A record number of businesses applied for a Thurston Green designation this year and the community celebrated those businesses at the Chamber’s April Forum on Wednesday, April 12 at 11:30 a.m. at the Hotel RL Olympia.
The luncheon included Earth Day remarks by Congressman Denny Heck, a keynote address by Providence St. Peter’s Keith Edgerton and a Green Business Expo.
Now in its tenth year, the Thurston Green Business program has become one of the Chamber’s most popular programs, and for good reason — businesses that take steps to be green save money while protecting and preserving resources. Saving energy and water, while reducing waste, are good steps that benefit our environment. The savings that result from conservation boost the bottom-line. The program is sponsored by the City of Lacey, the City of Olympia, the City of Tumwater, the Port of Olympia, Puget Sound Energy, Intercity Transit, Thurston Energy and Thurston Climate Action Team.
This year the following businesses were recognized:
Lady of the Lake at Offut Resort, Small Business of the Year
Apex Landscaping, Medium Business of the Year
Nisqually Red Wind Casino, Large Business of the Year
The Port of Olympia, Municipal Organization of the Year
Here are the designees:
A Beautiful Face and Skin Care
All Ways Chiropractic
Alpine Ductless Heating and Air Conditioning
Altman Insurance Agency
Apex Landscape Solutions, LLC
Bamboo & You!
BEECH TREE WOODWORKS
Brand X Design & Construction
Brons Automotive
Capitol Theater home to the Olympia Film Society
Cascadecopia, LLC
Cheryl Heinrichs Architecture
City of Lacey
City of Olympia
City of Tumwater
Coffee News
CRAINS OFFICE SUPPLY
Dinea de Photo
Dispute Resolution Center of Thurston County
DNR Environmental Solutions LLC
DoubleTree by Hilton
Earth Friendly Products
ECHO Energy LLC
Elite Cleaning of Washington, Inc.
Elyse’s Catering
EZ Foods Olympia
Floral Ingenuity
FLYING COLORS PAINTING
Furniture Works
Garden Raised Bounty (GRuB)
Generations Credit Union
Green Home Solutions
Harlequin Productions
Homes First
“Hometown Property
Management, Inc.”
Intercity Transit
Jessica Jensen Law PS
John Erwin Remodeling, Inc.
“Kaiser Permanente of
Washington – Olympia Medical Center”
Lacey Door & Millwork
Lady of the Lake at Offut Lake Resort
Lakeside Industries Inc.
“Law Offices of
Allen T. Miller, PLLC”
Lemay
Lights There
Lost Peacock Creamery
LOTT Clean Water Alliance
Mint Landscapes LLC.
Minuteman Press – Olympia
MiSo
Mosaic Marketing Studio LLC
MPH Holdings, LLC
Nature Nurtures Farm
Nearing Total Health
Nisqually Red Wind Casino
Northwest Collective
“Northwest Cooperative
Development Center”
Olympia Federal Savings
Olympia Overhead Doors
Olympic Limousine
OrgSupport
Ostrom Mushroom Farm
“Pacific Air Heating
& Air Conditioning”
“Papa Bear’s
Small Engine Repair, LLC”
Pardiman Productions
PCI Pest Control
Port of Olympia
Providence St. Peter Hospital
Puget Sound Energy
PureSolar, Inc.
Radiance Herbs & Massage
Republic Services
Rescon Alaska
Salish Sea Organic Liqueurs
Sandstone Distillery
Schramm Marketing
Sky Bear Media
Sound Native Plants Inc.
South Puget Sound Habitat for Humanity & Stores
South Sound Radiology
Sparks Northwest Insurance Agency
Swantown Inn & Spa
Thomas Architecture Studio
Thrivent Financial
Thurston Climate Action Team
Thurston County Chamber
Thurston Energy
ThurstonTalk.com
Tumwater Auto Spa
Tumwater Automotive
TwinStar Credit Union
Venables Pest Management
Waterside Video Production
Window Genie of Olympia