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FAMILY-OWNED ASIAN FOOD CENTER FROM WASHINGTON FINDS SECOND HOME IN BEAVERTON The Asian Food Center in Beaverton opened Friday, Oct. 18, at the Canyon Place Shopping Center. (Kari Bray/Beaverton Leader) A specialty Asian food market that has found success in the Seattle area is hoping to thrive at its new Beaverton location. The Asian Food Center opened Friday, Oct. 18, in a newly remodeled space that was formally the Marshalls store at Canyon Place Shopping Center. Stacy Zhong, who came from China to study food science at the University of Washington, is one of three co-owners of the business. [...]

Someone You Should Know: Stacy Zhong and Lulu Bath The moms behind the new Washington Preparatory School in Bothell Because of competition for too few spots and long waiting lists, Stacy Zhong failed to find an Eastside private school for her son. Lulu Bath’s friends kept asking her for boarding school recommendations in western Washington, but she found that the options were limited. While others may have been daunted by this lack of options, Zhong and Bath saw it as an opportunity. The longtime friends (20 years) and long-term business partners decided to create Washington Preparatory School (WPS). They [...]

Grocery chain owners plan $26M private school near Mill Creek Washington Preparatory is envisioned as a non-religious, nonalternative school for grades 6-12. Today it’s easy to drive past the nondescript vacant lot on Highway 527, between a gym and auto repair shop opposite the Cadman cement mixing plant near the Bothell-Mill Creek border, without batting an eye. A year from now, the 13.5-acre site will house a private, independent school its founders are pitting against the best in the region. Washington Preparatory School is set to open this fall with about 60 students in grades 6-9. The founders plan [...]