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Business Health Trust

Do you wish the experience of purchasing and administering health insurance and other benefits were less frustrating, confusing, and impersonal? We do, too. Luckily, our partner, Business Health Trust, does insurance differently.

BHT’s focus is on helping small and mid-sized businesses in Washington stay competitive with access to cost-effective, quality insurance plans from major carriers. Add to that an ever-expanding list of additional financial and wellness benefits for employees and cost-saving programs for employers, along with friendly local staff to help you navigate insurance all year long.

Experience for yourself insurance done differently.

Email quote@businesshealthtrust.com to learn more and get a free quote.

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Advance Your Skills

ed2go offers flexible business courses that will help you hone and focus your skills and build a successful career.

Strengthening your management know-how is the first step to turning your unique skills into a career.

Do you wonder, "Which certification should I get?" and "What subjects do I need to become a business manager?"

Whether you want to be a small business entrepreneur, a Fortune 500 CEO, or an insightful strategist, their experienced instructors offer a dynamic business education in a fast-paced world.

Improve your communication skills with a business writing course, or take your company concept from daydream to day job with small business training.

They will help you lead your professional community to new concepts and time-proven best practices—starting right where you are.

Local Marketing 101

Learn to target your marketing tactics to a local audience.

Local marketing is important for a lot of reasons. The first, and most obvious, being that you want to get customers for your business in your area. Why? Because these are the people who are most likely to buy from you or do business with you.

LocaliQ has an online course After you complete this lesson, you should have an understanding of:

• What local marketing is.
• Types of local marketing.
• How local marketing works to grow your business.
• How to set goals for your local marketing.
• What you need in order to make your local marketing strategy a success.

Economic Vitality for All - In One Spectacular Place

At this year's initial board meeting, directors approved an enriched direction for the Kitsap Economic Development Alliance.

Named One Kitsap, the community-authored 2024-2028 initiative aims to grow the peninsula's economic vitality through company attraction and growth, job creation and retention, as well as workforce and talent development.

As a result of the board's action, it is expected that public/private partnerships at the heart of KEDA's mission will be strengthened, the area's production capacity and capabilities will grow as more primary jobs energize Kitsap County.



Learn more about One Kitsap

Kitsap County Launches Mobile Gaming App to Get Kids Outside This Summer

Courtesy of Kitsap County News

Kitsap County launches Agents of Discovery mobile gaming app

There’s a new way for families to explore the outdoors in Kitsap County this summer. Kitsap County Public Works – Stormwater Division is partnering with 27 other local agencies to get families outside, learning and having fun.

The Puget Sound Explorer 5.0 campaign uses a free mobile gaming app called Agents of Discovery – think Pokémon Go. Special agents use their detective skills to solve different challenges.

In Kitsap County, families can play the game along the Clear Creek Trail in Silverdale. To play, download the free Agents of Discovery app on any mobile device. After downloading the app, search for “Discover Clear Creek". No data or WiFi is required to play the game once it is downloaded.

Acting as a secret agent, you will start the game at  Silverdale Rotary Gateway Park at 11601 Silverdale Way NW. While walking along the Clear Creek Trail, players must complete different challenges. The challenges educate families about the wildlife that live in the area, as well as how people can help protect our natural resources.

After completing the Kitsap County mission, be sure to explore the other 27 games in the region. The Puget Sound Explorer 5.0 Campaign runs until August 31, 2023.

The Campaign includes amazing prizes to reward players, or “Agents” who participate. At each site, players receive fun rewards like badges and buttons. Agents who complete three Missions will receive a Puget Sound Explorer lanyard (available at some locations); six Missions will get a Grizzly Bear certificate and be entered to win an Adventure Backpack. After completing nine Missions, players are entered to win admission tickets to the Pacific Science Center, Woodland Park Zoo, Point Defiance Zoo and Aquarium, or Northwest Trek Wild Park.

To learn more about Kitsap County's app, visit kcowa.us/AoD. If you have questions about how to play, contact Kym Pleger, education and outreach coordinator for Kitsap County Public Works - Stormwater Division at kpleger@kitsap.gov.