EYE ON BUSINESS: This week’s business meetings in Jefferson, Clallam counties

  • Sunday, July 13, 2014 12:01am
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THIS WEEK’S NORTH Olympic Peninsula business meetings; both are open to the public:

Jefferson County Chamber of Commerce — Weekly ­luncheon meetings are held Mondays at noon at the Port Townsend Elks Lodge, 555 Otto St.

This Monday’s program will feature Peter Quinn, executive director of the Team Jefferson Economic Development Council, on “Jefferson County Translated: Who We Really Are.”

The meeting sponsor will be KWA Home Care of Port Townsend.

Lunch catered by Subway costs $8.

Port Angeles Business Association — Breakfast meetings are Tuesdays at 7:30 a.m. at Joshua’s Restaurant, 113 ­DelGuzzi Drive, Port Angeles.

This Tuesday’s speaker will be Daniel Mead Smith, president of the Washington Policy Center, a free-market think tank based in Seattle.

Among Smith’s topics will be the $15 minimum wage passed in two cities in the state.

There is a $3 minimum charge by Joshua’s for those who do not order breakfast.

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