For twelve-year-old Isabella, when CPR was a matter of life or death, the courageous acts of her three friends are the reason she is alive today. It all started on Sunday, April 19, in Redmond, Wash. It was a beautiful day, perfect for a picnic. A small group of neighbors gathered for a belated Easter […]
After more than 53 years of building hospitals, nursing homes and senior living communities across the country, Gene Lynn is giving back to the community that helped launch his career. Lynn has contributed $1 million in an unrestricted gift to support Overlake Medical Center a hospital he helped expand and remodel earlier in his career. […]
Seattle-based Turner Construction is erecting its latest building in South Lake Union at a rate that is 50 percent faster than a typical project. What’s responsible for the major increase in productivity? Turner is using two cranes instead of one to assemble the building’s steel frame. Chris Heger, site manager at the Block 45 project […]
The Initiative for Global Development (IGD) announced Monday it has named Nigerian businesswoman Adeshola Komolafe an African Emerging Leader Fellow. Komolafe is Founder and Nigerian Country Director of Save our Future, an organization that works to empower youth by providing resources and programming aimed at cultivating global leadership. In addition to her work with Save […]
On August 5th, The Keller Group and Overlake Medical Center coordinated media interviews with Robin Ballard, mother to 32-week old Leif, and Madeleine Williams, a nurse who donated breast milk to Overlake’s new Mother’s Milk Depot. Leif was born premature at 28 weeks, and has been in the NICU at Overlake since his delivery nearly five […]
Last February, Bellevue resident Heather Kelley was on her way to the Seahawks’ Super Bowl celebration at CenturyLink Field when her heart stopped. Yesterday, after nearly six months, Kelley was reunited with her paramedic rescuers for the first time during Seahawks training camp at Virginia Mason Athletic Center (VMAC). Kelley and her two daughters were […]
Overlake Medical Center hosted a group of women at a mammography party on Thursday, July 10th. Overlake offers mammography parties to encourage women to receive annual mammograms. While most women consider annual mammogram screenings to be an unpleasant chore, mammography parties make the patient experience one women can look forward to. Each mammography party includes […]
On Thursday, June 26, Alan Sclater and Craig Kasman of Sclater Architects gave a tour of the entire Bellevue Collection. Downtown Bellevue currently has eight major projects under construction, including the Lincoln Square expansion that broke ground on June 11. Many cannot imagine Bellevue being anything but the urban hub that it is today. However, […]
WGU Washington‘s commencement ceremony is fast approaching and, in the lead up to the big day, the state-endorsed online university has taken a moment to ask its graduates to reflect on what it took to earn their degrees. From parenthood to full-time employment, it seems just about every WGU grad has something else on their […]
This Saturday, the Holden Family and special guests The Teaching will perform a benefit concert for the campaign to restore and revitalize Washington Hall. Jerry Large explains in his column in today’s Seattle Times, “Washington Hall is in the midst of a rebirth, and that’s good for Seattle’s connection to its history. The building, at 14th […]