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Gourmet locavores and reclaimed materials at The Willows Inn

April 16, 2012

The Willows Inn on Lummi Island has leapt into the national gourmet food limelight in the last 18 months, under the culinary guidance of Olympia born, 25-year old acclaimed chef Blaine Wetzel. A 2011 article in the New York Times, titled, “10 Restaurants Worth a Plane Ride”, placed the Willows Inn amongst the great gastronomic [...]

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Forest Salvage plus Local Milling equals Sustainable Finish Lumber

February 7, 2012

The RE Store asks the folks at Local Source Forest Products, Inc. how they can make the claim to be creating sustainably harvested, locally processed old growth wood products. Old spring board stumps and felled tree remnants from 100-year old historic logging operations are being turned into premium finish grade material in their Whatcom County facility. The [...]

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Kids, cafe’s, community centers and creative reuse

October 17, 2011

Hedy Hanni had a crazy idea when she was 19. “I wanted to open up an artisan cafe when I was 19 in Chicago, where I grew up.” She now is the proud owner of the newly-opened Time In Play Cafe on Holly Street in Bellingham, with a brightly day-lit cafe in the front, a [...]

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Salvage statistics to be proud of

December 20, 2010

The RE Store has calculated the total tonnage of building materials and home decor items that we salvaged from being needlessly wasted in 2010. To sum it all up, we saved more than the equivalent of five Boeing 747s. That is also the same weight as 10 locomotive engines or 56 truck semi- trailers or [...]

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The RE Store besides itself – a success story in installing our own materials

July 23, 2010

In June 2010, The RE Store deconstructed a 30’ x 30’ cabin on Lake Whatcom in Bellingham.  The first step was to salvage the quality SnapLoc brand metal roof that was still in great condition. Meanwhile, back at the store, we knew we needed to do something about our rotting siding on the exterior north [...]

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Getting to Work: RE Store & YMCA Partner to Provide Jobs

May 13, 2010

Every Monday and Wednesday, three young adults report to The RE Store’s Seattle warehouse, ready to work.  Krishneel, Katrina, and Trishanda spend ten hours a week restoring value to salvaged building materials.  They have varied backgrounds but share a common goal – to find stable employment.  Each of them gain valuable work experience during 10-week [...]

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