An Orcas Island artist has been selected by the Blue Moon Brewing Company to help celebrate the company's 20 years of brewing.
Noted economists Dr. Hart Hodges and Dr. Anneliese Vance-Sherman will be featured guest speakers at the Economic Development Council’s annual “Economics” luncheon.
April Pollock is the manager of Clever Cow Creamery, an ice cream shop, which is opening early June in the Eastsound Square on the street side.
Orcas Wild, a new interpretive wildlife center, is opening in Eastsound across from the Episcopal Church on Main Street.
The Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission has teamed up with Wanderlust Camps to offer a new style of luxury camping at Moran State Park on Orcas Island.
Island Hospital ranked third in Washington for earning high scores for quality from Medicare patients who received care in 2013, according to an article in the Seattle Post-Intelligencer. In the survey, 79 percent of Island’s patients scored their care a 9 or 10.
The Orcas Island Library is hosting a series of money management classes from April 21 to 30. All classes are free and open to the public.
Entrepreneurs with inventions in all stages of product development are invited to a dynamic full-day workshop on getting products from idea to market.
The Orcas Chamber of Commerce is hosting the Shakespeare Festival April 7 to 11.
Below is the line-up of events.
Entrepreneurs with inventions in all stages of product development are invited to a dynamic full-day workshop on getting products from idea to market.
Fashion Fairy Consignment is closing Fashion Fairy Consignment has closed its doors and Misty Cruz and Josh Holley will be opening a new consignment shop in the same space.
Dr. Carrie Feuer has begun a new private practice in Eastsound after almost a year of volunteering her services one day a week at the Orcas Family Health Center.
Cherry T’s Children's Consignment will be operating under new ownership starting April 1.
Portable homes with a light development footprint are gaining popularity, and Issa Wild is hoping to be at the forefront of the movement.
Stephen Forsythe opened a gym on Orcas because he wants to help people get healthy.
Women entrepreneurs are invited to attend the EDC’s Women’s Business Boot Camp, an workshop to tune up or startup businesses, on Wednesday, March 25, 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. at Brickworks in Friday Harbor.
Jay Blackinton of Hogstone Wood Oven has been nominated for Rising Star of the Year by the James Beard Foundation.
Most people know that Orcas has a chamber of commerce. But its exact purpose is not always clear. Susan Gudgell, chamber board president, is hoping to change that.
Join the San Juan County Economic Development Council and the Washington State Department of Labor and Industries for a free workshop on “Everything About Your L&I Account” on Wednesday, March 4 from 9 to 11 a.m.
Mrs. Kays has been operating on Orcas Island since 2013. The business offers residential and commercial cleaning and organizing services.
The San Juan County Economic Development Council will present a free half-day workshop for small businesses and entrepreneurs on Orcas Island, on Tuesday, Feb. 24 from 9 a.m. until noon. Advance registration is required.
Do you feel you’re stuck in a financial pattern that will never change? Do you understand the basics of budgeting, saving and investing? Unfortunately, surveys have shown that most people do not.
The San Juan County Economic Development Council, in partnership with Islanders Bank and Lake Kennedy McCulloch, CPAs, will present a free workshop on choosing a business entity.
When talking about his new venture, chef Bill Patterson uses words like synergy, simpatico and serendipity.
While Amber Rose was working as an insurance agent's assistant in her early 20s, she wanted to learn more about the business.
The San Juan County Economic Development Council, in partnership with Islanders Bank and Lake Kennedy McCulloch, CPAs, will present a free workshop on QuickBooks on Wednesday, Jan. 7 from 9 to 10:30 a.m. at the San Juan Library.
Orcas Island is joining in the Renaissance movement of small-craft liquor production.
Long-time island residents Charlie West and Carie DeRuiter are excited to be launching a boutique distillery.
Business entrepreneurs are invited to a San Juan County Economic Development Council Business Cafe on Thursday, Dec. 11 from 9 to 10:30 a.m. at the Orcas Library.
With the opening of Orcas Island Distillery just before Thanksgiving, Orcas Island can now claim its very own craft distillery.
Token Herb opened on Friday in Eastsound next to Country Corner and the laundromat. The shop is the first retailer of marijuana in the county.
Business entrepreneurs are invited to a San Juan County Economic Development Council Business Cafe on Thursday, Nov. 13 from 5:15 until 7 p.m. at the Lopez Island Public Library.
Island Hospital in Anacortes received the Washington State Hospital Association’s Community Health Leadership Award for its approach to delivering mental health services to students in a rural setting.
A crowdfunding workshop is being offered by the San Juan County Economic Development Council. Crowdfunding is a way for entrepreneurs to use online communities like Kickstarter to ask for monetary pledges from individuals.
Steve and Monica Duthie have recently launched their newest addition: The Loft at Madrona.
The Women Business Owners, one of Puget Sound’s leading organization for women entrepreneurs, has named Eastsound business owner Jill Blankenship as one of five finalists for the 2014 Nellie Cashman Woman Business Owner of the Year Awards Competition (‘The Nellie’).
They have updated and refinished the previous Allium and former Christina’s restaurant above their other restaurant, the Madrona Bar and Grill. The space on Main Street has been transformed into a modern and elegant dining experience.
With decades-long ties to Orcas, now that Gavin Glenn is here he is not going anywhere.
“I am here to stay!” he said at the grand opening of The Aviator, a new event facility at his family’s hangar in Eastsound.
"I am here to stay!" he said at the grand opening of The Aviator, a new event facility at his family's Hangar in Eastsound.The Orcas Island Chamber of Commerce combined its monthly mixer with Glenn's opening on Aug. 26.
Fiona and Edward Stone are old fashioned renovators at heart.
The couple restored their 1912 craftsman home on Orcas, they refurbish vintage travel trailers for rent on the island and now the two have overhauled the concession stand and boat rental at Moran State Park next to Cascade Lake.
Michael Elder, a licensed marriage and family therapist, has opened an office in Eastsound Square, upstairs behind Mia’s Café.
