Established 1984 · The Orting Business Association Volume XLI · Spring No. III
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A non-profit member association

The Orting Business & Association

— serving Orting, between the Puyallup & Carbon rivers —
Front Page · Spring MMXXVI · Issue III Vol. XLI · Established 1984
A Notice from the Association

A working partnership of Orting’s independent businesses.

Local businesses, coming together to serve a thriving, close-knit community through connection — in the historic prairie town between the Puyallup and Carbon rivers, in the shadow of Mt. Rainier.

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Above: Pierce County’s 91st Daffodil Parade · Bridge Street, Orting
First Land Claims
1854by Whitesell, Headley, Lane & Varner
Town Incorporated
1889April 22, in Pierce County
Daffodil Parade
1934one of four cities on route
Mt. Rainier
30miles to the south — lahar zone
§ II · Calendar of Events

Three meetings of the Association are noticed for the coming season.

May 22 Thursday, six o’clock
Members · Mixer

Monthly Member Mixer

An informal evening on the back patio at Trotter’s. New members welcome. Refreshments provided by the Association; first round courtesy of the host.

Trotter’s Tavern 100 Bridge Street
Orting, WA
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Jun 07 Saturday, nine o’clock
Committee · Open

Daffodil Parade Planning

Members of the Association in good standing are invited to assist with the Bridge Street section of the parade, sponsorship roster, and the booth lottery for the parade weekend — on the route since 1934, alongside Tacoma, Puyallup, and Sumner.

Multipurpose Building 108 Whitehawk St.
Orting, WA
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Jun 18 Wednesday, twelve noon
Featured · Spotlight

Member Spotlight Lunch

Pioneer Coffee Co. — a conversation with the founders on growing from a one-cart espresso operation to the Calistoga-corner institution. Catered luncheon by The Old Cannery.

OBA Hall, 2nd Floor Orting, WA · $15 members
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§ III · About the Association

What we do, and why we have always done it.

The Orting Business Association is the working partnership of independent merchants, makers, and service providers in the historic prairie town between the Puyallup and Carbon rivers. Our vision, in the Association’s own words, is local businesses coming together to serve a thriving, close-knit community through connection. Our mission, plainly: to promote growth through education, networking, community, and events. Orting was first claimed in 1854, named by a Northern Pacific Railway superintendent in 1877, and officially incorporated as a city on April 22, 1889. The Daffodil Parade has rolled through Bridge Street every spring since 1934, with breaks only for the Second World War and the pandemic of 2020. The OBA exists in that long tradition: the people who chose, year after year, to keep this place a downtown.
§ IV · A Selection from the Directory

Four members in good standing · and 114 more in the full register.

Cascade Lumber & Hardware Trade · 110 Bridge St. est. 1962 View → Foothill Family Dental Health · 209 Whitesell St. est. 2004 View → Pioneer Coffee Co. Cafe · Calistoga & Washington est. 2009 View → Riverside Realty Real Estate · 312 Washington Ave. est. 1998 View →