Business

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.

Butter Chicken brings the flavor of Punjab to Gig Harbor

Jul 22, 2024 | By: Julie Warrick Ammann

Butter Chicken Indian Kitchen opened this spring on Harborview Drive. Customers give it rave reviews.

Photo Gallery | Chalk the Harbor 2024

Jul 20, 2024 | By: Vince Dice

Photos from Chalk the Harbor on Saturday, July 20, 2024, on Harborview Drive in Gig Harbor. Click on any photo below to view them as a gallery.

Trouble in paradise: Short-term rental on sandspit becomes flashpoint for controversy

Jul 19, 2024 | By: Ted Kenney

From the watery world of the Lighthouse Beach short-term rental property, it’s easy to forget worldly cares. The site, boasting two complete houses and a boat dock, straddles the sandspit at the mouth of Gig Harbor Bay. It is adjacent to the city’s iconic lighthouse and its grassy, marine-access-only park. With ample picture windows looking

Olalla hosts lavender festival for the first time

Jul 15, 2024 | By: Ronan Lynch

The Olalla Lavender Festival is happening throughout several venues on the weekend of July 20 and July 21.

Gig Harbor Real Estate | A shift may be emerging in the local market

Jul 10, 2024 | By: Alison Paoli

The housing market in Gig Harbor is experiencing steady growth, with the median sale price for single-family homes showing consistent significant monthly increases. According to data from the NWMLS, the median price of a single-family home between the Purdy and Narrows Bridges, including Fox Island, rose 0.8% from May to June. Over the past year,

Two Gig Harbor groceries would be sold if Kroger-Albertsons merger wins approval

Jul 09, 2024 | By: Vince Dice

If a planned merger between grocery giants Kroger and Albertsons goes forward, the combined company would divest itself of two stores in Gig Harbor. The companies last year announced a plan to divest some stores if the merger wins regulatory approval and survives legal challenges. But they had not indicated which stores would be divested

Gondolas make Gig Harbor feel a little like the canals of Venice

Jul 08, 2024 | By: Marsha Hart

Look closely, and you’ll see a little bit of Venice in the Gig Harbor. John “Cinque” Synco and his business partner Greg “Gregorio” Garite of Gig Harbor Gondola row along the waterfront in authentic Venetian gondolas, providing passengers a unique view of the harbor. Synco, who started the business in 2015 after moving to Gig

State legislators considering fee on deliveries to fund roads

Jun 21, 2024 | By: Jerry Cornfield/Washington State Standard

Colorado and Minnesota already have implemented retail delivery fees. Washington may do the same to compensate for lagging gas taxes.

Gig Harbor Real Estate | Reimagining your home to fit your needs when you can’t move

Jun 18, 2024 | By: Alison Paoli

If you were lucky to buy or refinance during the COVID-19 pandemic, when interest rates were around 3% or less, you know you are sitting on a gold mine. But if the needs of your family changed in the meantime – you need another bedroom, an office, or want something updated and fresh – you

Madrona Links Golf Course not going anywhere

Jun 17, 2024 | By: Ed Friedrich

PenMet plans to continue to operate Madrona as a golf course, but there are issues with ownership of the land that makes up part of it.