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Snoqualmie Valley Record • Friday, January 26, 2018 • 11
The Snoqualmie Valley Record’s 2018
SPOTLIGHT ON BUSINESS
Here in the Valley, residents need their local businesses just as much as the businesses need them. Whether you need groceries, a gift, or a garage door, it’s almost always faster and easier turn to your local businesses. It’s certainly more appreciated,. The businesses in this Valley are part of the foundation of your community, not just because they are staffed with locals who
worry about the same issues as you, but also because they, like you, chose to be here. They pay their fair share, if not more, of rising property taxes and licensing and permit fees and business taxes, to maintain a full crew on at the fire station, to keep police on patrol, to educate our children, and to improve and operate our streets and sewers. In our local businesses, their
whole purpose in setting up shop out here is to find ways to support their friends and neighbors — but not having to sit through an hour-long commute is probably a bonus. In this issue of our annual Spotlight on Business, we take a look at some of the ways that businesses are working to grow into an increasingly vital part of our this place we call home. Enjoy.
INSIDE: ‘Poised for growth’ along I-90.........12 City merchants want liaison.....13 Co-working on the Ridge................14