Banking on Beer: The Beer Vault
Dec 11, 2023 | By: Julie Warrick AmmannHal and Ronda Haase converted a former KeyBank location into a family-run, dog-friendly taproom along the water in Purdy.
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Gig Harbor Now reporters provide information about where people can eat, shop and seek professional services, which businesses are opening or closing, and explain local trends and their relation to the national economy.
Proponents, foes of Burley Lagoon geoduck farm to face off at March 2024 hearings
Dec 07, 2023 | By: Ted KenneyParties to a dispute over a proposed 25.5 acre geoduck farm in Burley Lagoon have until March 2024 to hone arguments and marshal evidence. That’s when Taylor Shellfish, which seeks to launch the controversial aquaculture operation, will face off against a coalition of environmental groups and neighbors in arguments before the Pierce County Hearing Examiner
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Jennifer Preston: Presence, not presents
Dec 06, 2023 | By: Jennifer PrestonI don’t need to tell you that holidays whip us into a frenzied state. For a time of year dedicated to bonhomie brimming with sparkling frivolity and wishes for peace, this season can be downright overwhelming. The seasonal focus on gifting also has a tremendous impact on the environment. Christmas alone accounts for a 25-30%
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Patterson’s Market back for another Christmas at a new location
Dec 04, 2023 | By: Julie Warrick AmmannThe location is new but the iconic holiday displays are not. Patterson’s Market is back. Christmas in Gig Harbor has now arrived and one of its most beloved local businesses is here to help you bring on the cheer. Giant inflatable toy soldiers stand at attention as they bobble in the breeze above a grassy
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Developments would bring more than 150 residences to Swede Hill
Nov 28, 2023 | By: Ted KenneyAdd northern Swede Hill to the list of Gig Harbor locales slated for accelerating suburban growth. West of Highway 16, on land sloping down to Burnham Drive NW and McCormick Creek, two local developers are shepherding separate proposals through the city’s permitting process that would add more than 150 residences on land now occupied by
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Business spotlight: Telling your story with R Storie
Nov 27, 2023 | By: Julie Warrick AmmannYou are your story. R Storie believes who you are can be expressed through fashion and style. Rachel Peirce, owner of R Storie, a women’s boutique clothing store in Gig Harbor North, has been a fashion storyteller since her early days stocking shelves at Tacoma’s Nordstrom at age 14. Her boutique connects women with the
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Pierce County offers holiday shuttle connecting Key Peninsula, Gig Harbor
Nov 24, 2023 | By: Vince DicePierce County will contract with private operator Around the Sound to operate a shuttle service connecting the Key Peninsula to attractions in Gig Harbor on weekends during the 2023 holiday season. The county hopes that the temporary service will serve as a pilot program that leads to improved transit service on the Key Peninsula, according
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Obituary: Dick Shaw, Gig Harbor business figure and owner of Pleasurecraft Marina
Nov 13, 2023 | By: Vince DiceRichard Henry “Dick” Shaw, owner of the Pleasurecraft Marina and a prominent Gig Harbor businessman for decades, died in Richland on Oct. 27. He was 84 years old. Gig Harbor business leader Shaw was a business leader in the Tacoma area since the 1960s, according to an obituary published by the Kitsap Sun newspaper of
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Gig Harbor Real Estate: Despite high mortgage rates, home prices tick up in October
Nov 09, 2023 | By: Alison PaoliIt was a scary sight in October when mortgage rates spiked to a 23-year year high, causing the housing market to slow to a December-like crawl a few months ahead of schedule. But, while the historically high mortgage rates are keeping buyers and sellers at bay and impacting the volume of sales, they are not
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Gene Juarez opening in Uptown Gig Harbor on Nov. 11
Nov 06, 2023 | By: Gig Harbor Now StaffA new Gene Juarez Salons & Spa in the Uptown Gig Harbor shopping complex will open Saturday, Nov. 11, the company announced Monday. It will be the salon’s 11th location in Washington state. Previously, the closest Gene Juarez locations were in Tacoma and Silverdale. The 2,300-square-foot Gig Harbor salon is taking reservations. A news release
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