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Weekly Update The legislature convened for the 2023 legislative session on Monday, January 9th. This year’s session is considered a “long-session” and is scheduled to last 105 days with the end date of April 23rd. The legislature is kicking off the start of a new 2-year budget... Continue Reading

The New Executives program hosted Dennis Pierce from Intelligent Leadership Executive Coaching last week, allowing participants to dig into the importance of relationships and building camaraderie in the workplace. As a jack-of-all-trades turned executive coach, Pierce has an arsenal of skills... Continue Reading

The Bellevue Chamber’s Young Entrepreneurs Academy starts up again on January 23, so let’s catch up with some alums that are successfully running nonprofits. Meet Manoj Simha, Director of Finance at Cosmic Writers: After graduating from The Wharton School of the University of... Continue Reading

2022 was a busy, busy year. Our in-person event docket returned in full swing, advocacy groups lobbied in D.C. and Olympia, and membership grew as we welcomed new (and existing) businesses to Bellevue. Above all else, though, we are most proud of how we were able to directly support the... Continue Reading

With one step inside Pacific North Chiropractic, it becomes clear that this is not your typical practice. A stuffy waiting room is traded for a bright and open one, and often-bland patient rooms are filled with cutting-edge tech, informative diagrams, and a space that is curated specifically... Continue Reading

It has been a busy, busy year for the Chamber. Now back in-person, we put on an impressive host of signature events, member ribbon cuttings, and other get-togethers for our local business community. Look back at 2022 with us. January: Kicking off the year (and the legislative session), the... Continue Reading

The New Executives program recently hosted Bellevue City Councilmember Jennifer Robertson for its session on government affairs, where students had the opportunity to ask any and everything they wanted to know about civic service and building a legacy here in Bellevue. See below for some of the... Continue Reading

Dr. Matthew Sharpe, founder and medical director for SharpeVision Modern LASIK & Lens, is one of the Bellevue Chamber’s newest board members. Hailing from Columbus, Ohio — “the second of three sons who all needed glasses,” — Dr. Sharpe has established an... Continue Reading

The Executive Business Roundtable series has boasted an impressive set of speakers for this year’s program so far, beginning with Microsoft’s Jared Spataro on the state of WFH-versus-in-person work, then political journalist Brandi Kruse as an election follow-up, and most recently,... Continue Reading

The Coalition thanks the legislature for passing the Move Ahead Washington transportation package. Specifically, we thank you for the funding allocated to SR-18 and I-405, two critical connectors in our region. We look forward to continuing this partnership through further improvements. The East... Continue Reading

This past week, Seattle Times columnist Gene Balk put out an article depicting the shift in demographics across Bellevue’s neighborhoods, specifically diving into data capturing the language spoken at home, household income, how many people work in tech, how many are renting versus how many... Continue Reading

On November 14, 2022, the Bellevue Chamber’s Policy Council addressed the following letter to the Bellevue City Council in response to the City’s proposed budget. Continue Reading