WWU program creates entrepreneurs and helps current businesses
WWU program creates entrepreneurs and helps current businesses Blog by Hannah Asmussen, Bellingham Regional Chamber of Commerce intern and WWU student studying Public Relations with an Entrepreneurship and Innovation minor. At Western Washington University there [...]
Business Resources for COVID-19
From the office of the President/CEO of Bellingham Regional Chamber of Commerce, Guy Occhiogrosso Business Resources for COVID-19 To the business leaders in our Chamber network: Like many of you, the Bellingham Regional Chamber of [...]
Hot topics discussed at Chamber’s Cross Border Business Committee
The Bellingham Regional Chamber of Commerce’s Cross Border Business committee met on Thursday, Feb. 20 with an agenda full of hot topic items. The group touched on the NEXUS program and the threat from the [...]
Whatcom Women in Timber Tour
Whatcom Women in Timber Tour by Stephanie Wiley June 7th 2019 The Friday before the Deming Log Show weekend, the Whatcom Women in Timber offer a tour of the Timber Industry here in Whatcom County. [...]
Member Spotlight: Shuksan Web
Our story Owning Your Own Business As an entrepreneur at heart, I majored in Business Management, planning to have a business of my own someday. Now, thirty years later, I've had a number of small [...]
Think your company is too small to offer great health insurance? Think again.
Think your company is too small to offer great health insurance? Think again. Bellingham Regional Chamber of Commerce has partnered with Business Health Trust (BHT) – Washington’s source for employee benefits to provide access to [...]
Hohl’s Feed and Seed Store – From’s the President/CEO’s desk
By: Guy Occhiogrosso This Monday morning we woke to the news of Hohl's - an iconic Bellingham downtown landmark. We were once again reminded of the fragility of business and community. There doesn't appear to [...]
Cross Border Committee update
The Bellingham Regional Chamber of Commerce Cross Border Committee met on January 24th. One item of note was that it is increasingly harder to obtain qualified employees through the H1B VISA program. The results show [...]
Veritas Media shares insight into the Annual Award Dinner videos
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Big changes to local events
The Bellingham/Whatcom Chamber of Commerce has announced that the 2018 Jr. Ski to Sea Race will be moved to Zuanich Point Park in lieu of Lake Padden Park, where the race has been held in [...]
Join the Chamber’s Team! We’re hiring!
Program & Event Coordinator POSITION OVERVIEW The Program & Events Coordinator's primary objective is to oversee all Chamber events and program activities including the Haggen 4th of July Celebration, Chamber Speaker Series, the monthly Networking [...]
Bornstein Seafoods – a successful family business since 1934
The Bellingham/Whatcom Chamber of Commerce is pleased to be offering its first "Industry Close-up Tour presented by Banner Bank" at Bornstein Seafoods. Bornstein is a successful local company with a long heritage. Bornstein Seafoods was [...]