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Fred Meyer ahead of schedule, now hiring
Construction on the Fred Meyer at Maple Valley Town Square is ahead of schedule, and the hiring process is underway. The Oregon-based company, looking for 250 employees to fill a variety of positions in Maple Valley, is accepting applications now and plans to do most of the hiring in early April, says Fred Meyer spokeswoman [...]
New market specializes in natural meats
Shawn Beresford believes that a focus on healthy eating drives customers to his new meat market in Maple Valley — despite the floundering economy. “People are willing to spend extra cents to eat something good,” Beresford said this morning from Shawn’s Quality Meats and Smokehouse, which he and his wife, Kale, opened Oct. 1 near [...]
Help plan for Maple Valley’s future
Residents have an opportunity to help decide how land in Maple Valley is used for changes such as new shops and roads. The City Council is recruiting people to serve on Maple Valley’s Planning Commission — and the deadline to apply is this Friday, Feb. 24. The Planning Commission is “one of the most important [...]
Maple Valley Post needs you
Thanks for reading the Maple Valley Post. You’ll see a bit of a slowdown in stories over the next week due to Winter Break, but they’ll pick up again soon. Meanwhile, you may have noticed that several of our pages depend on reader input: Things To Do, Meet Neighbors and Events Calendar. If you have [...]
Council extends time for zoning change
Maple Valley City Council has delayed a bit longer a decision on a permanent zoning change that could impact whether shops and restaurants can move into a central area near Four Corners. The council voted tonight to extend the interim zoning of the Northwest Quadrant for three more months — until May 31 — to [...]
Gelato shop in works for Town Square
One of the shops planned for the new Maple Valley Town Square will serve treats that are hard to find in this neck of the woods: gelato and sorbetto. Amy Shadd, a Maple Valley mother of three, is working with a Seattle-based architect to design The Nutty Squirrel. Shadd and her husband, Wayne, have enjoyed [...]
Zoning dispute slows civic center vision
Maple Valley planners are in a bind. They have drawn up a vision for a pedestrian-friendly city center just north of Four Corners — with a civic center, park space and retail area featuring shops and eateries with outdoor seating and wide sidewalks. Problem is, other types of businesses are already located there. And the [...]
Gino’s Bistro opening soon at Four Corners
UPDATE: Gino’s opening date has been pushed back to Wednesday, March 28. When Gino Rivera began considering a location for a second Gino’s Bistro restaurant, he thought of Maple Valley, his former hometown. “I enjoyed the community, and I remembered it being really beautiful,” said Rivera, who lived briefly near the Elk Run Golf Course [...]
Food options growing for upcoming Town Square
A mix of sit-down restaurants and quick food shops — some of them independent and locally owned — have signed leases for the new Town Square development at Four Corners, and most are likely to open this summer. Lauren Powell, director of leasing for Powell Development, says the Bellevue-based developer has been working closely with [...]
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