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.

Guest Column: How zoning could limit our Incredible Expanding and Shrinking House

Mar 13, 2023 | By: Marlene Druker

Marlene Druker, AIA is a registered architect based in Gig Harbor. As part of her work, she has read the definitions in, and “kicked the tires” of many (maybe too

Business Spotlight: Harbor General Store unexpectedly closes

Mar 13, 2023 | By: Vince Dice

Harbor General Store, a downtown Gig Harbor establishment valued by customers both for the goods it sold and the gathering place it provided, unexpectedly closed permanently last week. Its last

Harbor Happenings: It’s Restaurant Week(s)

Mar 07, 2023 | By: Charlee Glock-Jackson

Fire up your appetite and head downtown. It’s Restaurant Week, and 13 downtown restaurants are celebrating with special prices on food and drinks. Restaurant Week (it’s actually two weeks, running

Guest column: The Incredible Expanding and Shrinking House

Mar 06, 2023 | By: Marlene Druker

Editor’s note: This piece was submitted by Marlene Druker, a self-employed architect based in Gig Harbor. Her home office is expansive enough to house an expensive electronic drafting board and

State biologists have been conducting test-fishing since 2015 and found Dungeness crab numbers to be down and not increasing.

Crab fishing remains lucrative, critical industry for Gig Harbor fishermen

Mar 02, 2023 | By: Marsha Hart

Off the coast of Washington, several Gig Harbor residents are hard at work on crab fishing boats, handling all that comes with the job. Most people can conjure images of

Picture of the front of Gig Harbor City Hall

Gig Harbor Council approves regulations on short-term rentals

Mar 02, 2023 | By: Charlee Glock-Jackson

Gig Harbor now has an ordinance governing short term rentals – those Airbnb and VRBO rooms-for-rent in homes and accessory units. The Gig Harbor City Council voted 6-1 on Monday,

Chamber Awards Gala: Standup for Peninsula Schools wins Citizen of Year

Mar 01, 2023 | By: Vince Dice

Standup for Peninsula Schools, an advocacy group that promotes Peninsula School District ballot measures, won the Citizen of the Year award at the Gig Harbor Chamber of Commerce’s 2023 Awards

Business spotlight: Egg prices stabilizing locally

Feb 27, 2023 | By: Julie Warrick Ammann

Things are looking up — or maybe down — at the Gig Harbor Costco. The price for a Costco-sized carton of eggs is down 50 cents. “We have seen the

Agritourism a growing concern for Gig Harbor farms

Feb 21, 2023 | By: Julie Warrick Ammann

When Aileen Amico and her husband, Dennis, bought Blu Rooster Farm in 2016, she said, “all we had was a dog.” After living in Gig Harbor for a decade, they

A Valentine’s Day guide to Gig Harbor

Feb 10, 2023 | By: Julie Warrick Ammann

Love it or hate it, it’s raining pink and red in the harbor. Valentine’s Day (Week!) has arrived. Whether you want to Salsa with your sweetie, sip cosmos with the

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