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A guide for your communityHello! In your hands is this

year’s edition of The Belling-ham 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 insur-ance agencies and other busi-nesses.

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 catego-ries that had been missing in

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 institu-tions into a separate category for easy-to-reach contact infor-mation 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 Jour-nal staff drew upon several sources to obtain our informa-tion.

At the top is last year’s edi-tion of the Book of Lists, but we also relied upon a paid business database, informa-tion 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 infor-mation, 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 cat-egories? Did we take out cat-egories 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 edi-tion and thumb through it throughout the year as an easy-to-use guide about businesses in our community.

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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.

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The 2015 Book of Lists

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

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

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

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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

State Total 6,968,170 6,882,400 6,817,770 6,767,900 6,724,540 6,672,159 6,608,245

Rank Company, address Phone/FaxWeb

Top Local ExecutiveCorp. HQ Location

Number of Local Brances

1 peoples Bank418 Grover St., Lynden

354-4044/354-

Charles LeCocqLynden, WA

10

2 Washington Federal Sav-ings Bank

733-3050/733-

Tom KenneySeattle, WA

7

3 Bank of america112 E. Holly St., Bellingham

676-2816/325-

DNRCharlotte, NC

6

4 uS Bank121 W. Holly St., Bell-

738-2600/738-

Ann CaldwellCincinnati, OH

6

5 Banner Bank1600 Cornwall Ave.,

738-8090/738-

Cheryl FischerWalla Walla, WA

7

6 Wells Fargo3101 Woburn St., Bell-

738-2331/738-

Rakhi SamantSouth Dakota

5

7 KeyBank1221 N. State St., Bell-

676-6317/527-

Heather VaughnCleveland, OH

5

8 Chase Bank1336 Cornwall Ave.,

676-8900/671-

DNRChicago, IL

5

9 Whidbey island Bank265 York St., Bellingham

734-7306/240-

Jorge AlverezBurlington, WA

4

10 Bank of the pacific2124 Hannegan Road,

714-8805/714-

Drew WilkensAberdeen, WA

4

11 Sterling Savings Bank1784 Front St., Lynden

354-7500/354-

John ParadisSpokane, WA

3

12 Skagit State Bank15011 Cornwall Ave.,

647-6919/676-

Cheryl BishopBurlington, WA

3

13 union Bank3410 Woburn St, Bell-

671-8225/ 671-1596

Mike SebringSan Francisco, CA

3

14 Business Bank2417 Meridian St., #104,

685-0080/685-

John CruikshankBurlington, WA

1

15 Columbia State Bank211 E. Holly Street, Bell-

671-2929/671-

Nancy AbbottTacoma, WA

9

Source: Office of Financial Management


| major institutions |Rank Name Top Exec. Address Phone Number Website Est.

1 Whatcom County Jack Louws311 Grand Ave.

Bellingham360-676-6700 www.co.whatcom.wa.us 1854

2 City of Bellingham Kelli Linville210 Lottie St.Bellingham

360-778-8000 www.cob.org 1903

3 City of Blaine Harry Robinson435 Martin St.

Blaine360-332-8311 www.ci.blaine.wa.us 1980

4 City of Ferndale Gary Jensen2095 Main St.

Ferndale360-384-4302 www.cityofferndale.org 1907

5 City of Lynden Scott Korthuis300 4th St.

Lynden360-354-1170 www.lyndenwa.org 1891

6 Bellingham Technical College Patricia McKeown3028 Lindbergh Ave.

Bellingham360-752-7000 www.btc.ctc.edu 1957

7 Western Washington University Bruce Shepard516 High St. Bellingham

360-650-3000 www.wwu.edu 1893

8 Whatcom Community College Kathi Hiyane-Brown237 W. Kellogg Road

Bellingham360-383-3000 www.whatcom.ctc.edu 1967

9 Peace Health St. Joseph Medical Center

Nancy Steiger2901 Squalicum Parkway

Bellingham360-734-5400 www.peacehealth.org 1981

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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 Bell-ingham and Whatcom County.

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

Beer pouring inTwo new breweries opened

in Bellingham in 2014, and two more are slated to open in 2015, while several established breweries are expanding. Liv-ability.com ranked Bellingham

No. 8 in its national list of best cities for craft beer, and some groups are trying to make Bell-ingham a brewery destination.

Stones Throw Brewing, at

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

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

Luciano said he hopes to open the brewery by summer.

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

Eric Wight, Jameson Long-man and Chris Bierman, own-ers 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.

BY OLIVER LAZENBY The Bellingham Business Journal

What's brewing ahead this yearChuckanut 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

Chuckanut owner Will Kemper plans to expand his operations to meet demand. Andy Bronson Photo | For the BellinghAm Business JournAl


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 Inter-state 5 at 1538 Kentucky St. The 12,000-square-foot ware-house 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 dou-ble 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 brewmas-ter 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 brew-eries 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

tap houses, and plans to offer brewery tours this spring, co-founder Scott Pelton said.

Waterfront talks underway

The Port of Bellingham and Irish firm Harcourt Develop-ments 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 Build-ing, Fix said. Last year, the port and Harcourt were talk-ing about 10 acres. If Harcourt developed the first 10 acres successfully, they could do another 10.

Fix said the discussed agree-ment has changed, and now includes more specific perfor-mance metrics for Harcourt.

“There’s enough perfor-mance 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 Bel-fast 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 Har-court 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 liabili-ties,” Fix told the Port Com-mission at its Jan. 6 meeting. “In 2012 they exceeded them by about $70 million.”

He did not get to see Har-court’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 Eve-ning Post.

Safeway openingHaggen’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-square-foot store will have a deli, flower stand, bakery, wine department, and an organic and natural foods section. It will also have an in-store Star-bucks 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 every-thing 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 Bet-ter Than New clothing store. Ashby expects the co-op's new wing, called the Co-op Con-nections Building, to open in mid-May with a bakery, classrooms and administrative offices.

Across the street, the co-op’s original location is also sched-uled 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 gro-cery 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 Por-ter, vice president of marketing for Grocery Outlet, said the store should open mid-sum-mer and will likely have about

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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.

Pot legislationBellingham’s Top Shelf

Cannabis became Washing-ton’s first recreational mari-juana 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 struc-ture 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 pos-session and purchase of mari-juana 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

and $30 — more than twice the street market value.

Liquor control board spokes-person 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 chal-lenging 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 eras-ing misdemeanor marijuana crimes from past offenders’ records.

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

“The state Legislature needs to correct the tremendous inequity resulting from a high-ly taxed and regulated recre-ational marijuana industry try-ing to survive amid numerous

unregulated, untaxed medical marijuana dispensaries,” Nel-son said in an email.

Tourism promotionA two-fold increase in the

amount of three-star and above hotel rooms in Bellingham is underway. Hotels in Belling-ham 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 propos-als for a new “signature event” that would attract overnight visitors to Bellingham during the tourism offseason between September and March.

“Establishing another signa-ture event in Bellingham will not only build excitement for its residents and business own-ers but continue to establish a brand for Bellingham as an exciting destination,” Belling-ham 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. AddressPhone

NumberWebsite

Number of employees

est.

1 Larson Gross PLLC Aaron Brown2211 Rimland Drive,

Suite 422Bellingham

360-734-4280 www.larsongross.com 86 1949

2 Moss Adams LLP Mark Thoma2200 Rimland Drive

Bellingham360-676-1920 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

Bellingham360-734-8715 www.vshcpa.com 35 1995

4 Metcalf Hodges PSHartwell Bressler, Julie

Johansen, Jennifer Wright

709 Dupont St.Bellingham

360-733-1010www.metcalfhodges.

com12 1964

5 Multop & Associates Ltd PS

Phillip Multop2210 Rimland Drive,

Suite 101Bellingham

360-671-7891 www.multop.com 12 1976

6 Darrell Stewart and Company

Darrell Stewart1135 Ellis St.Bellingham

360-734-2935www.darrellstewart andcompany.com

8 1997

7 Gene Bell & Associates

Gene Bell1700 Iowa St.

Bellingham360-671-1845

www.genebell associates.com

6 1999

8 Marlys Bourm CPA Marlys Bourm2594 Lake Whatcom

Blvd.Bellingham

360-733-7155www.marlysbourm

cpa.com6 1989

9 Deacon Joseph Inc. Joseph Deacon119 N Commercial St.

Bellingham360-671-9082 5 1979

10 Groeneweg Vree and Company Inc.

Mark Groeneweg701 Front St.

Lynden360-354-2228 5 N/A

11 Stromberg & Stomberg

Jack Stomberg2509 Cedarwood Ave.,

Suite 1Bellingham

360-733-9290 strombergcpas.com 5 1980

12 Bookkeeping Solutions NW

Bill Pate109 6th St.

Lynden360-318-1611

www.bsnwtraining.com

4 2005

13 Schlichting Wixson CPA LLC

Erin Schlichting, Wendy Wixson

119 N Commercial St., Suite 1250Bellingham

360-778-1968www.schlichting wixsoncpas.com

4 2014

14 Francis J O'Neil CPA Francis O'Neil2080 Alder St.

Ferndale360-384-1421 4 1988

15 Jan Bowman & Associates

Employee-owned519 E. Magnolia St.


www.jbaacounting.com

4 1983

16 Orphalee Smith CPA Orphalee Smith1408 Commercial St.

Bellingham360-671-8181 4 1981

17 Business Support Services Northwest

Chris McGee1001 E Maple St.


www.bssnorthwest.com

3 1998

18 Lentz And Associates Inc. Roy Lentz2509 Cedarwood Ave.,

Suite 3Bellingham

360-734-2172 3 1986


| AccountAnts |Ranked by number of local employees


NumberWebsite

Number of employees

est.

19 Scott A Davis CPA Scott Davis211 Elm St.Bellingham

360-647-1200 scottdaviscpa.com 3 2002

20 Stevenson Mccollough CPA Inc.

Tim McCullough, Lew Stevenson

1951 Main St.Ferndale

360-647-1040 www.a1cpa.com 3 1981

21 Artino Advisory Group P.S.

Stephanie Artino1031 N. State St., No.

104Bellingham

360-656-6834http://artinoadvisors.

com2 2012

22 Jay Shilhanek CPA Jay Shilhanek1015 Dupont St.

Bellingham360-733-5795 www.shilhanek.com 2 2000

23 McMaster & Associates

Betty and Mac Mc-Master

3636 Kansas St.Bellingham

360-647-9361 2 2003

24 Michael B Crane & Associates PS

Michael Crane1155 N State St., Suite

420Bellingham

360-734-4700 www.mbcrane.com 2 1980

25 Vaughn Hagen CPA Vaughn Hagen1015 Dupont St.


www.vaughnhagen cpa.com

2

26 Beverly Rae CPA Beverly Rae1414 F St. Bellingham

360-738-3030 1 1993

27 Enders And Webb CPA PS

John Enders1229 Cornwall Ave.,

Suite 306Bellingham

360-733-3110 1 1940

28 Zaremba Paxton PS John Zaremba1314 N State St.


www.zarembacpa.com

1 2010

29 Amy Kittinger Amy Kittinger1117 E Beachview Place


30 Wyandt Accounting Services, Inc.

Yon Wyandt4200 Meridian St., Suite

100Bellingham

360-671-4026thewiseaccountant.

com

31 Central Tax Accounting Inc.

Randal Troupe603 Front St.

Lynden360-354-1040

centralaccounting.com

1942

32 Curnow And Co. PS Jack W. Curnow1720 Iowa St.

Bellingham360-676-6655 www.curnowcpa.com

33 JH Associates Candice White3110 Northwest Ave.,

Suite ABellingham

360-671-0244 1994

34 Steele Financial Services

Richard Steele1303 Commercial St.,

Suite 4Bellingham

360-647-1739 www.steelefs.com

35 Stewart Tax & Accounting Inc.

Andy Eshuis1843 Front St., Suite D

Lynden360-354-3534

36 Wynkoop Accounting LLC

Kelly Wynkoop2027 Viewhaven Lane


wynkoopaccounting.com

37 Don Lamb Inc. PS CPA 114 W Magnolia,

Suite 445Bellingham

360-734-6400www.donlambcpa.

comN/A

38 Fred O LaFreniere CPA Inc.

Fred Lafreniere1117 Ellis St.Bellingham

360-647-1696 N/A

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| Architects |Listed alphabetically


NumberWebsite

Number of Emp.

1 ARA Architects John Axelson1310 Broadway St., Suite 2C

Bellingham360-671-0933 N/A

2 Arbour North Roberta and Jed Clark3647 Toad Lake Road

Bellingham360-671-2550 www.arbournorth.com N/A

3 Christensen Design Management

David Christensen1108 11th St. Suite 304 B


www.masterplanning.com

N/A

4 Douglas Landsem Architect Douglas Landsem1407 N Forest St.


www.landsem architect.com

3

5 Gideon Architects Gary Gideon2405 Spruce St.

Bellingham360-676-6195 www.gideonaia.com N/A

6 Grinstad & Wagner ArchitectsFrederick Wagner,

Tom Grinstad1609 12th St.Bellingham

360-676-9501www.grinstadwagner.

com2

7 Hall Kienast Architects AIA Robert Hall1303 Commercial St., Suite 2

Bellingham360-671-1586 N/A

8 John Stewart Architects John Stewart1409 Cornwall Ave.


www.john stewartarchitects.com

N/A

9 JWR Design Jerry Roetcioender104 Front St.

Lynden360-354-0333 www.jwrdesign.com N/A

10 King Architecture David King401 Harris Ave., Suite 100

Bellingham360-647-5464 king-architecture.com N/A

11 Professional Building Design Todd Fuller2620 N Harbor Loop Drive,

Suite 2, Bellingham360-393-3131 N/A

12 RMC Architects Brand Cornwell1223 Railroad Ave.

Bellingham360-676-7733 RMCarchitects.com 14

13 Haven Design Workshop Sean Hegstad3410 Aldergrove Road

Ferndale360-527-2840 www.haven-dw.com 5

14 Zervas’ Group ArchitectsTerry Brown,

Sharon Robinson, Andrew Krzysiek

209 Prospect St., Suite 1Bellingham

360-734-4744www.zervasgroup.

com11

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| Auto DeAlers |Listed alphabetically*

Rank Company NameOwner/ Top Exec.

AddressPhone

NumberWebsite est.

1 Chevrolet, Buick, GMC Cadillac Of Bellingham Jeffrey Watson3891 Northwest Road


www.bellinghamchevy.com

NA

2 Dewey Griffin Subaru Allen Meyer1800 Iowa St.

Bellingham360-734-8700 www.deweygriffin.com 2002

3 Diehl Ford, Inc. Robert Diehl1820 James St.

Bellingham360-734-2640 www.diehlford.com 1908

4 Hinton Chevrolet-Buick, Inc. Mark Hinton8139 Guide Meridian

Lynden360-354-2129 www.hintonmotors.com 1947

5 King Volvo Frank King1601 Iowa St.

Bellingham360-255-5999 www.kingvolvo.com 1968

6 Northwest Honda Dan Sims2010 Iowa St.


www.northwesthonda.com

1970

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

Greg Rairdon1615 Iowa St.

Bellingham 360-734-8810 www.rairdon.com 2007

8 Roger Jobs Porsche Volkswagen Audi Roger Jobs2200 Iowa St.

Bellingham360-734-5230 www.rogerjobs.com 1985

9 Wilson Motors Rick Wilson1100 Iowa St.

Bellingham360-676-0600 www.wilsonmotors.com 1960

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

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| BANKS |Ranked by value of local deposits

Rank Company name CEO Address Website Local deposits

1 Peoples Bank Charles LeCocq3100 Woburn St.

Bellingham,WA 98226www.peoplesbank-wa.com $673.2 million

2 Bank of America, National Association

Brian Moynihan100 North Tyron St. Charlotte, NC 28202

www.bankofamerica.com $375.9 million

3 Washington Federal, National Association

Roy M. Whithead

425 Pike St.Seattle,WA 98101

www.washington federal.com

$362.3 million

4 US Bank, National Association

Richard K Davis425 Walnut St.

Cincinnati,OH 45202www.usbank.com $260.8 million

5 Wells Fargo Bank, National Association

John G Stumpf101 N. Phillips Ave.

Sioux Falls,SD 57104www.wellsfargo.com $244.4 million

6 Banner Bank Mark Gresovich10 South First St.

Walla Walla,WA 99362www.bannerbank.com $218.1 million

7 JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association

James Dimon1111 Polaris ParkwayColumbus,OH 43240

www.jpmorganchase.com $202.2 million

8 KeyBank National Association

Beth Mooney127 Public Square

Cleveland,OH 44114www.key.com $194.1 million

9 Bank of the PacificDenise

Portmann300 East Market St., Aberdeen,WA 98520

www.bankofthepacific.com $133.9 million

10 Union Bank, National Association

Katsumi Hatao400 California St.

San Francisco,CA 94104www.unionbank.com $80.5 million

11 Skagit Bank Cheryl Bishop301 Fairhaven Ave.

Burlington,WA 98233www.skagitbank.com $62.8 million

12 Savibank Mike Cann1854 South Burlington Blvd.

Burlington,WA 98233www.businessbankwa.com $19 million

13 Columbia State Bank Melanie Dressel1301 A St.

Tacoma,WA 98402www.columbiabank.com $5.4 million

14 Heritage Bank Brian Vance201 5th Ave., SW

Olympia,WA 98501http://heritagebanknw.com N/A

15 Umpqua Bank Raymond P. Davis445 S.E. Main St.

Roseburg,OR 97470www.umpquabank.com N/A

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

Susan Templeton Asst. Branch Manager NMLS 94045

o: [email protected]

Josh Guthrie VP/Branch ManagerNMLS 624026

o: [email protected]

A place to call home, since 1917.

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1500 Cornwall Ave., Bellingham 360-733-3050


| Banquet/Meeting Facilities |Ranked by total meeting space

Rank CompanyGeneral Manager

Address Phone WebsiteTotal Sq. Ft/

# of RoomsEst.

1 Northwest Washington Fair Jim Baron 1775 Front St., Lynden 360-354-4111 www.nwwafair.com 71,200 sq ft/4 1910

2 Semiahmoo Resort* Mark S. Andrew9565 Semiahmoo Parkway, Blaine

360-318-2000 www.semiahmoo.com 35,000 sq ft/13 n/a

3 Silver Reef Hotel Casino & Spa

Harlan Oppenheim4876 Haxton Way,

Ferndale866-383-0777

www.silverreefcasino.com

25,000+ sq ft/7 2002

4 Mount Baker TheatreKim Laskey, Brad Burdick

104 N. Commercial St.Bellingham

360-733-5793www.mountbaker

theatre.com23,800 sq ft/3 1927

5 Western Washington Univ. Shalom Long 516 High St., Bellingham 360-650-4777 www.wwu.edu 18,000+ sq ft/7 1898

6 Boys and Girls Club of Whatcom County

Heather Powell1616 Cornwall Ave.,

Ste 201Bellingham

360-738-3808www.whatcomclubs.

com

17,000 sq ft/2 (plus gym in

Ferndale)1946

7 Best Western Lakeway Inn Larry McDonald714 Lakeway Drive


www.thelakewayinn.com

11,000 sq ft/12 1979

8 Bellingham Cruise Terminal

Ally Vincent355 Harris Ave.


www.portofbellingham.com

9,650 sq ft/3 1989

9 Hotel Bellwether Jim Haupt1 Bellwether Way


www.hotelbellwether.com

7,000 sq ft/6 2000

10 The Majestic on North Forest

Alborz Monjazeb1027 N. Forest St.


www.bellingham majestic.com

7,000 sq ft/4 2002

11 Broadway Hall* Rob Westford1300 Broadway St.


www.broadwayhall.com

5,600 sq ft/2 1905

12 Giuseppe’s Italian Restaurant

Giuseppe Mauro21 Bellweather Way


www.giuseppesitalian.com

5,500 sq ft/3 2005

13 Depot Market Square Amanda Grove1100 Railroad Ave.

Bellingham360-778-7000 www.cob.org 5,220 sq ft/1 2006

14 Fox Hall at Hampton Inn Bellingham

Alex Nephew3985 Bennett Drive

Bellingham360-676-7700 www.hamptoninn.com 5,126 sq ft/3 1991

15 Bloedel Multipurpose Room

James King2214 Electric Ave.

Bellingham360-778-7000 www.cob.org/parks 4,300 sq ft/1 1948

16 Northwood HallShannon

Rohrbacher3240 Northwest Ave.


www.northwoodhall.com

4,000 sq ft/1 1995


Rank CompanyGeneral Manager

Address Phone WebsiteTotal Sq. Ft/

# of RoomsEst.

17 SPARK Museum of Electrical Innovation

Tana Grannack1312 Bay St.Bellingham

360-738-3886 www.sparkmuseum.org 4,000 sq ft/2 2006

18 Mariott Springhill Suites Keith Coleman4040 Northwest Ave.


www.springhill bellingham.com

3,500 sq ft/4 2013

19 Windows on the Bay Tom Kilpatrick2625 S Harbor Loop

Drive, Bellingham360-920-1372 windowsonthebay.net 3,200 sq ft/4 2008

20 Mt Baker Lodging Inc

Dan Graham (owner),

Verna Robertson (manager)

7463 Mt Baker HighwayMaple Falls

360-599-2453www.mtbakerlodging.

com3,000 sq ft/

multiple1989

21 Lairmont Manor Susan Bjorklund405 Fieldston Road


www.lairmontmanor.com

2,000 sq ft/3 1914

22 The Leopold Jeanne Crannell1224 Cornwall Ave.


www.leopoldretirement.com

2,000 sq ft/3 1996

23 Squalicum Boathouse Ally Vincent2600 Harbor Loop Road,


www.portofbellingham.com

1,577 sq ft/2 2000

| Banquet/Meeting Facilities |Ranked by total meeting space

*Most recently available information

| Bookstores |Ranked by number of books


NumberWebsite

Number of books

Est.

1 Michael’s Books Michael Elmer109 Grand Ave.


www.michaels books.com

300,000 1983

2 Henderson BooksRobert Henderson,

Barbara Meyers116 Grand Ave.

Bellingham360-734-6855 300,000 1986

3 Village BooksChuck and Dee Robinson

(owners), Paul Hanson (manager)

1200 11th St.Bellingham

360-671-2626www.villagebooks.

com110,000 1980

4 Western Associated Students Bookstore

Peg Godwin501 High St.Bellingham

360-650-3745www.bookstore.

wwu.edu100,000 1910

5 Katz! Coffee and Used Books

Ken and Sherri Stap515 Front St.

Lynden360-354-2471

www.katzlynden.com

80,000 1947

6 Cozy Corner Books & Coffee

Chris and Cindy Callow3094 Northwest Ave.

Bellingham360-647-1747 60,000 2004

7 Antiquariat Botanicum

Eugene Vigil1113 Bridgeview Drive

(by appointment), Lynden360-354-7513

www.antiquariat botanicum.com

2,500 1989

8 Barnes & Noble Cate McCarthy4099 Meridian St.

Bellingham360-647-7018 www.bn.com N/A 1995

9 Hancock House Publishers Ltd

David Hancock1431 Harrison Ave.

(warehouse)Blaine

800-938-1114www.hancock

house.comN/A 1971

10 Family Christian Stores Bill Harmon1712 W. Front St.

Lynden360-354-5960 familychristian.com N/A 1994

11 Eclipse Books David Carlsen1104 11th St.Bellingham

360-647-8165 N/A 1989


| breweries |Listed alphabetically

| caterers |Ranked by number of events catered in 2014

Rank Company name Owner Address Phone Number Website Est.

1 Aslan Brewing Co. Jack Lamb1330 N. Forest St.

Bellingham360-778-2088 www.aslanbrewing.com 2014

2 Boundary Bay Brewery Ed Bennett1107 Railroad Ave.

Bellingham360-647-5593 www.bbaybrewery.com 1995

3 Chuckanut BreweryMari Kemper, Will Kemper

601 West Holly St.Bellingham

360-752-3377www.chuckanutbrewery

andkitchen.com2008

4 Kulshan Brewing Co. Dave Vitt2238 James St.


www.kulshanbrewery.com

2012

5 Menace Brewing Benjamin Buccarelli7056 Portal Way, Suite 3


www.menacebrewing.tumblr.com

2012

6 The North Fork Brewery Vicki Savage6186 Mount Baker Highway, Deming

360-599-2337www.northforkbrewery.

com1997

7 Wander BrewingChad Kuehl,

Colleen Kuehl1807 Dean Ave.

Bellingham360-647-6152 www.wanderbrewing.com 2014

Rank Company Name Manager Address Phone Website# of

EventsEst.

1 Kelly’s O’Deli Dianne Blakesley1554 Main St.


www.kellysodeli catering.com

1,193 1985

2 Café Akroteri John Kotsogeanis1219 Cromwell Ave.

Bellingham360-676-5554 cafeakroteri.com 342 1989

3 Hilltop Restaurant Tom Kilpatrick5645 Guide Meridian


hilltopcooking.com

310 1959

4 Old World DeliAnna and Christos

Adams1228 N. State St.


oldworlddeli1.com

300 2007

5 Fools Onion CateringLance Bailey and

Kristine Kager5305 Northwest Drive

Bellingham360-815-7380/ 360-306-8137

www.foolsonion.com

250 2002

6 Port of Subs-Lakeway Alexandria Galvin1068 Lakeway Drive


www.portof subs.com

240 NA

7 Windows on the Bay Tom Kilpatrick2625 S Harbor Loop

Drive, Bellingham360-920-1372

www.windows onthebay.net

92 2008

8 Haggen Market Street CateringKaari Haaland (onsite), Steve Hanft (corpoarte)

210 36th St.Bellingham

360-647-4325marketstreet catering.com

NA 2001

9 Giuseppe’s Italian Restaurant Giuseppe Mauro21 Bellweather Lane


www. giuseppesitalian.

comNA 2005

10 Jalapenos Mexican Restaurant Jesse Cantu2218 Pacific St. (corporate HQ)


jalapenos-wa.com

NA 1999

11 India Grill Santok Tumber1215 Cornwall Ave.

Bellingham360-714-0314 www.indiagrill.us NA 1996

12 Milano’s David Reera9990 Mount Baker High-

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| credit unions |Ranked by value of assets

| engineering firms |Ranked by number of local employees

Rank Credit unions/Address Phone Website Assets Employees Members

1 Whatcom Educational Credit Union600 E. Holly St., Bellingham

360-676-1168 www.wecu.com $1.057 billion 350 73,724

2 Industrial Credit UnionPO Box 1767, Bellingham

360-734-2043 industrialcu.org $190 million 89 23,573

3 North Coast Credit Union1100 Dupont St., Bellingham

360-671-8235 www.northcoastcu.org $179 million 51 13,722

4 Pacific Northwest Credit Union3250 Northwest Ave., Bellingham

360-647-0560 www.pacifcnwcu.com $136 million 56 15,815

5 WestEdge Credit Union2501 James St., Bellingham

360-734-5790 www.westedgecu.org $52 million 13 4,078

Source: Northwest Credit Union Association

Rank Company/Address Owner/Top Exec. Phone Number Website Local emp. Est.

1 Anvil Corporation1675 W. Bakerview Road, Bellingham

Gordon Lindell 360-671-1450 www.anvilcorp.com 418 1971

2 Wilson Engineering805 Dupont St., Suite 7, Bellingham

Andy Law 360-733-6100 www.wilsonengineering.com 29 1967

3 Pacific Surveying & Engineering Services Inc1812 Cornwall Ave., Bellingham

Adam Morrow 360-671-7387 www.psesurvey.com 26 1989

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| EnginEEring firms |Ranked by number of local employees

Rank Company Address Owner/Top Exec. Phone Number Website Local emp. Est.

4 Valmont West Coast Engineering6823 Northgate Way, Ferndale

Theodore Brockman 604-946-1256 www.valmont.com 25 1998

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

Luis Ponce 360-354-3687 www.recivil.com 23 1993

6 Hiltner Combustion Systems1482 Slater Road, Unit D, Ferndale

Joel Hiltner 360-312-9200www.hiltnercombustionsystems.

com13 2007

7 Land Development Engineering & Surveying5160 Industrial Place, No.108, Ferndale

President Kyle Haggith, Vice Pres.

Ramon llanos360-383-0620 www.ldesinc.com 11 2004

8 Bayside Engineering Group6982 Hannegan Road, Lynden

Guy Maakad 360-354-7980 www.baysideeng.com 10 1988

9 Ronald T Jepson And Associates222 Grand Ave., Suite C, Bellingham

Ronald Jepson 360-733-5760 www.jepsonengineering.com 10 1968

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

Martin Spencer 360-671-0155 www.marlinengineer.com 9 2002

11 2020 Engineering, Inc.814 Dupont St., Bellingham

Mark Buehrer 360-671-2020 www.2020engineering.com 8 1995

12 Chinook Wind6571 Lunde Road, Everson

John Bosche 360-398-2862 www.chinookwind.net 8 2001

13 Transition Composites Engineering3145 Brown Road, Ferndale

Raymond Blotteaux 360-312-1497 www.transitioncomposites.com 6 2007

14 Jones Engineers, Inc. 4164 Meridian St. Suite 304, Bellingham

Darcy Jones 360-733-8888 www.jonesengineers.us 5 1989

15 Associated Project Consultants, Inc.1401 Astor St., Bellingham

Douglas Campbell 360-671-1146 www.apcengineers.com 4 1978

16 Braaksma Engineering Inc.711 Racine St., Bellingham

Gary Braaksma 360-734-7416www.braaksma-engineering.

com4 1999

17 K Engineers, Inc.208 3rd St., Lynden

William Diephuis, Steve TeVelde

360-354-4757 www.k-engineers.com 4 2007

18 Redpoint Structures1264 Mt. Baker Highway, Bellingham

Greg Funston 360-715-0121 www.redpointstructures.com 4 2005

19 Schouten Construction273 Rosemary Way, Lynden

John Schouten 360-354-5637 4 1968

20 DVDT Engineering, Inc.295 W King Tut Road, Lynden

Damon Vandentop 360-933-1345 2 2003


Rank Company Address Owner/Top Exec. Phone Number Website Local emp. Est.

21 Andritz1801 Roeder Ave., Suite 112, Bellingham

Matt McGarry 360-714-0787 www.andritz.com 2 1997

22 Merit Engineering Inc.2715 Meridian St., Bellingham

Austin Huang 360-738-1499 www.meritengineering.com 2 1992

23 Bennett Engineering2324 James St., Bellingham

Tom Bennett 360-671-2600 1 2003

24 Metmat Inc.3700 Alabama St., Apt. 304, Bellingham

Michael Kogan 360-733-3606 1 1998

25 Sehome Planning & Engineering Services103 E Holly St., Suite 206, Bellingham

Rollin Harper 360-733-6033 1 2000

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

Matthew Woolsey 360-676-4604 www.woolzee.com 1 1991

27 Hydrologic Services Co.1317 Chuckanut Drive, Bellingham

Joanne Greenberg 360-650-9000 www.hydrologicservices.com n/a 1991

28 Advanced Simulation Corporation1385 Gulf Road, Suite 201, Point Roberts

Kenton Starko 360-945-3090 www.advsim.com n/a n/a

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

Ulf Hansson 360-371-4321 n/a n/a

30 Lahatt Engineering2101 Cornwall Ave., Bellingham

James Lahatt 360-676-8332 n/a n/a

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

Baha Abulnaga 360-988-6058 n/a n/a

32 Sequoia Technologies, Inc.4210 Padden Hills Court, Bellingham

Keith Denoyer 360-656-5075 www.sequoia-tech.com n/a n/a

33 Summit Engineering And Design2413 Main St., Ferndale

Ernie Macquarrie 360-366-7330 n/a n/a

34 Tsuga Engineering3809 Morning Mist Way, Bellingham

360-255-7508 n/a n/a

35 United Energy Engineers3035 Silvern Lane, Bellingham

Robert Langei 360-647-2427www.unitedenergyengineers.

comn/a n/a

36 Web Engineering125 W Kellogg Road, Bellingham

Neil Latta 360-671-7002 www.webengineering.us n/a n/a

37 Weden Engineering2636 Nubgaard Road, Ferndale

Eric Weden 360-380-1363 www.wedenengineering.com n/a n/a

| EnginEEring firms |Ranked by number of local employees

| financial advisErs |Ranked by number of advisers

Rank Company Name/Address Owner/Top Exec. Phone Number Website Advisers Est.

1 Waddell & Reed4164 Meridian St., Suite 104, Bellingham

Timonthy Goering 360-734-4728 www.waddell.com 17 1987

2 Edward JonesAbout 15 independent offices

John Meno edwardjones.com 15 n/a

3 Merrill Lynch2950 Newmarket St., Suite 104, Bellingham

Richard Rosbach 360-676-7800 ml.com 15 1980

4 Morgan Stanley2200 Rimland Drive, Suite 105, Bellingham

Steven J. Sutton 360-734-8500 morganstanley.com 11 1972

5 Ludeman Capital Management1855 Main St., Suite 103, Ferndale

Heidi Ludeman 360-738-9600 ludemancapital.com 6 1995

6 Saturna Capital1300 N. State St., Bellingham

Jane Carten 360-734-9900 saturna.com 7 1989


| Financial advisErs |Ranked by number of advisers

Rank Company Name/Address Owner/Top Exec. Phone Number Website Advisers Est.

7 UBS Financial Services104 Unity St., Bellingham

Stew Elison 360-715-8939 ubs.com 5 1996

8 RBC Wealth Management3101 Newmaket St., Suite 101, Bellingham

Patrick Swesey, Scott Hume 360-671-5900 rbc.com 3 1985

9 Archer Halliday1621 Cornwall Ave., Bellingham

Bernadette Halliday 360-756-1010 archergroup.com 3 1998

| insurancE agEnciEs |Ranked by number of employees

Rank Company Name/Address Owner/Top Exec. Phone Number Website Employees Est.

1 Rice Insurance1400 Broadway St., Bellingham

Greg Gubranson 360-734-1161 www.riceinsurance.com 57 1946

2 Hub Northwest110 Unity St., Bellingham

Barry Hanson 360-647-9000 www.hubnw.com 40 1929

3 Snapper Shuler Kenner Insurance501 Front St., Lynden

Todd Kaloper 360-354-4488 www.sskinsurance.com 32 1925

4 Oltman S&V Agency Inc.2417 Meridian St., Suite 102, Bellingham

Ann Medina 360-734-3960 www.oltmaninsurance.com 18 1932

5 Guide Insurance Services8108 Guide Meridian Road, Lynden

Brett and Joel Kok 360-354-2200www.guideinsuranceservices.

com13 1952

6 Kelley Insurance Agency103 W Main St., Everson

Tony Kelley 360-988-2462 www.kelleyinsure.com 9 1946

7 Country FinancialMulitiple agencies throughout the county

Brian Castellanos 360-527-0205 www.countryfinancial.com 8

8 Blaine Insurance Agency Inc.288 Martin St., Blaine

Rod Bring 360-332-7300 www.blaineinsurance.com 7 1954

9 Bob Wallin Insurance Inc.1844 Iron St., Bellingham

Ann Leonard 360-734-5204 www.bobwallin.com 7 1976

10 VibrantUSA3800 Byron Ave., Suite 148, Bellingham

Dan Solberg 360-733-5111 www.vibrantusa.com 7 2003

11 D&D Insurance Agency5701 3rd Ave., Ferndale

Derek Barnes 360-392-8159 www.danddinsurance.com 6 2004

12 Employee Benefits Planning288 Martin St., Bellingham

Lori Wilson 360-33-7300 www.ebpllc.com 5 1986

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

Erik Dyrland 360-734-5072 www.dyrlandinsurance.com 5 1987

14 Magas Insurance Inc.2615 Meridian St., Bellingham

Bill Magas 360-734-0416 www.magasinsurance.com 4 1979

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Rank Company Name/Address Owner/Top Exec. Phone Number Website Employees Est.

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

Jim Hoffman 360-671-8155www.allstate.com/

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

Len Corneto 360-354-4197www.countryfinancial.com/

leonard.corneto2 2005

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

Nancy Leavitt 360-733-3626 www.nancyleavittagency.com 2 2008

18 Abbe & Associates & S.A.S. Brokerage2100 Humboldt St., Bellingham

Ross Abbe 360-733-7768 1 2005

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

John Phillips 360-398-9224 1 1987

20 Mutual of Omaha Insurance Agency1200 Old Fairhaven Parkway, Suite 302, Bellingham

Bill Tetreault 360-752-3253 mutualofomaha.com 1 2003

21 Pam Hanson Insurance Solutions5639 Whitehorn Way, Blaine

Pamela Hanson 360-384-0558www.pamhansoninsurance.

com1 2009

22 Coltran Insurance Agency2530 Meridian St., Bellingham

Richard Coltran 360-647-1662 N/A

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

Scott Richardson 360-714-8790www.statestreetinsurance.

comN/A 1978

24 Farmers Insurance Group Mulitiple agents 360-714-8117 N/A

25 State Farm Insurance Mulitiple agents 877-277-9698 N/A

| Insurance agencIes |Ranked by number of employees

| Law fIrms |Ranked by number of local employees

Rank Company Name/Address Attorneys Phone/Website employees Description

1 Belcher Swanson Law Firm900 Dupont St., Bellingham

Mark Lackey360-734-6390

www.belcherswanson.com21 Private law firm

2 Barron Smith Daugert300 N. Commercial St., Bellingham

Sallye N. Quinn360-733-0212

www.barronsmithlaw.com15

Estate planning, business and employment law, commercial

litigation, real estate

3 Carmichael Clark1700 D St., Bellingham

Laughlan Clark360-647-1500

www.carmichaelclark.com19 Land use and development law

4 Tario & Associates119 N. Commercial St., Bellingham

Michael Tario360-671-8500

www.tariolaw.com17

Personal injury, family law, criminal defense, bankruptcy law

5 Chmelik Sitkin & Davis1500 Railroad Ave., Bellingham

Frank Chmelik, Jonathan Sitkin, Richard Davis

360-671-1796www.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

6Brett Murphy / Washington’s Injury Lawyers1310 10th St., Suite 104, Bellingham

David Brown360-714-0900

www.washingtoninjury.com15

Personal injury and wrongful death law

7 Adelstein, Sharpe & Serka400 N. Commercial St., Bellingham

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

360-671-6565www.adelstein.com

14

Corporate business, personal injury, property damage, environmental/

land use, employment law, wills and probate

8 Brownlie Evans Wolf & Lee230 E. Champion St., Bellingham

Simon Brownlie, Murphy Evans, Heather Wolf,

Mark Lee

360-676-0306www.brownlieevans.com

6Real estate, business, employment

and litigation

9 Cascadia Cross-Border Law1305 11th St., Suite 301, Bellingham

Greg Boos360-671-5945

www.cascadia.com8 U.S. immigration law specialists


| Real estate Companies |Ranked by number of local employees

Rank Company/Address Owner/Top Exec. Phone Number Website Agents/Brokers

Est.

1 Keller Williams Realty2211 Rimland Drive, Suite 124, Bellingham

Marsha Lockart 260-738-7070 www.kw.bellingham.net 200 2000

2 Windemere-Whatcom Realty515 W. Bakerview Road, Bellingham

360-734-7500 www.windermere.com 150 1995

3 RE/MAX Whatcom County Inc.913 Lakeway Drive, Bellingham

Lori Reece 360-647-1313 www.nwhomes.net 90 1991

4 Muljat Group Inc.510 Lakeway Drive, Bellingham

Frank Muljat 360-733-3030 www.bellinghamwahomes.com 75 n/a

5 Coldwell Banker Bain3610 Meridian St., Bellingham

Gragg Miller 360-734-3420 www.cbbain.com 60 1907

6 Sterling Real Estate Group2011 Young St., Suite 101, Bellingham

Phil Dyer 360-756-0021 www.sterlingrealestate.biz 42 1997

7 John L. Scott Real Estate2930 Newmarket St., Suite 111, Bellingham

Darin S tenvers

360-671-9640 www.johnlscott.com 41 1933

8 Muljat Group North505 Front St., Lynden

Jerry Blankers 360-354-4242 www.muljatgroupnorth.com 22 1926

9 eXp Realty International Corp.1321 King St., Suite 1, Bellingham

Jason Gesing 360-685-4206 www.exprealty.com 20 2009

10 Century 21 Bay Properties8045 Birch Bay Drive, Blaine

Carl Dufton 360-676-0210 www.century21bayproperties.com 20 1986

11 Pacific Continental Realty114 W. Magnolia St., Suite 202, Bellingham

Jim Bjerke 360-671-4200 www.pacificcontinentalrealty.com 14 1992

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

Gloria Calderhead 360-676-8990 www.fairhavenrealty.com 13 1972

13 Misty Mountains Realty8193 Kendall Road, Maple Falls

Bret VanLant, Tyrel Jackson

360-599-2200 www.mistymtsrealty.com 10 1990

14 Sun-Mark Properties1850 Lake Whatcom Blvd., Bellingham

Azam Nader 360-733-3700 www.sunmarkproperties.com 10 1969

15 William T. Follis Realtors108 Prospect St., Bellingham

Melanie O’Suileabhain

360-734-5850 www.follisrealtors.com 9 1921

16 Hammer Properties NW102 Ohio St., Bellingham

Mike Hays 360-756-6500 www.hammerproperties.com 8 2012

17 Lakeway Realty Inc.3547 Lakeway Drive, Bellingham

Dave Hansen 360-733-4009 www.lakewayrealty.net 7 1983

18 Landmark Real Estate Management3800 Byron Ave., Suite 112, Bellingham

Kim Servoss 360-738-1022 www.visitlandmark.com 7 1988

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

Julie Carney 360-671-7677 6 n/a

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| Real estate Companies |Ranked by number of local employees

Rank Company/Address Owner/Top Exec. Phone Number Website Agents/Brokers

Est.

20 Buy The Bay Realty225 G St., Suite 102A, Blaine

Marcella Gilbertson 360-332-1340 www.buythebayrealty.net 5 2006

21 Premier Properties NW1135 Ellis St., Bellingham

Larry Humes 360-756-6600 www.premierpropertiesnw.com 5 2005

22 Freeman Real Estate368 H St., Blaine

Ron Freeman 360-332-6400www.blainerealestate.com,

www.freemanrealestate.com4 1964

23 Julius Realty Corp.1339 Gulf Road, PO Box 17, Point Roberts

James Julius 360-945-5555 www.pointrobertswashington.com 4 1980

24 Realty World Performance Network6009 Vista Drive, Ferndale

John Reid 360-384-3088www.realtyworldpacificnorthwest.

com4 1995

25 Hoppis Real Estate112 E Maple St., Suite 102, Bellingham

Joe Hoppis 360-527-1777 www.hoppisrealestate.com 3 2012

26 North Haven Homes1155 N. State St., No. 528

Katrina Whitfield 360-734-4433 www.northhavenhomes.com 3 2005

27 National Real Estate Point Roberts1385 Gulf Road, Point Roberts

Paul Rusk 360-945-1011 www.pointroberts.us 3 1991

28 Deci Bailey Realty1469 Gulf Road, Point Roberts

Deci Bailey 360-945-3535 www.realestatepointroberts.com 1 2003

29 MJB Real Estate Inc.2477 Erie Terrace, Bellingham

Michael Belisle 360-739-8142 1 2007

30 Rainshine RealtyPO Box 28775, Bellingham

Glen Whitfield 360-733-7744 1 2012

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Grundens • Carhartt & Lots More!

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| TheaTers & Music |Listed alphabetically

Rank Organization Address Phone Number Website

1 Bellingham Festival of Music PO Box 818, Bellingham 360-201-6621 www.bellinghamfestival.org

2 Bellingham Theatre Guild 1600 H. St., Bellingham 360-773-1811 www.bellinghamtheatreguild.com

3 iDiOM Theater 1418 Cornwall Ave., Bellingham 360-305-3524 www.idiomtheater.com

4 Jansen Arts Center 321 Front St., Lynden 360-354-3600 www.jansenartscenter.org

5 Mount Baker Theatre 104 N. Commercial St., Bellingham 360-733-5793 www.mountbakertheatre.com

6 PFC’s Limelight Cinema 1416 Cornwall Ave., Bellingham 360-738-0735 www.pickfordfilmcenter.org

7 Pickford Film Center 1318 Bay St., Bellingham 360-738-0735 www.pickfordfilmcenter.org

8 Silver Reef Hotel Casino Spa 4876 Haxton Way, Ferndale 866-383-0777 www.silverreefcasino.com

9 Regal Barkley Village 16 Imax & RPX 3005 Cinema Place, Bellingham 360-527-1320 www.regmovies.com

10 The Upfront Theatre 1201 Bay St., Bellingham 360-733-8855 www.theupfront.com

11 WWU Performing Arts Center 516 High St., Bellingham 360-650-2945 www.tickets.wwu.edu/directions.shtml

12 Whatcom Museum 121 Prospect St., Bellingham 360-778-8930 www.whatcommuseum.org

13 Whatcom Symphony Orchestra 201 Grand Ave., Bellingham 360-756-6752 www.whatcomsymphonyorchestra.com

| Top privaTe eMployers |Ranked by number of local employees

Rank Company/Address Owner/Top Exec. Phone/Website Employees Est. Type of Business

1 PeaceHealth St. Joseph Medical Center2901 Squalicum Parkway, Bellingham

Nancy Steiger360-734-5400

www.peacehealth.org/whatcom2,750 1891 Medical center

2 BP Cherry Point Refinery4519 Grandview Road, Blaine

Bob Allendorfer360-371-1500www.bp.com

1,075 1971 Oil refinery

3 Fred MeyerLakeway Dr. & W. Bakerview Rd., Bellingham

Bill Cassels and Dan Miller

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

780 1973 Grocery store, retail

4 HaggenPO Box 9704, Bellingham

John Clougher360-733-8720

www.haggen.com760 1933

Florist, grocery store, pharmacies

5 Anvil Corp1675 W. Bakerview Road, Bellingham

Gordon Lindell360-671-1450

www.anvilcorp.com632 1971

Engineering consulting

6 Alcoa Intalco Works4050 Mountain View Road, Ferndale

Barry Hullett360-384-7061

www.alcoa.com600 1966 Aluminum smelter

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Rank Company/Address Owner/Top Exec. Phone/Website Employees Est. Type of Business

7 Aramark Higher Education516 High St., Edens Hall Suite 109, Bellingham

Stephen Wadsworth360-650-2970

www.aramark.com600 DNR

Food services at WWU and WCC

8Zodiac Airline Cabin Interiors (formerly Heath Tecna)3225 Woburn St., Bellingham

Derek Neuman360-738-2005

www.zodiacaerospace.com600 Aerospace Co.

9 Logos Bible Software1313 Commercial St., Bellingham

Bob Pritchett360-527-1700

www.logos.com430 1992

Makes software for scriptural research

10 Conoco Phillips3901 Unick Road, Ferndale

Rich Harbison360-384-1011

www.conocophillips.com420 1954 Oil refinery

11 Alpha Technologies Inc.3767 Alpha Way, Bellingham

Fred Kaiser360-647-2360

www.alpha.com400 1976

Telecommunications Equipment

12 Peoples Bank3100 Woburn St., Bellingham

Charles LeCocq360-354-4044

www.peoplesbank-wa.com400 1920 Bank

13 Matrix Services Inc.3810 Bakerview Spur, Bellingham

Jim Ryan360-685-2000

www.matrixservice.com350 1984

Industrial Construction

14 Costco Wholesale Inc4299 Meridian St., Bellingham

Andrea Lowden360-671-6947

www.costco.com350 1991 Grocery store, retail

15 The Markets4350 Cordata Parkway, Bellingham

Kevin Weatherill360-714-9797

www.themarketswa.com319 2008 Grocery store, retail

16 Whatcom Educational Credit Union600 E. Holly St., Bellingham

Jennifer Kutcher360-676-1168

www.wecu.com311 1936 Credit Union

17 Haskell Corp1001 Meador Ave., Bellingham

Fred Haskell360-734-1200

www.haskellcorp.com300 1890

Industrial Construction

18 Wal-mart4420 Meridian St., Bellingham

Kevin Breen360-647-1400

www.walmart.com300 N/A

Retail shopping center

19 Cascade Dafo1360 Sunset Ave., Ferndale

Don Buethorn (owner), Cheryl Persse (CEO)

360-384-1858www.cascadedafo.com

300 1980 Medical equipment

20 Target30 Bellis Fair Parkway, Bellingham

Tracy Long360-734-0220

www.target.com250 N/A

Retail shopping center

| Top privaTe employers |Ranked by number of local employees

| nonprofiT organizaTions |Listed alphabetically

Rank Organization/Address Top Exec. Phone Number Website Est.

1 Alzheimer Society1308 Meador Ave. No. C-1, Bellingham

Kathy Sitker 360-671-3316 www.alzsociety.org 1983

2 American Red Cross2111 King St., Bellingham

Linda Giles 360-733-3290 www.redcross.org/wa/bellingham 1917

3 Assistance League of Bellingham2817 Meridian St., Bellingham

Barb Clearman 360-738-2803 www.assistanceleaguebellingham.org 1982

4 Bellingham Childcare and Learning Center2600 Squalicum Parkway, Bellingham

Karen Ekdahl 360-676-0950 www.bellinghamchildcare.com 1968


| nonprofit organizations |Listed alphabetically


5 Bellingham Food Bank1824 Ellis St., Bellingham

Mike Cohen 360-676-0392 www.bellinghamfoodbank.org 1972

6 Bellingham Goodwill115 E. Sunset St., Bellingham

Michelle Tomasch 360-752-2080 www.seattlegoodwill.org 1997

7 Blue Skies for Children2505 Cedarwood Ave., Suite 5, Bellingham

Julie Guay 360-756-6710 www.blueskiesforchildren.org 1997

8 Boys & Girls Clubs Whatcom County1715 Kentucky St., Bellingham

Heather Powell 360-527-3777 www.whatcomclubs.org 1946

9 Brigid Collins Family Support center1231 N. Garden St. Suite 200, Bellingham

Byron Manering 360-734-4616 www.brigidcollins.org 1990

10 Brigadoon Service Dogs4759 Mission Road, Bellingham

Denise Costanten 360-733-5388 www.brigadoondogs.com 2004

11 Chuckanut Health Foundation1500 Cornwall Ave., Suite 201, Bellingham

Sue Sharpe 360-671-3349 www.chuckanuthealthfoundation.org 1983

12 Communities in Schools of Whatcom County2717 Alderwood Ave., Bellingham

Dennis D’Amelio360-676-6470

x 4847www.whatcomcounty.ciswa.org 2008

13 Domestic Violence & Sexual Assault Services1407 Commercial St., Bellingham

Karen Burke 360-7671-5714 www.dvsas.org 1979

14 Interfaith Community Health Center220 Unity St., Bellingham

Desmond Skubi 360-676-6177 www.interfaithchc.org 1984

15 Junior Achievement119 N. Commercial St., Bellingham

Julie Speck 360-715-1132 www.jawashington.org NA

16 Kiwanis ClubPO Box 902, Bellingham

360-739-4702 www.bellinghamkiwanis.org 1922

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17 Lydia PlacePO Box 28487, Bellingham

Emily O’Connor 360-671-7663 www.lydiaplace.org 1989

18 Mt. Baker Planned Parenthood1530 Ellis St., Bellingham

Linda McCarthy 360-734-9095 www.plannedparenthood.org 1969

19 Opportunity Council1111 Cornwall Ave., Bellingham

Sheri Emerson 360-734-5121 www.oppco.org 1965

20 Puget Sound Blood Bank410 W. Bakerview Road, No. 117, Bellingham

Jason Hess 360-6718848 www.psbc.org 1996

21 United Way of Whatcom County1500 Cornwall Ave., Suite 203, Bellingham

Peter Theisen 360-733-8670 www.unitedwaywhatcom.org 1956

22Whatcom Alliance for Healthcare Advancement800 E. Chestnut St., Lower Level Suite 2, Bellingham

Larry Thompson 360-788-6594 www.whatcomalliance.org NA

23 Whatcom Family YMCA1256 N. State St., Bellingham

Bill Ziels 360-733-8630 www.whatcomymca.org 1890

24 Whatcom County Council on Aging315 Halleck St., Bellingham

Mary Carlson 360-733-4030 www.wccoa.org 1964

25 Whatcom Day Academy5217 Northwest Drive, Bellingham

Robert Schultz 360-312-1103 www.whatcomday.org 1988

26 Whatcom Community Foundation1500 Cornwall Ave., Suite 202, Bellingham

Mauri Ingram 360-671-6463 www.whatcomcf.org 1996

27 Volunteer Center of Whatcm County301 W. Holly St., Suite M-06, Bellingham

Angela Murray 360-734-3055 www.whatcomvolunteer.org 1971

| nonprofit organizations |Listed alphabetically

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Bellingham Business Journal, February 02, 2015