This Seattle Zip Code is the 25th Hottest in the Country, According to Realtor.com

GeekWire | Kurt Schlosser | September 22

http://www.geekwire.com/2016/seattle-zip-code-25th-hottest-country-according-realtor-com/

“Ask anyone who has looked to buy a home in the Seattle area, and you’d get the impression that there really are no spots that aren’t super hot. But according to data from Realtor.com, one northeast Seattle zip code is the hottest in the region that also includes Bellevue and Tacoma. Northeast Seattle’s 98105, which includes the neighborhoods around the University of Washington — including the University District, parts of Wallingford, Laurelhurst, Bryant and Windermere — ranks as the 25th hottest zip code in the U.S., according to a new report from the online real estate resource. The focus of the report is actually the top 20 hottest zips in the country, which only included one Northwest representative — the 97222 zip in Milwaukie, Ore., which makes up the broader part of Portland, is ranked ninth.”

From Beijing to Seattle: How the U.S. and China are Teaming Up at the New GIX Tech Innovation Institute

GeekWire | Taylor Soper | September 22

http://www.geekwire.com/2016/beijing-seattle-u-s-china-teaming-new-gix-tech-innovation-institute/

“Yuanchun Shi and Qing-Shan Jia have spent a majority of their lives at Tsinghua University, earning their undergraduate, graduate, and PhD degrees at the prestigious school in Beijing before becoming top researchers and professors on campus. They’ve published hundreds of research papers, helped equip countless students with a top-tier education, and traveled around the world to learn from the top thinkers in their field. But their newest project is unlike anything they’ve done before — a U.S.-China joint technology institute that launched this month in partnership with Seattle’s University of Washington and Microsoft, They are teaming up with colleagues at Tsinghua, as well as the UW, for an ambitious and unique international partnership where students from around the world will learn about technology and entrepreneurship.”

Boeing Distributes $6 Million in Education Grants, Says It Will Be in Washington for Decades

Puget Sound Business Journal | Andrew McIntosh | September 21

http://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/blog/techflash/2016/09/boeing-washington-education-stem-grants-jobs.html

“Boeing showered $6 million in grants on more than 50 educational institutions and nonprofits across Washington state Wednesday, seeking to dispel fears that it plans to shift jobs overseas. “Boeing will be a significant jobs provider in Washington for decades to come,” Boeing Commercial Airplanes CEO Ray Conner said in a news release announcing the grants. “Our hope and goal is that those future jobs will continue to be filled by kids who grow up right here in the state.”…The grants that the Boeing boss announced Wednesday are geared toward programs that enhance science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) education and training, particularly for students who have not historically pursued aerospace and technology careers.”

Seattle to Vancouver in 57 Minutes? Political Leaders Push for Cross-Border High-Speed Rail

GeekWire | Nat Levy | September 20

http://www.geekwire.com/2016/seattle-vancouver-57-minutes-political-leaders-push-cross-border-high-speed-rail/

“Plenty of barriers have kept Seattle and Vancouver from becoming a single, connected region. Chief among them, the international border and the numerous traffic jams that travelers inevitably encounter one a journey between the two cities. One solution to that: high-speed rail. As part of the Emerging Cascadia Innovation Corridor Conference in Vancouver B.C. Tuesday, political leaders from both sides of the border pitched an idea to build trains that would travel between Seattle and Vancouver in less than an hour.”

Gates, Nadella Tout Cross-Border Innovation Corridor at B.C. Conference

Seattle Times | Matt Day | September 20

http://www.seattletimes.com/business/microsoft/gates-nadella-tout-cross-border-innovation-corridor-at-bc-conference/

“Government and business leaders gathering here made much of the fact that Seattle and this northern neighbor city are separated by just a 140-mile drive. They share the same rainy climate, and growing high-tech industry. They lean politically liberal. Why not think of the two as inhabitants of the same region, rather than two metropolises competing across a national border? A conference Tuesday in downtown Vancouver, attended by more than 300 business and political leaders, marked the latest revival of what has been periodic efforts to build stronger relationships across the 49th Parallel.”