across the street, the co-op’s original location is also scheduled for a remodeled. Ashby said the north end of the store will change, including updates to the deli and meat section, as well as more seating in the mezzanine area that currently houses offices.

Safeway isn’t the only grocery moving into a former Cost Cutter. Grocery Outlet is planning to open a new store in the Ferndale Cost Cutter, which is closing early this year.

Grocery Outlet will occupy a 20,245-square-foot section of the building at 1750 Labounty Drive in Ferndale. Melissa Porter, vice president of marketing for Grocery Outlet, said the store should open mid-summer and will likely have about

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30 employees.

Costco still hasn’t announced anything about its possible future store on West Bakerview Road. Costco officials began discussing the site, on the north side of West Bakerview Road near Pacific Highway, with the city in late 2012. Costco hasn’t applied for a building permit.

unregulated, untaxed medical marijuana dispensaries,” Nelson said in an email.

Tourism promotion

Pot legislation Bellingham’s Top Shelf Cannabis became Washington’s first recreational marijuana store on July 8, 2014. Six months later, Bellingham has six legal pot shops, and more retailers and growers are on the way.

With the current tax structure on recreational marijuana, there may not be room in the market for many more. Data released by the Washington State Liquor Control Board shows that as new stores open, sales numbers decrease at established stores.

One stated goal of Initiative 502, which legalized the possession and purchase of marijuana for adults 21 and older, was to eventually eradicate the black market for marijuana.

Recreational marijuana is taxed 25 percent at each transaction — from grower to processor, from process to retailer, and from retailer to consumer.

When it hits shelves, a gram of pot typically costs between $20

Dave Burdick waters marijuana plants at his Green Liberty business. Legislative changes are expected to be made to the state's still young marijuana industry. OLiver Lazenby | The beLLingham business JOurnaL and $30 — more than twice the street market value.

Liquor control board spokesperson Brian Smith said in July that a gray market of medical patients selling legally obtained marijuana to people who aren’t medical patients will be challenging to eliminate.

Lawmakers hope to address a range of marijuana-related issues during the state’s 2015 legislative session, which began Jan. 12.

Legislators pre-filed seven cannabis-related bills before the session started. The bills

ranged from an overhaul of medical marijuana to erasing misdemeanor marijuana crimes from past offenders’ records.

Aaron Nelson, vice president of operations at 2020 Solutions, which has two recreational marijuana stores in Bellingham, said he is following the legislative session closely.

“The state Legislature needs to correct the tremendous inequity resulting from a highly taxed and regulated recreational marijuana industry trying to survive amid numerous

A two-fold increase in the amount of three-star and above hotel rooms in Bellingham is underway. Hotels in Bellingham have historically had low vacancy rates, which made it an attractive destination for new hotels.

In response to the surplus of new hotel rooms, the City of Bellingham is seeking proposals for a new “signature event” that would attract overnight visitors to Bellingham during the tourism offseason between September and March.

“Establishing another signature event in Bellingham will not only build excitement for its residents and business owners but continue to establish a brand for Bellingham as an exciting destination,” Bellingham Mayor Kelli Linville said in a press release about the signature event.

The city of Bellingham has approximately $75,000 to put toward the event for 2015, and $50,000 for both 2016 and 2017. Money for the event comes from the city’s lodging tax special projects fund.

It is a separate fund from the tourism promotion fund, which awards yearly tourism promotion grants and is also supported by the city’s lodging tax.

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| AccountAnts | Ranked by number of local employees

Rank

Company Name

Owner/Top Exec.

Address

Phone Number

Website

Number of employees

est.

1

Larson Gross PLLC

Aaron Brown

2211 Rimland Drive, Suite 422 Bellingham

360-734-4280

www.larsongross.com

86

1949

2

Moss Adams LLP

Mark Thoma

2200 Rimland Drive Bellingham

360-676-1920

www.mossadams.com

70

1914

3

VSH Certified Public Accountants

Kathy Varner, Robert Sytsma, Kathy Herndon, Chris Sullivan, Lydia Ahn

2200 Rimland Drive, Suite 205 Bellingham

360-734-8715

www.vshcpa.com

35

1995

4

Metcalf Hodges PS

Hartwell Bressler, Julie Johansen, Jennifer Wright

709 Dupont St. Bellingham

360-733-1010

www.metcalfhodges. com

12

1964

5

Multop & Associates Ltd PS

Phillip Multop

2210 Rimland Drive, Suite 101 Bellingham

360-671-7891

www.multop.com

12

1976

6

Darrell Stewart and Company

Darrell Stewart

1135 Ellis St. Bellingham

360-734-2935

www.darrellstewart andcompany.com

8

1997

7

Gene Bell & Associates

Gene Bell

1700 Iowa St. Bellingham

360-671-1845

www.genebell associates.com

6

1999

8

Marlys Bourm CPA

Marlys Bourm

2594 Lake Whatcom Blvd.

Bellingham

360-733-7155

www.marlysbourm cpa.com

6

1989

Deacon Joseph Inc.

Joseph Deacon

119 N Commercial St. Bellingham

360-671-9082

5

1979

Groeneweg Vree and Company Inc.

Mark Groeneweg

701 Front St. Lynden

360-354-2228

5

N/A

9 10 11

Stromberg & Stomberg

Jack Stomberg

2509 Cedarwood Ave., Suite 1 Bellingham

360-733-9290

strombergcpas.com

5

1980

12

Bookkeeping Solutions NW

Bill Pate

109 6th St. Lynden

360-318-1611

www.bsnwtraining. com

4

2005

13

Schlichting Wixson CPA LLC

Erin Schlichting, Wendy Wixson

119 N Commercial St., Suite 1250 Bellingham

360-778-1968

www.schlichting wixsoncpas.com

4

2014

14

Francis J O'Neil CPA

Francis O'Neil

2080 Alder St. Ferndale

360-384-1421

4

1988

Employee-owned

519 E. Magnolia St. Bellingham

360-733-0956

4

1983

Orphalee Smith CPA

Orphalee Smith

1408 Commercial St. Bellingham

360-671-8181

4

1981

Business Support Services Northwest

Chris McGee

1001 E Maple St. Bellingham

360-733-5530

3

1998

Roy Lentz

2509 Cedarwood Ave., Suite 3 Bellingham

360-734-2172

3

1986

15 16 17 18

Jan Bowman & Associates

Lentz And Associates Inc.

www.jbaacounting. com

www.bssnorthwest. com

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| AccountAnts | Ranked by number of local employees

Rank

19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29

Owner/Top Exec.

Address

Phone Number

Website

Number of employees

est.

Scott Davis

211 Elm St. Bellingham

360-647-1200

scottdaviscpa.com

3

2002

Stevenson Mccollough CPA Inc.

Tim McCullough, Lew Stevenson

1951 Main St. Ferndale

360-647-1040

www.a1cpa.com

3

1981

Artino Advisory Group P.S.

Stephanie Artino

1031 N. State St., No. 104 Bellingham

360-656-6834

http://artinoadvisors. com

2

2012

Jay Shilhanek

1015 Dupont St. Bellingham

360-733-5795

www.shilhanek.com

2

2000

Betty and Mac McMaster

3636 Kansas St. Bellingham

360-647-9361

2

2003

Michael B Crane & Associates PS

Michael Crane

1155 N State St., Suite 420 Bellingham

360-734-4700

www.mbcrane.com

2

1980

Vaughn Hagen CPA

Vaughn Hagen

1015 Dupont St. Bellingham

360-671-6961

www.vaughnhagen cpa.com

2

Beverly Rae CPA

Beverly Rae

1414 F St. Bellingham

360-738-3030

1

1993

Enders And Webb CPA PS

John Enders

1229 Cornwall Ave., Suite 306 Bellingham

360-733-3110

1

1940

Zaremba Paxton PS

John Zaremba

1314 N State St. Bellingham

360-671-1023

1

2010

Amy Kittinger

Amy Kittinger

1117 E Beachview Place Bellingham

360-319-5957

Yon Wyandt

4200 Meridian St., Suite 100 Bellingham

360-671-4026

thewiseaccountant. com

Randal Troupe

603 Front St. Lynden

360-354-1040

centralaccounting. com

Jack W. Curnow

1720 Iowa St. Bellingham

360-676-6655

www.curnowcpa.com

Company Name Scott A Davis CPA

Jay Shilhanek CPA McMaster & Associates

www.zarembacpa. com

30

Wyandt Accounting Services, Inc.

31

Central Tax Accounting Inc.

32

Curnow And Co. PS

33

JH Associates

Candice White

3110 Northwest Ave., Suite A Bellingham

360-671-0244

34

Steele Financial Services

Richard Steele

1303 Commercial St., Suite 4 Bellingham

360-647-1739

35

Stewart Tax & Accounting Inc.

Andy Eshuis

1843 Front St., Suite D Lynden

360-354-3534

36

Wynkoop Accounting LLC

Kelly Wynkoop

2027 Viewhaven Lane Bellingham

360-715-1063

wynkoopaccounting. com

37

Don Lamb Inc. PS CPA

114 W Magnolia, Suite 445 Bellingham

360-734-6400

www.donlambcpa. com

38

Fred O LaFreniere CPA Inc.

1117 Ellis St. Bellingham

360-647-1696

Fred Lafreniere

1942

1994

www.steelefs.com

N/A

N/A

1226062

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| Architects | Listed alphabetically

Rank

Company Name

Owner/Top Exec.

Address

Phone Number

John Axelson

1310 Broadway St., Suite 2C Bellingham

360-671-0933

Roberta and Jed Clark

3647 Toad Lake Road Bellingham

360-671-2550

www.arbournorth.com

N/A

Website

Number of Emp.

1

ARA Architects

2

Arbour North

3

Christensen Design Management

David Christensen

1108 11th St. Suite 304 B Bellingham

360-676-4800

www.masterplanning. com

N/A

4

Douglas Landsem Architect

Douglas Landsem

1407 N Forest St. Bellingham

360-733-2466

www.landsem architect.com

3

5

Gideon Architects

Gary Gideon

2405 Spruce St. Bellingham

360-676-6195

www.gideonaia.com

N/A

6

Grinstad & Wagner Architects

Frederick Wagner, Tom Grinstad

1609 12th St. Bellingham

360-676-9501

www.grinstadwagner. com

2

7

Hall Kienast Architects AIA

Robert Hall

1303 Commercial St., Suite 2 Bellingham

360-671-1586

8

John Stewart Architects

John Stewart

1409 Cornwall Ave. Bellingham

360-733-2100

www.john stewartarchitects.com

N/A

9

JWR Design

Jerry Roetcioender

104 Front St. Lynden

360-354-0333

www.jwrdesign.com

N/A

king-architecture.com

N/A

N/A

N/A

10

King Architecture

David King

401 Harris Ave., Suite 100 Bellingham

360-647-5464

11

Professional Building Design

Todd Fuller

2620 N Harbor Loop Drive, Suite 2, Bellingham

360-393-3131

12

RMC Architects

Brand Cornwell

1223 Railroad Ave. Bellingham

360-676-7733

RMCarchitects.com

14

13

Haven Design Workshop

Sean Hegstad

3410 Aldergrove Road Ferndale

360-527-2840

www.haven-dw.com

5

14

Zervas’ Group Architects

Terry Brown, Sharon Robinson, Andrew Krzysiek

209 Prospect St., Suite 1 Bellingham

360-734-4744

www.zervasgroup. com

11

1228468

N/A

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| Auto DeAlers | Listed alphabetically*

Company Name

Owner/ Top Exec.

Address

Phone Number

Website

est.

Chevrolet, Buick, GMC Cadillac Of Bellingham

Jeffrey Watson

3891 Northwest Road Bellingham

360-733-7997

www.bellinghamchevy. com

NA

Dewey Griffin Subaru

Allen Meyer

1800 Iowa St. Bellingham

360-734-8700

www.deweygriffin.com

2002

Diehl Ford, Inc.

Robert Diehl

1820 James St. Bellingham

360-734-2640

www.diehlford.com

1908

Hinton Chevrolet-Buick, Inc.

Mark Hinton

8139 Guide Meridian Lynden

360-354-2129

www.hintonmotors.com

1947

King Volvo

Frank King

1601 Iowa St. Bellingham

360-255-5999

www.kingvolvo.com

1968

Northwest Honda

Dan Sims

2010 Iowa St. Bellingham

360-676-2277

www.northwesthonda. com

1970

Greg Rairdon

1615 Iowa St. Bellingham

360-734-8810

www.rairdon.com

2007

Roger Jobs Porsche Volkswagen Audi

Roger Jobs

2200 Iowa St. Bellingham

360-734-5230

www.rogerjobs.com

1985

Wilson Motors

Rick Wilson

1100 Iowa St. Bellingham

360-676-0600

www.wilsonmotors.com

1960

Rank

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

Rairdons Dodge Chrysler of Bellingham; Rairdon’s Hyundai of Bellingham

*Includes only new car dealerships; Source: Washington State Auto Dealers Association

• Parts Dept.

• Sales • Collision/Body Shop • Service Dept.

(Including Diesel) Aluminum Repair Certified • Detail Dept.

360-392-7000

www.diehlford.com

1227783

1227540

Diehl Ford

1820 James Street | Bellingham, WA 98225

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| BANKS | Ranked by value of local deposits

Rank

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15

Company name

CEO

Address

Website

Local deposits

Peoples Bank

Charles LeCocq

3100 Woburn St. Bellingham,WA 98226

www.peoplesbank-wa.com

$673.2 million

Bank of America, National Association

Brian Moynihan

100 North Tyron St. Charlotte, NC 28202

www.bankofamerica.com

$375.9 million

Washington Federal, National Association

Roy M. Whithead

425 Pike St. Seattle,WA 98101

www.washington federal.com

$362.3 million

US Bank, National Association

Richard K Davis

425 Walnut St. Cincinnati,OH 45202

www.usbank.com

$260.8 million

Wells Fargo Bank, National Association

John G Stumpf

101 N. Phillips Ave. Sioux Falls,SD 57104

www.wellsfargo.com

$244.4 million

Banner Bank

Mark Gresovich

10 South First St. Walla Walla,WA 99362

www.bannerbank.com

$218.1 million

JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association

James Dimon

1111 Polaris Parkway Columbus,OHÂ 43240

www.jpmorganchase.com

$202.2 million

KeyBank National Association

Beth Mooney

127 Public Square Cleveland,OH 44114

www.key.com

$194.1 million

Denise Portmann

300 East Market St., Aberdeen,WA 98520

www.bankofthepacific.com

$133.9 million

Union Bank, National Association

Katsumi Hatao

400 California St. San Francisco,CA 94104

www.unionbank.com

$80.5 million

Skagit Bank

Cheryl Bishop

301 Fairhaven Ave. Burlington,WA 98233

www.skagitbank.com

$62.8 million

Mike Cann

1854 South Burlington Blvd.

Burlington,WA 98233

www.businessbankwa.com

$19 million

Melanie Dressel

1301 A St. Tacoma,WA 98402

www.columbiabank.com

$5.4 million

Heritage Bank

Brian Vance

201 5th Ave., SW Olympia,WA 98501

http://heritagebanknw.com

N/A

Umpqua Bank

Raymond P. Davis

445 S.E. Main St. Roseburg,OR 97470

www.umpquabank.com

N/A

Bank of the Pacific

Savibank Columbia State Bank

1226211

Local Deposits: June 30, 2013; Source: www.fdic.gov

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| Banquet/Meeting Facilities | Ranked by total meeting space

Rank

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16

Company

General Manager

Address

Phone

Website

Total Sq. Ft/ # of Rooms

Est.

Northwest Washington Fair

Jim Baron

1775 Front St., Lynden

360-354-4111

www.nwwafair.com

71,200 sq ft/4

1910

Mark S. Andrew

9565 Semiahmoo Parkway, Blaine

360-318-2000

www.semiahmoo.com

35,000 sq ft/13

n/a

Harlan Oppenheim

4876 Haxton Way, Ferndale

866-383-0777

www.silverreefcasino. com

25,000+ sq ft/7

2002

Mount Baker Theatre

Kim Laskey, Brad Burdick

104 N. Commercial St. Bellingham

360-733-5793

www.mountbaker theatre.com

23,800 sq ft/3

1927

Western Washington Univ.

Shalom Long

516 High St., Bellingham

360-650-4777

www.wwu.edu

18,000+ sq ft/7

1898

Boys and Girls Club of Whatcom County

Heather Powell

1616 Cornwall Ave., Ste 201 Bellingham

360-738-3808

www.whatcomclubs. com

17,000 sq ft/2 (plus gym in Ferndale)

1946

Best Western Lakeway Inn

Larry McDonald

714 Lakeway Drive Bellingham

360-617-1011

www.thelakewayinn. com

11,000 sq ft/12

1979

Ally Vincent

355 Harris Ave. Bellingham

360-676-2500

www.portofbellingham. com

9,650 sq ft/3

1989

Jim Haupt

1 Bellwether Way Bellingham

360-392-3100

www.hotelbellwether. com

7,000 sq ft/6

2000

Alborz Monjazeb

1027 N. Forest St. Bellingham

360-676-0292

www.bellingham majestic.com

7,000 sq ft/4

2002

Rob Westford

1300 Broadway St. Bellingham

360-733-1560

www.broadwayhall. com

5,600 sq ft/2

1905

Giuseppe Mauro

21 Bellweather Way Bellingham

360-714-8412

www.giuseppesitalian. com

5,500 sq ft/3

2005

Amanda Grove

1100 Railroad Ave. Bellingham

360-778-7000

www.cob.org

5,220 sq ft/1

2006

Alex Nephew

3985 Bennett Drive Bellingham

360-676-7700

www.hamptoninn.com

5,126 sq ft/3

1991

Bloedel Multipurpose Room

James King

2214 Electric Ave. Bellingham

360-778-7000

www.cob.org/parks

4,300 sq ft/1

1948

Northwood Hall

Shannon Rohrbacher

3240 Northwest Ave. Bellingham

360-671-8311

www.northwoodhall. com

4,000 sq ft/1

1995

Semiahmoo Resort* Silver Reef Hotel Casino & Spa

Bellingham Cruise Terminal Hotel Bellwether The Majestic on North Forest Broadway Hall* Giuseppe’s Italian Restaurant Depot Market Square Fox Hall at Hampton Inn Bellingham

A place to call home, since 1917.

1500 Cornwall Ave., Bellingham 360-733-3050

Susan Templeton

Josh Guthrie

NMLS 94045

NMLS 624026

Asst. Branch Manager

o: 360-756-2570 susan.templeton@wafd.com

VP/Branch Manager o: 360-756-2584 josh.guthrie@wafd.com investedhere.com

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| Banquet/Meeting Facilities | Ranked by total meeting space General Manager

Address

Phone

Website

Total Sq. Ft/ # of Rooms

Est.

SPARK Museum of Electrical Innovation

Tana Grannack

1312 Bay St. Bellingham

360-738-3886

www.sparkmuseum.org

4,000 sq ft/2

2006

Mariott Springhill Suites

Keith Coleman

4040 Northwest Ave. Bellingham

360-714-9600

www.springhill bellingham.com

3,500 sq ft/4

2013

Windows on the Bay

Tom Kilpatrick

2625 S Harbor Loop Drive, Bellingham

360-920-1372

windowsonthebay.net

3,200 sq ft/4

2008

Mt Baker Lodging Inc

Dan Graham (owner), Verna Robertson (manager)

7463 Mt Baker Highway Maple Falls

360-599-2453

www.mtbakerlodging. com

3,000 sq ft/ multiple

1989

Lairmont Manor

Susan Bjorklund

405 Fieldston Road Bellingham

360-647-1444

www.lairmontmanor. com

2,000 sq ft/3

1914

The Leopold

Jeanne Crannell

1224 Cornwall Ave. Bellingham

360-733-3500

www.leopoldretirement. com

2,000 sq ft/3

1996

Ally Vincent

2600 Harbor Loop Road, Bellingham

360-676-2500

www.portofbellingham. com

1,577 sq ft/2

2000

Rank

17 18 19 20 21 22 23

Company

Squalicum Boathouse

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| Bookstores | Ranked by number of books Rank

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11

Owner/Top Exec.

Address

Phone Number

Website

Number of books

Est.

Michael Elmer

109 Grand Ave. Bellingham

360-733-6272

www.michaels books.com

300,000

1983

Robert Henderson, Barbara Meyers

116 Grand Ave. Bellingham

360-734-6855

300,000

1986

Chuck and Dee Robinson (owners), Paul Hanson (manager)

1200 11th St. Bellingham

360-671-2626

www.villagebooks. com

110,000

1980

Peg Godwin

501 High St. Bellingham

360-650-3745

www.bookstore. wwu.edu

100,000

1910

Ken and Sherri Stap

515 Front St. Lynden

360-354-2471

www.katzlynden. com

80,000

1947

Chris and Cindy Callow

3094 Northwest Ave. Bellingham

360-647-1747

60,000

2004

Eugene Vigil

1113 Bridgeview Drive (by appointment), Lynden

360-354-7513

www.antiquariat botanicum.com

2,500

1989

Barnes & Noble

Cate McCarthy

4099 Meridian St. Bellingham

360-647-7018

www.bn.com

N/A

1995

Hancock House Publishers Ltd

David Hancock

1431 Harrison Ave. (warehouse) Blaine

800-938-1114

www.hancock house.com

N/A

1971

Bill Harmon

1712 W. Front St. Lynden

360-354-5960

familychristian.com

N/A

1994

David Carlsen

1104 11th St. Bellingham

360-647-8165

N/A

1989

Company Name Michael’s Books Henderson Books

Village Books Western Associated Students Bookstore Katz! Coffee and Used Books Cozy Corner Books & Coffee Antiquariat Botanicum

Family Christian Stores

Eclipse Books

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| breweries | Listed alphabetically Rank

1 2 3 4 5 6 7

Company name

Owner

Address

Phone Number

Website

Est.

Aslan Brewing Co.

Jack Lamb

1330 N. Forest St. Bellingham

360-778-2088

www.aslanbrewing.com

2014

Boundary Bay Brewery

Ed Bennett

1107 Railroad Ave. Bellingham

360-647-5593

www.bbaybrewery.com

1995

Chuckanut Brewery

Mari Kemper, Will Kemper

601 West Holly St. Bellingham

360-752-3377

www.chuckanutbrewery andkitchen.com

2008

Kulshan Brewing Co.

Dave Vitt

2238 James St. Bellingham

360-389-5348

www.kulshanbrewery. com

2012

Benjamin Buccarelli

7056 Portal Way, Suite 3 Ferndale

360-594-4059

www.menacebrewing. tumblr.com

2012

The North Fork Brewery

Vicki Savage

6186 Mount Baker Highway, Deming

360-599-2337

www.northforkbrewery. com

1997

Wander Brewing

Chad Kuehl, Colleen Kuehl

1807 Dean Ave. Bellingham

360-647-6152

www.wanderbrewing.com

2014

Menace Brewing

| caterers | Ranked by number of events catered in 2014 Rank

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

Manager

Address

Phone

Website

# of Events

Est.

Kelly’s O’Deli

Dianne Blakesley

1554 Main St. Ferndale

360-384-1702

www.kellysodeli catering.com

1,193

1985

Café Akroteri

John Kotsogeanis

1219 Cromwell Ave. Bellingham

360-676-5554

cafeakroteri.com

342

1989

Tom Kilpatrick

5645 Guide Meridian Bellingham

360-920-1372

hilltopcooking. com

310

1959

Old World Deli

Anna and Christos Adams

1228 N. State St. Bellingham

360-738-2090

oldworlddeli1. com

300

2007

Fools Onion Catering

Lance Bailey and Kristine Kager

5305 Northwest Drive Bellingham

360-815-7380/ 360-306-8137

www.foolsonion. com

250

2002

Port of Subs-Lakeway

Alexandria Galvin

1068 Lakeway Drive Bellingham

360-714-1886

www.portof subs.com

240

NA

Tom Kilpatrick

2625 S Harbor Loop Drive, Bellingham

360-920-1372

www.windows onthebay.net

92

2008

Kaari Haaland (onsite), Steve Hanft (corpoarte)

210 36th St. Bellingham

360-647-4325

marketstreet catering.com

NA

2001

Giuseppe Mauro

21 Bellweather Lane Bellingham

360-714-8412

www. giuseppesitalian. com

NA

2005

Jesse Cantu

2218 Pacific St. (corporate HQ) Bellingham

360-778-2045

jalapenos-wa. com

NA

1999

India Grill

Santok Tumber

1215 Cornwall Ave. Bellingham

360-714-0314

www.indiagrill.us

NA

1996

Milano’s

David Reera

9990 Mount Baker Highway, Glacier

360-599-2863

www.facebook. com

NA

1990/ 2014

Company Name

Hilltop Restaurant

Windows on the Bay Haggen Market Street Catering

Giuseppe’s Italian Restaurant

Jalapenos Mexican Restaurant

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| credit unions | Ranked by value of assets

Rank

1 2 3 4 5

Phone

Website

Assets

Employees

Members

Whatcom Educational Credit Union 600 E. Holly St., Bellingham

Credit unions/Address

360-676-1168

www.wecu.com

$1.057 billion

350

73,724

Industrial Credit Union PO Box 1767, Bellingham

360-734-2043

industrialcu.org

$190 million

89

23,573

North Coast Credit Union 1100 Dupont St., Bellingham

360-671-8235

www.northcoastcu.org

$179 million

51

13,722

Pacific Northwest Credit Union 3250 Northwest Ave., Bellingham

360-647-0560

www.pacifcnwcu.com

$136 million

56

15,815

WestEdge Credit Union 2501 James St., Bellingham

360-734-5790

www.westedgecu.org

$52 million

13

4,078

Source: Northwest Credit Union Association

| engineering firms | Ranked by number of local employees

Rank

1 2 3

Company/Address Anvil Corporation 1675 W. Bakerview Road, Bellingham Wilson Engineering 805 Dupont St., Suite 7, Bellingham Pacific Surveying & Engineering Services Inc 1812 Cornwall Ave., Bellingham

Owner/Top Exec.

Phone Number

Website

Local emp.

Est.

Gordon Lindell

360-671-1450

www.anvilcorp.com

418

1971

Andy Law

360-733-6100

www.wilsonengineering.com

29

1967

Adam Morrow

360-671-7387

www.psesurvey.com

26

1989

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| EnginEEring firms | Ranked by number of local employees

Rank

4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20

1226102

Owner/Top Exec.

Phone Number

Website

Local emp.

Est.

Valmont West Coast Engineering 6823 Northgate Way, Ferndale

Company

Address

Theodore Brockman

604-946-1256

www.valmont.com

25

1998

Reichart & EB Engineering, Inc. 423 Front St., Suite 201, Lynden

Luis Ponce

360-354-3687

www.recivil.com

23

1993

Hiltner Combustion Systems 1482 Slater Road, Unit D, Ferndale

Joel Hiltner

360-312-9200

www.hiltnercombustionsystems. com

13

2007

President Kyle Haggith, Vice Pres.

Ramon llanos

360-383-0620

www.ldesinc.com

11

2004

Guy Maakad

360-354-7980

www.baysideeng.com

10

1988

Ronald T Jepson And Associates 222 Grand Ave., Suite C, Bellingham

Ronald Jepson

360-733-5760

www.jepsonengineering.com

10

1968

Marlin Engineering, Inc. 2200 Division St., Suite A, Bellingham

Martin Spencer

360-671-0155

www.marlinengineer.com

9

2002

2020 Engineering, Inc. 814 Dupont St., Bellingham

Mark Buehrer

360-671-2020

www.2020engineering.com

8

1995

Chinook Wind 6571 Lunde Road, Everson

John Bosche

360-398-2862

www.chinookwind.net

8

2001

Raymond Blotteaux

360-312-1497

www.transitioncomposites.com

6

2007

Darcy Jones

360-733-8888

www.jonesengineers.us

5

1989

Douglas Campbell

360-671-1146

www.apcengineers.com

4

1978

Gary Braaksma

360-734-7416

www.braaksma-engineering. com

4

1999

William Diephuis, Steve TeVelde

360-354-4757

www.k-engineers.com

4

2007

Greg Funston

360-715-0121

www.redpointstructures.com

4

2005

John Schouten

360-354-5637

4

1968

Damon Vandentop

360-933-1345

2

2003

Land Development Engineering & Surveying 5160 Industrial Place, No.108, Ferndale Bayside Engineering Group 6982 Hannegan Road, Lynden

Transition Composites Engineering 3145 Brown Road, Ferndale Jones Engineers, Inc. 4164 Meridian St. Suite 304, Bellingham Associated Project Consultants, Inc. 1401 Astor St., Bellingham Braaksma Engineering Inc. 711 Racine St., Bellingham K Engineers, Inc. 208 3rd St., Lynden Redpoint Structures 1264 Mt. Baker Highway, Bellingham Schouten Construction 273 Rosemary Way, Lynden DVDT Engineering, Inc. 295 W King Tut Road, Lynden

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| EnginEEring firms | Ranked by number of local employees

Rank

21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37

Owner/Top Exec.

Phone Number

Website

Local emp.

Est.

Andritz 1801 Roeder Ave., Suite 112, Bellingham

Company

Address

Matt McGarry

360-714-0787

www.andritz.com

2

1997

Merit Engineering Inc. 2715 Meridian St., Bellingham

Austin Huang

360-738-1499

www.meritengineering.com

2

1992

Bennett Engineering 2324 James St., Bellingham

Tom Bennett

360-671-2600

1

2003

Michael Kogan

360-733-3606

1

1998

Rollin Harper

360-733-6033

1

2000

Wool-Zee Company Inc. 814 Dupont St., Bellingham

Matthew Woolsey

360-676-4604

www.woolzee.com

1

1991

Hydrologic Services Co. 1317 Chuckanut Drive, Bellingham

Joanne Greenberg

360-650-9000

www.hydrologicservices.com

n/a

1991

Kenton Starko

360-945-3090

www.advsim.com

n/a

n/a

Hansson Mechanical Systems, Inc. 8980 Snowy Owl Lane, Blaine

Ulf Hansson

360-371-4321

n/a

n/a

Lahatt Engineering 2101 Cornwall Ave., Bellingham

James Lahatt

360-676-8332

n/a

n/a

Mazdak International, Inc. 410 W 3rd Ave., Sumas

Baha Abulnaga

360-988-6058

n/a

n/a

Sequoia Technologies, Inc. 4210 Padden Hills Court, Bellingham

Keith Denoyer

360-656-5075

n/a

n/a

Ernie Macquarrie

360-366-7330

n/a

n/a

360-255-7508

n/a

n/a

Metmat Inc. 3700 Alabama St., Apt. 304, Bellingham Sehome Planning & Engineering Services 103 E Holly St., Suite 206, Bellingham

Advanced Simulation Corporation 1385 Gulf Road, Suite 201, Point Roberts

Summit Engineering And Design 2413 Main St., Ferndale Tsuga Engineering 3809 Morning Mist Way, Bellingham United Energy Engineers 3035 Silvern Lane, Bellingham Web Engineering 125 W Kellogg Road, Bellingham Weden Engineering 2636 Nubgaard Road, Ferndale

www.sequoia-tech.com

Robert Langei

360-647-2427

www.unitedenergyengineers. com

n/a

n/a

Neil Latta

360-671-7002

www.webengineering.us

n/a

n/a

Eric Weden

360-380-1363

www.wedenengineering.com

n/a

n/a

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1 2 3 4 5 6

Company Name/Address Waddell & Reed 4164 Meridian St., Suite 104, Bellingham Edward Jones About 15 independent offices

Owner/Top Exec.

Phone Number

Website

Advisers

Est.

Timonthy Goering

360-734-4728

www.waddell.com

17

1987

edwardjones.com

15

n/a

John Meno

Merrill Lynch 2950 Newmarket St., Suite 104, Bellingham

Richard Rosbach

360-676-7800

ml.com

15

1980

Morgan Stanley 2200 Rimland Drive, Suite 105, Bellingham

Steven J. Sutton

360-734-8500

morganstanley.com

11

1972

Heidi Ludeman

360-738-9600

ludemancapital.com

6

1995

Jane Carten

360-734-9900

saturna.com

7

1989

Ludeman Capital Management 1855 Main St., Suite 103, Ferndale Saturna Capital 1300 N. State St., Bellingham

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| Financial advisErs | Ranked by number of advisers

Rank

7 8 9

Company Name/Address UBS Financial Services 104 Unity St., Bellingham RBC Wealth Management 3101 Newmaket St., Suite 101, Bellingham Archer Halliday 1621 Cornwall Ave., Bellingham

Owner/Top Exec.

Phone Number

Website

Advisers

Est.

Stew Elison

360-715-8939

ubs.com

5

1996

Patrick Swesey, Scott Hume

360-671-5900

rbc.com

3

1985

Bernadette Halliday

360-756-1010

archergroup.com

3

1998

| insurancE agEnciEs | Ranked by number of employees Rank

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14

Company Name/Address

Owner/Top Exec.

Phone Number

Website

Employees

Est.

Greg Gubranson

360-734-1161

www.riceinsurance.com

57

1946

Hub Northwest 110 Unity St., Bellingham

Barry Hanson

360-647-9000

www.hubnw.com

40

1929

Snapper Shuler Kenner Insurance 501 Front St., Lynden

Todd Kaloper

360-354-4488

www.sskinsurance.com

32

1925

Ann Medina

360-734-3960

www.oltmaninsurance.com

18

1932

Brett and Joel Kok

360-354-2200

www.guideinsuranceservices. com

13

1952

Tony Kelley

360-988-2462

www.kelleyinsure.com

9

1946

Brian Castellanos

360-527-0205

www.countryfinancial.com

8

Rod Bring

360-332-7300

www.blaineinsurance.com

7

1954

Bob Wallin Insurance Inc. 1844 Iron St., Bellingham

Ann Leonard

360-734-5204

www.bobwallin.com

7

1976

VibrantUSA 3800 Byron Ave., Suite 148, Bellingham

Dan Solberg

360-733-5111

www.vibrantusa.com

7

2003

D&D Insurance Agency 5701 3rd Ave., Ferndale

Derek Barnes

360-392-8159

www.danddinsurance.com

6

2004

Employee Benefits Planning 288 Martin St., Bellingham

Lori Wilson

360-33-7300

www.ebpllc.com

5

1986

Erik Dyrland Insurance (Farmers) 2105 Park St., Bellingham

Erik Dyrland

360-734-5072

www.dyrlandinsurance.com

5

1987

Bill Magas

360-734-0416

www.magasinsurance.com

4

1979

Rice Insurance 1400 Broadway St., Bellingham

Oltman S&V Agency Inc. 2417 Meridian St., Suite 102, Bellingham Guide Insurance Services 8108 Guide Meridian Road, Lynden Kelley Insurance Agency 103 W Main St., Everson Country Financial Mulitiple agencies throughout the county Blaine Insurance Agency Inc. 288 Martin St., Blaine

Magas Insurance Inc. 2615 Meridian St., Bellingham

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Ranked by number of employees Rank

Company Name/Address

15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25

Hoffman Insurance Inc. 4202 Meridian St., Suite 102, Bellingham

Owner/Top Exec.

Phone Number

Website

Employees

Est.

Jim Hoffman

360-671-8155

www.allstate.com/ jameshoffman

3

2013

Leonard J Corneto Insurance Agency Inc. 102 Grover St., Suite 209, Lynden

Len Corneto

360-354-4197

www.countryfinancial.com/ leonard.corneto

2

2005

Nancy Leavitt Agency (American Family Insurance) 3031 Orleans St., No. 202, Bellingham

Nancy Leavitt

360-733-3626

www.nancyleavittagency.com

2

2008

Ross Abbe

360-733-7768

1

2005

JD Phillips & Associates Inc. 1292 E Axton Road, Bellingham

John Phillips

360-398-9224

1

1987

Mutual of Omaha Insurance Agency 1200 Old Fairhaven Parkway, Suite 302, Bellingham

Bill Tetreault

360-752-3253

mutualofomaha.com

1

2003

Pam Hanson Insurance Solutions 5639 Whitehorn Way, Blaine

Pamela Hanson

360-384-0558

www.pamhansoninsurance. com

1

2009

Coltran Insurance Agency 2530 Meridian St., Bellingham

Richard Coltran

360-647-1662

Scott Richardson

360-714-8790

Farmers Insurance Group

Mulitiple agents

360-714-8117

N/A

State Farm Insurance

Mulitiple agents

877-277-9698

N/A

Abbe & Associates & S.A.S. Brokerage 2100 Humboldt St., Bellingham

State Street Insurance (Allstate) 1901 N State St., Suite A, Bellingham

N/A www.statestreetinsurance. com

N/A

1978

| Law fIrms | Ranked by number of local employees Rank

Company Name/Address

Attorneys

Phone/Website

employees

Description

Mark Lackey

360-734-6390 www.belcherswanson.com

21

Private law firm

Barron Smith Daugert 300 N. Commercial St., Bellingham

Sallye N. Quinn

360-733-0212 www.barronsmithlaw.com

15

Estate planning, business and employment law, commercial litigation, real estate

Carmichael Clark 1700 D St., Bellingham

Laughlan Clark

360-647-1500 www.carmichaelclark.com

19

Land use and development law

Michael Tario

360-671-8500 www.tariolaw.com

17

Personal injury, family law, criminal defense, bankruptcy law

Frank Chmelik, Jonathan Sitkin, Richard Davis

360-671-1796 www.chmelik.com

17

Municipal governments, business and corporate law, environmental, construction law, real estate and land use, employment and labor law, probate and estate planning

David Brown

360-714-0900 www.washingtoninjury.com

15

Personal injury and wrongful death law

1 2 3 4

Belcher Swanson Law Firm 900 Dupont St., Bellingham

5

Chmelik Sitkin & Davis 1500 Railroad Ave., Bellingham

6

Brett Murphy / Washington’s Injury Lawyers 1310 10th St., Suite 104, Bellingham

7

Adelstein, Sharpe & Serka 400 N. Commercial St., Bellingham

Steve Adelstein, Phil Sharpe, Phil Serka, Jeff Fairchild, Mitchell Saber, Ivan Stoner, Morgan Fox

360-671-6565 www.adelstein.com

14

Corporate business, personal injury, property damage, environmental/ land use, employment law, wills and probate

8 9

Brownlie Evans Wolf & Lee 230 E. Champion St., Bellingham

Simon Brownlie, Murphy Evans, Heather Wolf, Mark Lee

360-676-0306 www.brownlieevans.com

6

Real estate, business, employment and litigation

Greg Boos

360-671-5945 www.cascadia.com

8

U.S. immigration law specialists

Tario & Associates 119 N. Commercial St., Bellingham

Cascadia Cross-Border Law 1305 11th St., Suite 301, Bellingham

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Ranked by number of local employees Rank

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19

Company/Address Keller Williams Realty 2211 Rimland Drive, Suite 124, Bellingham

Owner/Top Exec.

Phone Number

Website

Agents/ Brokers

Est.

Marsha Lockart

260-738-7070

www.kw.bellingham.net

200

2000

360-734-7500

www.windermere.com

150

1995

Windemere-Whatcom Realty 515 W. Bakerview Road, Bellingham RE/MAX Whatcom County Inc. 913 Lakeway Drive, Bellingham

Lori Reece

360-647-1313

www.nwhomes.net

90

1991

Muljat Group Inc. 510 Lakeway Drive, Bellingham

Frank Muljat

360-733-3030

www.bellinghamwahomes.com

75

n/a

Coldwell Banker Bain 3610 Meridian St., Bellingham

Gragg Miller

360-734-3420

www.cbbain.com

60

1907

Phil Dyer

360-756-0021

www.sterlingrealestate.biz

42

1997

Darin S tenvers

360-671-9640

www.johnlscott.com

41

1933

Muljat Group North 505 Front St., Lynden

Jerry Blankers

360-354-4242

www.muljatgroupnorth.com

22

1926

eXp Realty International Corp.

1321 King St., Suite 1, Bellingham

Jason Gesing

360-685-4206

www.exprealty.com

20

2009

Century 21 Bay Properties 8045 Birch Bay Drive, Blaine

Carl Dufton

360-676-0210

www.century21bayproperties.com

20

1986

Pacific Continental Realty 114 W. Magnolia St., Suite 202, Bellingham

Jim Bjerke

360-671-4200

www.pacificcontinentalrealty.com

14

1992

Fairhaven Realty (Branch of Lakeway Realty) 1100 11th St., Bellingham

Gloria Calderhead

360-676-8990

www.fairhavenrealty.com

13

1972

Misty Mountains Realty 8193 Kendall Road, Maple Falls

Bret VanLant, Tyrel Jackson

360-599-2200

www.mistymtsrealty.com

10

1990

Azam Nader

360-733-3700

www.sunmarkproperties.com

10

1969

Melanie O’Suileabhain

360-734-5850

www.follisrealtors.com

9

1921

Mike Hays

360-756-6500

www.hammerproperties.com

8

2012

Lakeway Realty Inc. 3547 Lakeway Drive, Bellingham

Dave Hansen

360-733-4009

www.lakewayrealty.net

7

1983

Landmark Real Estate Management 3800 Byron Ave., Suite 112, Bellingham

Kim Servoss

360-738-1022

www.visitlandmark.com

7

1988

RJR Real Estate Inc. 2500 Elm St., Suite 15, Bellingham

Julie Carney

360-671-7677

6

n/a

Sterling Real Estate Group 2011 Young St., Suite 101, Bellingham John L. Scott Real Estate 2930 Newmarket St., Suite 111, Bellingham

Sun-Mark Properties 1850 Lake Whatcom Blvd., Bellingham William T. Follis Realtors 108 Prospect St., Bellingham Hammer Properties NW 102 Ohio St., Bellingham

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Ranked by number of local employees Rank

20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30

Company/Address

Owner/Top Exec.

Phone Number

Website

Agents/ Brokers

Est.

Marcella Gilbertson

360-332-1340

www.buythebayrealty.net

5

2006

Premier Properties NW 1135 Ellis St., Bellingham

Larry Humes

360-756-6600

www.premierpropertiesnw.com

5

2005

Freeman Real Estate 368 H St., Blaine

Ron Freeman

360-332-6400

www.blainerealestate.com, www.freemanrealestate.com

4

1964

Julius Realty Corp.

1339 Gulf Road, PO Box 17, Point Roberts

James Julius

360-945-5555

www.pointrobertswashington.com

4

1980

Realty World Performance Network 6009 Vista Drive, Ferndale

John Reid

360-384-3088

www.realtyworldpacificnorthwest. com

4

1995

Hoppis Real Estate 112 E Maple St., Suite 102, Bellingham

Joe Hoppis

360-527-1777

www.hoppisrealestate.com

3

2012

Katrina Whitfield

360-734-4433

www.northhavenhomes.com

3

2005

National Real Estate Point Roberts 1385 Gulf Road, Point Roberts

Paul Rusk

360-945-1011

www.pointroberts.us

3

1991

Deci Bailey Realty 1469 Gulf Road, Point Roberts

Deci Bailey

360-945-3535

www.realestatepointroberts.com

1

2003

MJB Real Estate Inc. 2477 Erie Terrace, Bellingham

Michael Belisle

360-739-8142

1

2007

Rainshine Realty PO Box 28775, Bellingham

Glen Whitfield

360-733-7744

1

2012

Buy The Bay Realty 225 G St., Suite 102A, Blaine

North Haven Homes 1155 N. State St., No. 528

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| TheaTers & Music | Listed alphabetically

Rank

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13

Organization

Address

Phone Number

Website

Bellingham Festival of Music

PO Box 818, Bellingham

360-201-6621

www.bellinghamfestival.org

Bellingham Theatre Guild

1600 H. St., Bellingham

360-773-1811

www.bellinghamtheatreguild.com

1418 Cornwall Ave., Bellingham

360-305-3524

www.idiomtheater.com

321 Front St., Lynden

360-354-3600

www.jansenartscenter.org

104 N. Commercial St., Bellingham

360-733-5793

www.mountbakertheatre.com

1416 Cornwall Ave., Bellingham

360-738-0735

www.pickfordfilmcenter.org

1318 Bay St., Bellingham

360-738-0735

www.pickfordfilmcenter.org

4876 Haxton Way, Ferndale

866-383-0777

www.silverreefcasino.com

3005 Cinema Place, Bellingham

360-527-1320

www.regmovies.com

The Upfront Theatre

1201 Bay St., Bellingham

360-733-8855

www.theupfront.com

WWU Performing Arts Center

516 High St., Bellingham

360-650-2945

www.tickets.wwu.edu/directions.shtml

Whatcom Museum

121 Prospect St., Bellingham

360-778-8930

www.whatcommuseum.org

Whatcom Symphony Orchestra

201 Grand Ave., Bellingham

360-756-6752

www.whatcomsymphonyorchestra.com

iDiOM Theater Jansen Arts Center Mount Baker Theatre PFC’s Limelight Cinema Pickford Film Center Silver Reef Hotel Casino Spa Regal Barkley Village 16 Imax & RPX

| Top privaTe eMployers | Ranked by number of local employees

Rank

1 2 3 4 5 6

Company/Address

Owner/Top Exec.

Phone/Website

Employees

Est.

Type of Business

Nancy Steiger

360-734-5400 www.peacehealth.org/whatcom

2,750

1891

Medical center

BP Cherry Point Refinery 4519 Grandview Road, Blaine

Bob Allendorfer

360-371-1500 www.bp.com

1,075

1971

Oil refinery

Fred Meyer Lakeway Dr. & W. Bakerview Rd., Bellingham

Bill Cassels and Dan Miller

360-672-1102, 360-788-2900 www.fredmeyer.com

780

1973

Grocery store, retail

Haggen PO Box 9704, Bellingham

John Clougher

360-733-8720 www.haggen.com

760

1933

Florist, grocery store, pharmacies

Anvil Corp 1675 W. Bakerview Road, Bellingham

Gordon Lindell

360-671-1450 www.anvilcorp.com

632

1971

Engineering consulting

Alcoa Intalco Works 4050 Mountain View Road, Ferndale

Barry Hullett

360-384-7061 www.alcoa.com

600

1966

Aluminum smelter

PeaceHealth St. Joseph Medical Center 2901 Squalicum Parkway, Bellingham

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Rank

Company/Address

7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20

Aramark Higher Education 516 High St., Edens Hall Suite 109, Bellingham

Owner/Top Exec.

Phone/Website

Employees

Est.

Type of Business

Stephen Wadsworth

360-650-2970 www.aramark.com

600

DNR

Food services at WWU and WCC

Derek Neuman

360-738-2005 www.zodiacaerospace.com

600

Logos Bible Software 1313 Commercial St., Bellingham

Bob Pritchett

360-527-1700 www.logos.com

430

1992

Makes software for scriptural research

Conoco Phillips 3901 Unick Road, Ferndale

Rich Harbison

360-384-1011 www.conocophillips.com

420

1954

Oil refinery

Alpha Technologies Inc. 3767 Alpha Way, Bellingham

Fred Kaiser

360-647-2360 www.alpha.com

400

1976

Telecommunications Equipment

Peoples Bank 3100 Woburn St., Bellingham

Charles LeCocq

360-354-4044 www.peoplesbank-wa.com

400

1920

Bank

Jim Ryan

360-685-2000 www.matrixservice.com

350

1984

Industrial Construction

Costco Wholesale Inc 4299 Meridian St., Bellingham

Andrea Lowden

360-671-6947 www.costco.com

350

1991

Grocery store, retail

The Markets 4350 Cordata Parkway, Bellingham

Kevin Weatherill

360-714-9797 www.themarketswa.com

319

2008

Grocery store, retail

Whatcom Educational Credit Union 600 E. Holly St., Bellingham

Jennifer Kutcher

360-676-1168 www.wecu.com

311

1936

Credit Union

Haskell Corp 1001 Meador Ave., Bellingham

Fred Haskell

360-734-1200 www.haskellcorp.com

300

1890

Industrial Construction

Wal-mart 4420 Meridian St., Bellingham

Kevin Breen

360-647-1400 www.walmart.com

300

N/A

Retail shopping center

Don Buethorn (owner), Cheryl Persse (CEO)

360-384-1858 www.cascadedafo.com

300

1980

Medical equipment

Tracy Long

360-734-0220 www.target.com

250

N/A

Retail shopping center

Zodiac Airline Cabin Interiors (formerly Heath Tecna) 3225 Woburn St., Bellingham

Matrix Services Inc. 3810 Bakerview Spur, Bellingham

Cascade Dafo 1360 Sunset Ave., Ferndale Target 30 Bellis Fair Parkway, Bellingham

Aerospace Co.

| nonprofiT organizaTions | Listed alphabetically Rank

1 2 3 4

Top Exec.

Phone Number

Website

Est.

Alzheimer Society 1308 Meador Ave. No. C-1, Bellingham

Organization/Address

Kathy Sitker

360-671-3316

www.alzsociety.org

1983

American Red Cross 2111 King St., Bellingham

Linda Giles

360-733-3290

www.redcross.org/wa/bellingham

1917

Barb Clearman

360-738-2803

www.assistanceleaguebellingham.org

1982

Karen Ekdahl

360-676-0950

www.bellinghamchildcare.com

1968

Assistance League of Bellingham 2817 Meridian St., Bellingham Bellingham Childcare and Learning Center 2600 Squalicum Parkway, Bellingham

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Roof evaluations • Sustainable roof options • Sheet metal • Waterproofing • Design build Quality Intergrity, Stabilty Our goal is a COMPLETELY satisfied customer, therefore we stand behind our work 100%.

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| nonprofit organizations | Listed alphabetically Rank

5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16

Organization/Address

Top Exec.

Phone Number

Website

Est.

Mike Cohen

360-676-0392

www.bellinghamfoodbank.org

1972

Michelle Tomasch

360-752-2080

www.seattlegoodwill.org

1997

Julie Guay

360-756-6710

www.blueskiesforchildren.org

1997

Boys & Girls Clubs Whatcom County 1715 Kentucky St., Bellingham

Heather Powell

360-527-3777

www.whatcomclubs.org

1946

Brigid Collins Family Support center 1231 N. Garden St. Suite 200, Bellingham

Byron Manering

360-734-4616

www.brigidcollins.org

1990

Denise Costanten

360-733-5388

www.brigadoondogs.com

2004

Sue Sharpe

360-671-3349

www.chuckanuthealthfoundation.org

1983

Communities in Schools of Whatcom County 2717 Alderwood Ave., Bellingham

Dennis D’Amelio

360-676-6470 x 4847

www.whatcomcounty.ciswa.org

2008

Domestic Violence & Sexual Assault Services 1407 Commercial St., Bellingham

Karen Burke

360-7671-5714

www.dvsas.org

1979

Interfaith Community Health Center 220 Unity St., Bellingham

Desmond Skubi

360-676-6177

www.interfaithchc.org

1984

Junior Achievement 119 N. Commercial St., Bellingham

Julie Speck

360-715-1132

www.jawashington.org

NA

360-739-4702

www.bellinghamkiwanis.org

1922

Bellingham Food Bank 1824 Ellis St., Bellingham Bellingham Goodwill 115 E. Sunset St., Bellingham Blue Skies for Children 2505 Cedarwood Ave., Suite 5, Bellingham

Brigadoon Service Dogs 4759 Mission Road, Bellingham Chuckanut Health Foundation 1500 Cornwall Ave., Suite 201, Bellingham

Kiwanis Club PO Box 902, Bellingham

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| nonprofit organizations | Listed alphabetically Rank

17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27

Top Exec.

Phone Number

Website

Est.

Lydia Place PO Box 28487, Bellingham

Organization/Address

Emily O’Connor

360-671-7663

www.lydiaplace.org

1989

Mt. Baker Planned Parenthood 1530 Ellis St., Bellingham

Linda McCarthy

360-734-9095

www.plannedparenthood.org

1969

Opportunity Council 1111 Cornwall Ave., Bellingham

Sheri Emerson

360-734-5121

www.oppco.org

1965

Jason Hess

360-6718848

www.psbc.org

1996

Peter Theisen

360-733-8670

www.unitedwaywhatcom.org

1956

Larry Thompson

360-788-6594

www.whatcomalliance.org

NA

Bill Ziels

360-733-8630

www.whatcomymca.org

1890

Whatcom County Council on Aging 315 Halleck St., Bellingham

Mary Carlson

360-733-4030

www.wccoa.org

1964

Whatcom Day Academy 5217 Northwest Drive, Bellingham

Robert Schultz

360-312-1103

www.whatcomday.org

1988

Whatcom Community Foundation 1500 Cornwall Ave., Suite 202, Bellingham

Mauri Ingram

360-671-6463

www.whatcomcf.org

1996

Volunteer Center of Whatcm County 301 W. Holly St., Suite M-06, Bellingham

Angela Murray

360-734-3055

www.whatcomvolunteer.org

1971

Puget Sound Blood Bank 410 W. Bakerview Road, No. 117, Bellingham United Way of Whatcom County 1500 Cornwall Ave., Suite 203, Bellingham Whatcom Alliance for Healthcare Advancement 800 E. Chestnut St., Lower Level Suite 2, Bellingham Whatcom Family YMCA 1256 N. State St., Bellingham

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