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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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The RE Store and Alcoa – supporting construction waste reduction and creative reuse

January 20, 2012

The RE Store has a long history of bootstrapping its own projects and innovations. We have had very few grants over the years. The few we have been awarded were focused on research and development of creative ways to reclaim more materials from the flood stage waste stream that we are drowning in. We already [...]

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The RE Store Certified Program – recognizing businesses that are making a difference

January 9, 2012

Are you curious to see how local businesses have incorporated reclaimed materials into their projects? Do you like to support businesses that are taking steps to be responsible stewards of this beautiful place where we live? The RE Store Certified Program is scratching the back of progressive local businesses. The non-profit organization is launching a [...]

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Pot pies, woodshop class overachievers and reused materials

July 25, 2011

There are probably a few people out there who don’t love a good pot pie, but we haven’t found them yet. Bryce Sharp and Nathan Lowe have made a business of them at Man Pies in Bellingham. The entrepreneurial spirit abounds in these two, including a love of building, making and inventing things. Bryce had traveled [...]

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A RE Store Rockstar – tells a story

March 23, 2011

This comes from Nancy Connolly, who spoke to us in person at the Phinney Home & Remodel Fair.  The story seemed to good not to broadcast: “My fabulous RE Store story is about my door knob and lock.  I have a 1950′s home with a very classy door knob mechanism – no knob on the [...]

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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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New and Better: Utilizing The RE Store for residential remodeling contracting

February 25, 2010

by Bob Penny Hawk Meadow Homecraft small contractor in Bellingham Something that has bothered me for many years is the infrequency with which local contractors utilize The RE Store to create win-win arrangements for their remodeling clients.  Hopefully what follows can inspire and promote this incredible local resource, and illustrate some of the various strategies [...]

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