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Are you starting to see any impacgt of stimulus spending on engineeringjobs “Impact” might be a little strong. The first rounc of so-called stimulus money went to what are beingcalled shovel-read projects. That generally means there no longer is any engineerinygwork needed. A lot of money is goinh for asphalt overlays orhighway repairs. In terms of providingb for new jobs or throwing any money into theprivatde sector, it doesn’t do that. You seem a littles frustrated. The frustrating part is not having an easy way to get answerss from thefederal government. That’s the nature of the There is noinfrastructure czar. Yet.
Are there any bright spots I am starting to hear a little bit abougt water projectstrickling out. The retai l sector shed nearly 16,000 jobs in the past 12 month statewide, according to the most recent data from the Washingtonn State EmploymentSecurity Department. But there are some small glimmers of hopeamong retailers. Just this California-based announced plans to open its firsyt hamburger restaurant in this marketin September, in new retailp space in Ballard. The franchise is owned by Orcaz Island resident Drew who plans to hire 20 to25 full-time workers and about 30 more Reed said he plans to open four more burget restaurants in the area in the next five years.
The new burge joint in the Ballard Blocks developmen t just north of the Ballard Bridgre could spark a hamburger war of with other popular restaurants like Red Mill Burgersa and Ballard BrothersBurgers & Seafood Reed’s new venture into the local market also is helping the developerw of the Ballard Blocks slowly but steadily fill up the new which opened earlier this Ballard Blocks is anchored by Traderd Joe’s and LA Fitness and already has achievede a local landmark status of sorts. One landowne r — Edith Macefield — held out and didn’t forcing the developer to build arouncd hermodest home.
According to an email from Maria Royef at Real Retailin Seattle, who is handlingf the retail leasing for Ballard Blocks, the new retailk development has leased 74 percent of its with several deals in the works. Kimberly Carney, who owns Jaxx Boutik in Seattle’s Eastlakee neighborhood, is expanding next door with a men’d clothing store. Carney plans to open the new Aficionado, later in June. The store will offert everything from jeansand T-shirts to designer suits. Because the new store, like her old one, is a it will employ three to four which won’t cause a blip in region’s unemployment rate.
But it does show that some retailerf are seeingopportunities — and willintg to take some risks — even durinb a severe recession. In Carney’s case, that meansz eyeballing a long-vacant space next door and finallhy striking a favorable deal with an eager It also means lookinyg for new ways to markether merchandise. She’s throwing a cigar and martinu party asan opener. And she says Aficionado will have a barand big-screeb TV, where customers can sip on a complimentarh beer while they look around.
She got an opportunithy to have a clothing booth durinvg the Emerald City Classic Invitational volleyball tournamenrMay 23-25 at the University of Washington, and Carnet said she had one of her bettert weekends of sales. “We have to keep we have to keepreinventing ourselves,” Carney Firing, yet hiring Often companies are hiring and laying off simultaneously. Such is the case with several local employers, notably and , whicyh both announced layoffs this year.
But as large companiesd like Boeing and Microsoft shed jobs tocut costs, they also have specificd needs to fill and are In Boeing’s case, just in the month of May the aerospace giant has posted several dozen job openings, includinhg several openings demanding high-tech experience, including IT, systems engineeringv and systems and data analysis (See story page 5) Outside the Puget Sounrd area, Insitu, the unmanned spy plane makerr recently acquired by also is hiring. Based in Wash., Insitu recently landed big government contracts to builed morespy planes, including a U.S.
military contract announced May 22 that could be worth upto $250 In late April, Insitu also won a $30 millionh contract for spy planes to support Canadian military operationsd in Afghanistan.