Editing Kenmore, Washington (section)

==Economy==
[[Image:Kenmore-cranes.jpg|thumb|Cranes in Kenmore harbor]]
[[Image:Cement-barge-kenmore.jpg|thumb|Cement barge offloading at Kenmore Ready-Mix]]
[[Image:Cessna 208, Campbell River.jpg|thumb|A [[Kenmore Air]] [[Cessna 208]] on the ground in [[Campbell River, British Columbia|Campbell River]]]]

While in large part now a bedroom community for workers commuting to nearby Seattle, Bothell, and Redmond, Kenmore retains a significant independent economic core centered around [[durable good]]s (construction materials, concrete, asphalt) and special trade contracting (construction, heavy construction, and highways).{{Citation needed|date=July 2010}}

Kenmore also hosts one of the last industrial ports on [[Lake Washington]], at the mouth of the [[Sammamish River]]. Larger local businesses near the port include [[Rinker Group|Rinker Materials]]'s Kenmore plant, [[Kenmore Ready-Mix]] (cements and asphalts, a division of Glacier Northwest), [[Pacific Topsoils]] (topsoils and landscape construction materials), [[Michael Homchick Stoneworks]] (stone fabrication and installation), [[Plywood Supply]] (lumber, plywood, and [[Millwork (building material)|millwork]], wholesale, retail, and company headquarters), and several others. As home to the [[James G. Murphy Company]], one of the ten largest commercial/industrial auction houses in the United States, the city is also an [[auction]] center.<ref>http://www.djc.com/news/co/11131878.html "Murphy sells more than backhoes and bulldozers", Seattle Daily Journal of Commerce, 20 March 2002</ref> Significant non-durable-goods businesses include the headquarters of [[Kenmore Air]], a large private seaplane-based airline;<ref>"[http://www.kenmoreair.com/sub_content.php?content_type=39 Company Contact Info] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101226180713/http://www.kenmoreair.com/sub_content.php?content_type=39 |date=December 26, 2010}}." [[Kenmore Air]]. Retrieved on July 18, 2010.</ref> [[Alaska General Seafoods]]'s company headquarters and processing plant;<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.akgen.com/about|title=About Us|website=Alaska General Seafoods|access-date=February 20, 2024}}</ref> [[Bastyr University]], a school of [[naturopathic medicine]].<ref name="LATimes">{{cite news|last1=Eng|first1=James|title=Bastyr University aims to meld traditional with 'natural' medicine|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1996-03-31-me-53284-story.html|access-date=26 June 2016|work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|date=31 March 1996}}</ref>