Department Archive: Family Business
11/10/11
WINNER: Dick's Drive-In Restaurants
Location: Seattle Employees: 150
The sleek, modern drive-in with the neon cursive sign and the satisfyingly...
Family Business Awards -- Best Practices: Honoring a commitment to family involvement and governance
11/10/11
WINNER: Nelson Legacy Group
Location: Redmond Employees: 5
For more than 50 years, Bill Nelson purchased and developed commercial property,...
11/10/11
WINNER: Mercer Canyons
Location: Prosser Employees: 36
“Everyone in this family has always liked to build things,” says Mercer Canyons...
11/10/11
WINNER: Wallace Properties
Location: Bellevue Employees: 44
When Dr. Marvin Wallace purchased the land that he and his son, Robert, would...
11/10/11
WINNER: Hotstart
Location: Spokane Employees: 170
In March 2011, the family-owned and -led Hotstart Inc. surprised many employees and customers by...
11/10/11
WINNER: Rainier Connect
Location: Tacoma Employees: 58
When Pete Christensen won a small, rural telephone company in a game of pinochle,...
11/10/11
WINNER: Hillcrest Bakery
Location: Bothell Employees: 12
The story of the Kaskes family bakery is a little like one of their speculaas cookies:...
11/10/11
WINNER: Stemilt Growers
Location: Wenatchee Employees: 1,200 full time, 2,500 during cherry season
Every Wednesday morning, members of the...
11/10/11
The family business constitutes a special element of many societies. It nurtures an extended family of kin and kindred spirits. It also creates and...
11/29/10
In an era when companies are folding as quickly as they are starting, one privately held Seattle business has kept growing by reinventing itself....
