Efforts to form a Factoria-Eastgate Business Group will be explored in a meeting from 1-2 p.m. Friday, April 18 at the Embassy Suites in Eastgate.

The meeting is sponsored by the Bellevue Economic Partnership (BEP).

Such a business group will provide a forum for business owners, business managers, landlords, property managers, real-estate developers and other interested business groups in the Factoria and Eastgate business districts to work on common issues.

The Friday meeting will help determine if there is enough interest in formalizing the group.

Embassy Suites in Eastgate is located at 3225 158th Ave. S.E.

More information is available from Wayne H. Ottum, Economic Development Manager & COO, Bellevue Chamber of Commerce, 425-213-1213 or wottum@bellevuechamber.org.