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.

Gig Harbor Real Estate | Inventory rises, but competition keeps prices climbing

May 21, 2025 | By: Alison Paoli

In the first 20 days of May, 42% of pending sales received multiple offers — a sign of strong buyer demand despite tight inventory.

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Female farmers look to grow community (and grow their businesses) with co-operative booth at market

May 19, 2025 | By:

Local women farmers are banding together to operate a co-operative booth at the Gig Harbor Waterfront Farmers Market, which opens this week.

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Get on the bus for the 2025 Waterfront Farmers Market

May 19, 2025 | By:

The 2025 Waterfront Farmers Market season launches Thursday, May 22. Shuttles will bring customers to the market from these churches.

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With Maví closure, Gig Harbor down to four galleries

Apr 28, 2025 | By:

Liz and Mavi Ashe, who owned the gallery on Harborview Drive that closed late last year, hope to reopen on Soundview in 2027.

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Gig Harbor Real Estate | Early spring housing activity picks up steam

Apr 24, 2025 | By: Alison Paoli

The median home prices for a single-family home in the greater Gig Harbor area rose to a new record of $922,000 in March.

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Two In Tow & On The Go | $2 movies and the Skittles machine

Apr 04, 2025 | By:

For affordable kid fun, the $2 throwback films for kids at Galaxy Theatres are a sure bet each summer — and we’re currently enjoying the seasonal specials going on now for $2 per ticket for showtimes at this month’s Spring Fest.

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How the current site of Gig Harbor High School nearly became a cemetery

Mar 27, 2025 | By:

A funeral home wanted to build a cemetery on Rosedale Street in the mid-1960s. The community organized to stop it.

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Texas mystery-developer plans 31 houses next door to Gig Harbor High School

Mar 26, 2025 | By:

The project is proposed for 39 acres on Rosedale Street, directly west of Gig Harbor High. Developers are asking to deviate from city rules on altering topography and on the required size of the vegetation buffer between the property and the high school.

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Gig Harbor Real Estate | Housing activity picking up steam as spring begins

Mar 19, 2025 | By: Alison Paoli

The local real estate sales market remained strong in February. But what impact might mortgage rates and wild cards like tariffs play going forward?

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Invitation Bookshop moving to new location, while downtown tap room has a new owner

Mar 17, 2025 | By:

Invitation Bookshop is moving to Judson Street, while a nearby craft beer tasting room has a new owner and a new look.  Invitation is still open in the Uptown neighborhood, but owner Allyson Howard hopes to complete the move to 3119 Judson Street by next month.  Meanwhile, Matt Burnett recently purchased the former Gig Harbor

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