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Governor Gregoire appoints Egils Milbergs Director of new Economic Development Commission.
Milbergs was selected through a joint process involving the Governor and the Economic Development Commission. Milbergs and the Commission will play a key role in updating the state's economic development vision and strategies.
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The Unemployment Rate
rose to 4.3% in January. This was nine-tenths of a percentage point lower than the comparable state rate which was 5.2 %
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The eCityGov Alliance
launched its latest regional web portal designed to make it easier for companies to do business with public agencies. The new Shared Procurement Portal will be utilized by member public agencies to directly notify companies of
potential business opportunities with local governments.
http://ecitygov.net
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Beginning this month, all meetings of the Snohomish County Council
will be broadcast or webcast on the Internet. Residents can now watch county public hearings and council committee meetings any time by visiting the county website,
www.snoco.org, and searching for "Council Webcasts".
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The City of Monroe
is searching for a developer for the second planned North Kelsey shopping site after the original developer failed to close the transaction under its exclusive contract.
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Premera Blue Cross
supports national Blue Cross Blue Shield Association (BCBSA) "Pathways to Covering America" proposal. The BCBSA outlines four key initiatives to improve healthcare delivery and quality. The proposal also describes ways of expanding
coverage to the uninsured through a series of public-private solutions.
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The City of Everett
plans to revamp the Broadway corridor. The new design standards for the corridor will encourage more residential and mixed-use developments. The plans call for improved alleys, lighting in all parking lots, trees between the street and
the sidewalk and limiting freestanding signs to a height of 8 feet.
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The Snohomish County Council
has a new vision for the publicly owned western parcel of the former Cathcart landfill site. At the top of the list for its use: parks and recreation. Baseball fields, in particular, along with open space, wetland trails and an
interpretive center are under consideration. Affordable housing might be in the mix, too. GVA Kidder Mathews has been hired to do a planning study.
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The Pacific Northwest Regional Economics Conference
will happen in Tacoma on May 14-16. The program offers economic outlook sessions, both national and state/provincial, and a focus on innovation issues which meshes with efforts around our state to promote clean energy and clean
technology industries, life sciences, IT and advanced manufacturing. Experts from around the world will be talking about these topics, as well as other issues concerning the economy in the Northwest. For information go to
www.pnrec.org.
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The EDC of Snohomish County launches a Small Business Transportation Resource Center Program (SBTRC)
, funded by the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT). The EDC will service the Northwest Region with an office in Everett and a satellite office in Seattle. Lilly Keeffe is the Project Director and Monica Campos
is the Project Coordinator for this program. This program will assist firms in developing the capacity to meet the requirements for U.S. DOT funded transportation-related contracts at the federal, state and local levels; helping firms
identify projects, prepare for projects and successfully bid and perform on projects. Deborah Knutson, President of the EDC, is looking forward to collaborating with the U.S. DOT to make this a successful program for the Northwest.
If you have any questions or would like more information on the SBTRC, please call Lily Keeffe at 206-718-7250 or email her at
Lily Keeffe.
Want to learn more? Visit the
EDC homepage!
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