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Volume 2, Issue 2 - May 2008
High hopes for Colby hospital expansion
The HERALD reports that at 175 feet tall, Providence Everett Medical Center's new hospital tower will be one of the most dominating buildings in Everett's skyline.
Its cost -- $600 million -- is the equivalent of buying about four Boeing 787 Dreamliners.
When it opens in 2011, it will have an emergency room nearly as long as football field, with space to treat as many as 79 patients at a time.
And now, with final designs of the building complete, the public is getting its first glimpse of what the 12-story building at the Colby campus will look like.
"This, to me, is state of the art," said Dave Brooks, the hospital's chief executive.
The 680,000-square-foot structure will be shaped like a "U." The building won't have a courtyard, although the middle of the hospital won't rise higher than the fifth floor. In half of its 368 rooms, patients will have views of Puget Sound
or the Cascades; the other rooms will face inward, with a view of a fifth-floor rooftop garden.
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Intermec's back with a bang
The HERALD reports that Intermec Inc.'s sales have topped $200 million each of the past three quarters, and it just paid off $100 million in debt. The company also has released a number of new handheld computers and printers
since last fall.
Following a swoon in sales during 2006 and the first half of last year, layoffs and restructuring, Intermec seems again to be firing on all cylinders.
It's enough to make Patrick Byrne smile. The 47-year-old former Agilent Inc. executive took over as the Everett-based company's chief executive officer and president last July.
When Byrne arrived, taking the reins from retiring CEO Larry Brady, Intermec's sales had lost momentum after undergoing an overhaul that included selling off its industrial manufacturing business and consolidating the corporate offices in
Everett.
Byrne said the fundamental technology in Intermec's products has long been a strength. But that technology's value is limited if it's not reaching customers, so top managers have focused more on making sure the sales and technology teams
are better coordinated.
"We are concentrating a lot with how we launch products," Byrne said, adding that he doesn't want that focus to draw away from the importance of Intermec's engineering innovations. "It's important we maintain that."
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2008 Washington State Biomedical Device Summit
The biomedical device cluster in the Seattle metropolitan region contributes $2.5 billion in gross revenue and employs over 5,800 workers with total projected wages if $488 million. A comprehensive study was commissioned by
enterpriseSeattle in collaboration with the City of Bothell, University of Washington Bothell Biotechnology & Biomedical Technology Institute (UWB BBTI), Snohomish County Economic Development Council (EDC), Washington
Biotechnology & Biomedical Assocation (WBBA), the Prosperity Partnership and the Washington Technology Industry Association.
Key highlights from the study include:
--There are more than 120 biomedical device companies engaged in advanced research and production of biomedical device technologies in Washington State, with approximately 100 of these located in the central Puget Sound region.
--The City of Bothell is at the apex of the biomedical device industry in the region nearly half (2,800) of the region's jobs and nearly three quarters ($1.8 billion) of total gross revenue are attributed to companies based in Bothell.
--The regions employment opportunities grew at 8.2% per year since 2000, with 2,500 new jobs added to the regional cluster since 2000.
"In light of the City of Bothell's recent designation by the Governor's office as the Biomedical Device Innovation Partnership Zone for Washington State, the timing was right for this study," said Jeff Marcell, Executive Vice President and
COO for enterpriseSeattle. "The study was designed to explore the influencing factors and opportunities in the biomedical device industry for positioning the region for further and future success; it is an excellent marketig tool for the
industry, not only to attract new bsuiness, but for recruiting top industry talent as well."
EDC's Quarterly Meeting & Washington State PTAC's "GREEN" Event
The Economic Development Council of Snohomish County held its Quarterly Breakfast meeting on May 8th at the Everett Golf and Country Club. The event was sponsored by: The Boeing Company, City of Everett, Paine Field and
Rick Cooper of The Everett Clinic.
CB Richard Ellis, Paine Field and The Boeing Companyall purchased tables and the room was filled with guests eager to hear from Keynote Speaker Ada M. Healey, Vice President of Real Estate, Vulcan Inc.
Healey has been instumental in the redevelopment of nearly 60 acres the company owns in Seattle's South Lake Union neighborhood, where Vulcan is working with the city and community to create a new model for sustainable, mixed-use urban
development. She was well recieved by her audience.
Steve Hawes, Advertising Director of The Snohomish County Business Journal presented SCBJ's "Executive of the Year" award to Eric T. Overton, President and CEO of Sparling. Troy Thrun, Principal of Sparling, was there
to accept the award on Mr. Overton's behalf. Congratulations!
On May 13th, the Washington State Procurement Technical Assistance Program held a Green Conference in Everett with about 150 attendees. Peter Camp, Executive Director, Snohomish County & representative of the Green Ribbon
Task Force, spoke about the future of Green Programs in Snohomish County. This was followed by six 50-minute educational sessions on industry standards, where green technology is going, future contracting opportunities, and how to
position business for success.
Speakers included representatives from Snohomish County PUD, U.S. EPA, U.S. Postal Service, Washington Manufacturing Services, U.S. General Service Administration, City of Seattle, Boeing, Puget Sound Energy, Washington State General
Administration, U.S. ACE, Washington State Department of Ecology, McChord AFB, University of Washington, NAVFAC, Federal Green Market, Diverse America Network, Ukpeagvik Inupiat Corp., Dykeman, Kalani Packaging, and PCSI.
This event was sponsored by The Boeing Company and MacDonald-Miller Facility Solutions.
Washington State PTAC helped launch the Small Business Development Program in Snohomish County in March 2008
This program reaches out to businesses with revenues of less than $1 million in Snohomish County, offers free training, and access to local contracting opportunities. One of these firms is Airflow Mechanical, Inc. a HAVAC, sheet
metal, and service contractor. Airflow Mechanical, Inc. has been in business since 1996 and has many local satisfied customers such as Everett Community College, Snohomish County and Herbfarm Restaurant in Woodinville. While their
firm was already proficient in business management and bidding, they are responsive to bid opportunities and participate in advanced training to continually further their quality and systems. As the program grows with more businesses and
agencies, the PTAC hopes to see more local firms involved on local government projects. To date, the City of Everett was critical with the Launch of the Program at the Diversity Expo and will provide networking with decisions makers to
meet local firms in June. Snohomish County Parks and Recreation will be educating local firms on opportunities on May 21st.
Thank you, EDC Investors, for your financial support and commitment to the success of our organization.
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