Juli Bacon is the founder and president of JB Consulting Systems. With more than two decades of human resource and business experience, she has developed both a strategic and practical approach to HR within the residential building industry. Bacon is also the immediate past National Professional Women in Building chair.

We appreciate Darylene Dennon and Juli Bacon for being such motivational leaders in our Professional Women in Building Council.

Learn more about PWB and get involved at mbaks.com/pwb or facebook.com/groups/MBAKSPWB

By Joshua McNichols, KUOW

As you head east to Snoqualmie Pass on Interstate 90, lush green forests line the freeway.

That land has been protected from development. But sometimes communities believe they need development to thrive.

The question of when to grow—and when to restrict growth—can lead to hard decisions.

By Aaron Kunkler, Redmond Reporter

Willows and Rose Hill neighborhoods expanded following last week’s Redmond City Council meeting, when 54 acres of unincorporated King County were annexed into the city.

The area annexed is located along 132nd Avenue Northeast, is flanked to the west by the City of Kirkland, and is surrounded on the other three sides by Redmond.

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