Our Chamber Coalition had several successes in this year’s session As the 2020 legislative short session has now ended, both small business owners and workers are breathing a collective sigh of relief. Despite a flurry of bills introduced earlier in the session that would have eliminated jobs, decreased pay and increased product and service costs, only a few bills made it across the finish line to become law. One the bills that failed to pass was Senate Bill 6276, which was a

Amidst all of the craziness last week, something very heart-warming happened. Robin Kelley (Executive Director at FISH and past, long time Greater Issaquah Chamber Festival Director) remembered we have these Salmon Days hand sanitizing stations in storage and she thought perhaps they could be used by the community right now. She mentioned it to long time X-Stream team volunteer David Bahm, he reached out to other extreme team members. Our Production Manager Peter Norby brough

Rob started out with American Family as an agent in Faribault, MN in 1988. He transferred to the national headquarters in 1991 as a sales training specialist. Three years later, he was appointed district sales manager to D-63 in New Ulm, MN. Under his management, D-63 received numerous awards. In 2000, Rob was appointed field training manager and later that same year accepted a position as field special projects manager. In December 2001 Rob was named the sales director for

Q13 Anchor and Correspondent Brandi Kruse will serve as event emcee Bellevue, WA - The East King Chambers Coalition announced today that Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson will deliver the keynote address at their annual legislative breakfast on January 8. The Coalition also confirmed that veteran broadcast journalist Brandi Kruse will act as emcee for the event and moderate the legislator panels. The breakfast is set for Wednesday, January 8, 2020, 7:00 AM at the Hyatt

The Chamber recently hosted a Roundtable Luncheon with top executives from the education sector. Public K-12, colleges, private education institutes and student resource businesses were in attendance. Participants shared their insights and the challenges they face as they look to fulfill their mission to educate and ready our next generation for the workforce. Traffic, affordable housing and expansion are top of mind. These issues directly affect their ability to hire and

The Ambassador Committee has had a busy year representing the Chamber and our diverse membership to the community. This committee welcomes our new partners to the organization by managing our Welcome Basket program. They greet guests at Chamber events and help introduce you to other businesses. Committee members have delivered over 40 baskets so far this year and helped celebrate our partners by attending ribbon cutting ceremonies. In addition, the Ambassadors had a booth

The Greater Issaquah Chamber of Commerce has published its annual report for 2018/2019 - CLICK HERE to read it. #Chamber #Report #2018 #2019

Friday morning the Greater Issaquah Chamber Board of Directors voted unanimously to oppose Initiative 976 and we urge our members, local businesses, and residents to do the same. Initiative 976 targets transportation projects funded in part by our car tab fees. The idea of an affordable standard tab fee sounds great, however in reality I-976 jeopardizes transportation projects already in the works and would eliminate future projects. Transportation continues to be one of the

The Greater Issaquah Chamber will host the first Eastside Regional Business Summit on April 25, 2019. This one-day event will bring together experts to inform and engage business owners, managers and CEO’s on a range of issues concerning and impacting our region. Top three reasons business professionals will want to attend: Engage with presenters, share ideas, and walk away with tools and solutions to support future growth and success. Learn best practices from leaders in va

Dear Chamber Member, Thank you for your continued support of the Greater Issaquah Chamber of Commerce and our efforts to advance and promote business in the Issaquah area. In compliance with our Chamber Bylaws (revised October 2016), the Nominating Committee has met in order to develop nominations for the 2018-19 Board of Directors. The committee presents the following nominees to be elected to the Issaquah Chamber Board of Directors for the 2018-19 term that begins on April