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The owners began their Ben Franklin Variety store on May 29, 1975 with 5 employees. This was the same week that Bill Gates started Microsoft in Redmond. In late 1979, after a year of tremendous growth in sales with no improvements in profits, the decision was made to enter what was then the still fledgling craft business.

The business became an entertainment, activity-driven business dedicated to outstanding customer service and innovation. They currently carry a full line of crafting products including art supplies, paper crafts, fabric & yarn, craft supplies, bead & jewelry supplies, picture framing, floral, and home decor. 

EA Pro Painters is your trusted local painter in Kirkland, WA, delivering high-quality interior painting and exterior painting services designed for the unique PacificNorthwest climate.

Whether you’re updating a single room, completing full home painting, or refreshing your property’s exterior, our skilled painting contractors ensure a flawless, lasting finish.

Known throughout Kirkland for detail-oriented craftsmanship and reliable service, we help homeowners bring color, protection, and value to their spaces with every project.​

At Orca Roofing & Exteriors, we’re more than just a roofing company—we’re your neighbors in the Puget Sound area, committed to delivering clean, high-quality roofing and exterior solutions with care and precision.

Based in Bellevue, WA, we bring a modern, customer-first approach to every project, from roof replacements to skylight installations. 

Thomas W. is the amazing man behind the scenes and on the front line of Palmers East. He has owned Palmers since 2000 and any regular of Palmers will tell you that he is one of the most friendly and hands-on business owners around. He is greatly loved by his customers, employees, and fellow business owners in and around the Redmond area. If you have not had the pleasure of meeting him, go on down today, it is likely that he will be there!

Cory de Jong II and his ten-year-old son started Cory de Jong & Son, Inc in 1950 with one delivery truck that delivered sawdust and shavings to local farms. 

Sixty-Eight years later Cory de Jong III, his daughter Shannon (The Girl) de Jong and great grandson Cornelius de Jong IV continue Cory Sr's legacy that we all know today as de Jong Sawdust & Shavings and de Jong's Avondale Bark & Topsoil.

Now with multiple locations (Redmond and Lake Stevens), they are still supplying local farms with animal bedding and quality landscape products for satisfied customers all over the Puget Sound area.

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OneRedmond is a highly visible public private partnership recognized for its leadership in the development of strategies, programs, and community events that assure economic and social vitality are intentionally happening sustainably in Redmond.

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The OneRedmond initative brings the City of Redmond, the Greater Redmond Chamber of Commerce, the Redmond Economic Development Alliance, and Realize Redmond in closer collaboration.

Xplore is a commercial space company offering Space as a Service™. Their mission is to expand robotic exploration via commercial missions at and beyond Earth, to the Moon, Mars, Venus, Lagrange points and near-Earth Asteroids.

Xplore's first-of-its-kind low Earth orbit satellite constellation is designed to deliver a new class of innovative services: exquisite remote sensing data products, edge computing on multiple payload computers, and payload hosting. Their Major Tom satellite operations as a service software runs our constellation and can be used to run your constellation.