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 [...]
Olympia Residents: Saturday Drop-off Site Opens for the Season The City of Olympia’s Saturday Drop-Off Site opens for the season on Saturday, March 4, 2017. The site is located at 1000 10th Avenue SE. The site is open every Saturday through November 18, 2017, from 9:00 a.m. until 2:00 p.m. We accept scrap metal, yard [...]
What started as a pilot project in 2008, to see if Olympia businesses were interested in compost collection, turned into a successful Commercial Organics Program. The City of Olympia offers businesses within the city a different way to dispose of organic waste and the opportunity to save money. Collected materials are turned into compost and [...]
Every year, Puget Sound Energy’s (PSE) Small Business Energy Efficiency and Outreach teams partner with local communities across the service area to help small businesses save energy and money. This past June, PSE partnered with the City of Olympia, the Olympia Downtown Association, and the Thurston County Chamber’s Green Business Program to offer free energy [...]
