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Wanna play? Join the Chamber crew on Thursday, Sept. 29 from 3:30 to 6:30 for our version of Happy Hour, but better. Being held at the new bar-meets-game-space DWN UNDR, Recess will feature drinks and bites, in addition to adulti-fied playground favorites like swings, a see-saw, bocce, mini golf,... Continue Reading

Wednesday Wake-Up is back, and our new Director of Sales & Member Experience Sarah Martinez hosted a productive and energizing first session on Sept. 7. An intimate group of professionals in a wide range of industries chatted about their work experience, connected on personal similarities, and... Continue Reading

Bellevue made its way onto GoodHire’s “Safest Cities” list this year, clocking in at #8 for small cities and #19 overall. The GoodHire team behind the study established the list using FBI Crime Data pertaining to property, violent, and society crimes, and then ranked each city... Continue Reading

Chamber Lunch is back and better than ever, kicking off its 2022-23 season by honing in on an integral, yet often overlooked political race. In addition to a meal and networking, the upcoming Lunch event on Sept. 15, 2022 will feature a debate between King County Prosecutor candidates, Jim... Continue Reading

These individuals have utilized their membership to the fullest: Engaging with the Chamber’s advocacy efforts, leading chamber event and program committees, and charting the organization’s strategic direction. Continue Reading

Who said land use policy has to be boring? This week, the PLUSH Committee met up at Bellevue Brewing Company to discuss the group’s recent accomplishments, as well as critical items on the horizon like the City of Bellevue’s Comprehensive Plan Update and the “Next Right Work"... Continue Reading

Last week, the Bellevue Chamber and W2A’s Tony Williams hosted Rep. DelBene’s chief of staff, Aaron Schmidt, for a government-affairs-themed Happy Hour at the Chamber office. As head staffer for Rep. DelBene for the past ten years, Schmidt has consistently worked behind the scenes to... Continue Reading

Learn how to utilize your Member Compass to get the most of your Bellevue Chamber membership benefits. These features,  part of our association management software  Novi AMS,  allow  you to manage your membership information conveniently and efficiently. Keeping your profile up to date in the... Continue Reading

The community coalition We Are In recently hosted an event for its Eastside stakeholders covering the topic of homelessness, with Microsoft Philanthropies, Symetra, Amazon, and the Bellevue Chamber serving as sponsors. Renton City Councilmember Ed Prince, We Are In Executive Director Felicia... Continue Reading

Arlene Hampton, senior site director for Mary's Place in Bellevue, answers Chamber questions during our visit. Bellevue Chamber members and staff recently toured the Mary’s Place family shelter, which is located in what was previously a hotel property. The former hotel is not a... Continue Reading

Alex Jensen may be the grandchild of an Eastside burger empire, but he planned to spend his career behind a counsel table ... not a fryer. Starting around age nine, Jensen began putting in hours at the family business as a coke-pourer, shake-maker and dishwasher, but didn’t decide to join... Continue Reading

Kyohei Sugimoto has had his father’s tea every day, without fail, since he was a child. On special occasions they would have matcha – and this isn’t your Americanized drive-through latte version – whereas sencha was for any day, all the time. They would visit the fields... Continue Reading