This Week in the Harbor

October 9, 2023

2023 Board Installment Luncheon Recap

Thank you to all our incredible Gig Harbor Chamber members who joined in celebrating our past Board of Directors and welcoming our new Board of Directors at our most recent luncheon. We look forward to all the great things our new board will help us accomplish.

Welcome New Members!

Freedom Boat Club is the largest and most professionally run boat club in the world and here in Washington. Freedom Boat Club Seattle and Puget Sound offers you unlimited boating at our 9 locations in Everett, Poulsbo, Edmonds, Port Orchard, Olympia, Tacoma and Seattle (3 Locations) as well as reciprocal use in Anacortes, Bellingham and San Juan Islands locations. They have a fleet of 180+ boats here in Washington for 2023.

Chase Global is a strategic communications consultancy specializing in news media, reputation and crisis management. Your reputation is your identity. Like it or not, perception and first impressions are more important than ever. But it takes a mix of art and science to build, defend and repair reputations.

News & Opportunities

Washington's minimum wage will hit $16.28 per hour in 2024

Washington’s minimum wage is going up to $16.28 an hour next year, a 3.4 percent increase over 2023. The Washington State Department of Labor & Industries (L&I) today announced the increase to the minimum wage. It takes effect Jan. 1, 2024. Read more in the article here.

City of Gig Harbor Business Listening Session - Nov 1

Being in person and sharing your story is very powerful, so we want to encourage you to attend. If you are not able to attend, your story is still very important and ask that you write up your experience and email it to Miriam Battson (mbattson@gigharborchamber.com), and she will share it on your behalf. 

A 'child care cliff' looms as pandemic-era support runs out

SEP 25, 2023 | WRITTEN BY Sarah Green Carmichael Syndicated columnist | Seattle Times

Childcare stabilization grants that kept millions of childcare providers afloat during the pandemic expired on Sep 30. Three million children are now at risk of losing their childcare spots in what some call a "childcare cliff". Women’s participation in the labor force, which is at an all-time high, may fall right off with it. Read more in The Seattle Times here.

Advertise in the Profile Magazine/ Visitor Information and Relocation Guide! Contact Janet Steiner at jsteiner@gigharborchamber.com to purchase an ad now! The deadline to place an ad is Nov 1st.

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