Venture Bank recently hired the following people:

Judy Whitfield as the marketing/special projects manager at the bank’s administrative offices in DuPont, Washington. She has more than 20 years’ experience in the banking industry.

Pamela Johnstone as a financial center manager for the bank’s Woodinville Financial Center. She has 28 years of banking experience.

Jamie Moskaloff as a customer service representative at the bank’s downtown Redmond Finanacial Center.

Further information is available online at www.venture-bank.com.

At the recent 2008 Excellence in Construction Awards Banquet, Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) of Western Washington recognized nine outstanding projects for construction excellence in a range of specialty categories. The projects ranged greatly in size and scope but all shared incredibly high standard of construction, attention to safety and reflected the values of a merit philosophy, when contractors and subcontractors are selected on the basis of qualifications, performance and price.

Synergy Construction of Woodinville won best interior improvement/renovation for their work on the Jim Wiley Community Center, Plaza and CV4 Housing in White Center. The center is the focal point of Greenbridge, a Hope VI mixed-income community that, when completed in 2012, will provide 1,000 affordable homes for approximately 3,500 people.

First Heritage Bank announces new Woodinville location.

Cathy Reines, President and CEO of First Heritage Bank, announced that the Bank will be opening its seventh branch at NE 175th Street in Woodinville, WA. The new branch is expected to open in the third quarter of 2008.

Kirtley Cole is the general contractor and Mosaic Architecture is the architect for the project.