Apr 9, 2024 | Culture of Creativity, Innovation
Walkability is a very desirable characteristic when it comes to livability. Being able to walk, bike or hop aboard transit is high on the wish list of those who want to reduce their carbon footprint and connect to their neighborhood. With this in mind, Nat Henry...
Feb 10, 2023 | Culture of Creativity, Innovation, Why Washington?
We talk a lot about innovation here in Washington State. But you can’t beat it when someone else sings your praises, especially since it was supposed to be a travel piece. Innovation is our secret sauce. For more than a century, it has set us apart from the rest of...
Dec 16, 2022 | Culture of Creativity
The concept of farm to table is well known across the land, but farm to oven? That’s the mission of Cairnspring Mills, a small craft flour miller in Burlington, Washington. Opened in 2017, the stone milling company is a step back in time to a pre-industrial era when...
Nov 17, 2020 | Culture of Creativity, Why Washington?
Listening to the national media, you’d think Seattle was turning into a ghost town. All that’s missing is a couple of tumbleweeds and a shoot out at high noon. But as any resident knows, Washington’s biggest city has been through it all before. Booms...
Aug 29, 2019 | Clean Energy, Culture of Creativity
The Energizer Bunny used to be the poster child for energy storage. But now, thanks to a significant infusion of federal and state funding, Washington State is taking the lead in large-scale energy storage.While small projects around the state have already proven that...
Dec 7, 2018 | Culture of Creativity
It’s official! Edmonds, Washington is the state’s first Certified Creative District. The announcement was made by Gov. Jay Insee during the annual Governor’s Arts and Heritage Awards.The designation is designed to encompass a specific geographic area that is defined...
Nov 1, 2018 | Culture of Creativity
It’s been said that cooking is art, baking is science. It certainly looks that way at the Washington State University Bread Lab in Mount Vernon, where leading researchers not only conduct important research on grains, but preach what they practice in an innovative...
Aug 6, 2018 | Culture of Creativity, Uncategorized
If you fly through Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, you may think it a bit strange to see a record store there. But Sub Pop Records is much more than a record store. It’s an integral part of Washington’s legendary music scene. Sure, Washington gave...
Apr 25, 2018 | Culture of Creativity
When Steven Soderbergh filmed his last movie, Unsane, he turned to two little-known Seattle startups to make film magic on his iPhone. Yes, iPhone. Soderberg filmed the entire feature-length film on an iPhone 7 Plus, aided by Motion’s mobile-phone camera lenses...
Apr 20, 2018 | Culture of Creativity
When one talks about entrepreneurship in Washington State, Seattle deserves more than a mention or two. No, not Seattle, the city. Seattle, the chief. Seattle (siʔał in his tribe’s language), it turns out, was Washington’s very first entrepreneur. The chief of...
