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.
A Georgia Tech-trained engineer and a U.S. Naval Academy-trained helicopter pilot walk into a restaurant. And they buy it. It wasn’t quite that simple, but the result is a new Thai restaurant on the Gig Harbor waterfront. Chonnipa Katnitee (the engineer) and Lt. Andrew Schnur (the pilot) stumbled upon a then-vacant spot at 8825 North
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Gig Harbor Now will begin publishing free obituaries on Wednesday, May 25. The nonprofit, community-supported news website will publish obituaries at no cost for anyone who lived in or had a connection to the greater Gig Harbor area. That includes people who lived in the area, either at the time of death or previously; who graduated
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Don’t be fooled by the forecast. We’re approaching ice cream season. And there’s a new spot in Gig Harbor to celebrate it. Iscreamery opened inside Brimstone PNW Smokehouse, 7707 Pioneer Way, last fall. And while business at Iscreamery was solid during the dreary seasons, owner Katie Doherty expects the shop to really hit its stride
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It turned out to be a less-than-ideal time to start a business. Dr. Kandi Moller and her husband, Robert Loehr, opened Eye Candy Optical in the Uptown Gig Harbor complex about 2½ years ago. It was not long before the Covid-19 pandemic forced businesses everywhere to shut down. When they were able to re-open, they
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The sold-out event returns to the Gig Harbor waterfront on Saturday, adding a water taxi to help attendees get past the Harborview construction project.
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The employment district’s middle section has been slow to generate businesses because the properties have no access to a sewer system.
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Thanks in part to this week’s sunshine, contractors are on track to get two-way traffic moving through the Harborview Drive-Stinson Avenue traffic circle project earlier than first expected, the city announced this week. If weather conditions continue to be favorable, and barring any ever-worrisome “unforeseen circumstances,” southbound drivers could be moving through the intersection again
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Kitsap County Hearing Examiner Andrew Reeves ruled earlier this month that the Olalla Valley Vineyard and Winery did not violate its conditional use permit, as alleged by the county’s Department of Community Development. The ruling came following a 10-hour hearing that took place last December and a three-month delay in arriving at a decision. Reeves
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A major renovation is proposed for the Peninsula Shopping Center on Judson Street in downtown Gig Harbor, according to preliminary documents filed with the city. The renovation would “reintroduce a regional grocery store to the site,” according to the documents, filed by developer Rush Construction. Also planned are aesthetic improvements and demolition of about 9,000
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Small farms are becoming a bigger enterprise. That’s especially true in Washington state, where 89 percent of farms are considered “small farms,” selling less than $250,000 annually, according to the Washington State Department of Agriculture. Yet for small and backyard farmers, connecting with consumers can be a challenge. Especially when their competitors are often big
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