Allan Peterson, the advisor for the Small Business Development Center in Moses Lake located within the Grant County Economic Development Council is hosting a traveling SBDC Business Advising Day quarterly. Peterson sets up four time slots for the local businesses to come in and meet one-on-one with him for the day. “This is a great […]
Read MoreWashington State Department of Transportation has released a pdf with multiple founding sources for Transportation in the State of Washington. Funding sources include the Washington Department of Commerce, Washington State Department of Ecology, Washington State Department of Health and the WSDOT. Over the course of seven pages, this document details funding programs for an many […]
Read MoreThe Port of Moses Lake is hosting the first annual Moses Lake Airshow on June 14-15, 2019. This two-day festival will feature world class aerial entertainment, food, local artisans, classic car show and STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) Education Zone. The Education Zone will feature aircraft maintenance and aircraft flight from Big Bend Community […]
Read MoreThe Washington Workforce Training & Education Coordinating Board is touring rural Washington State to hear from local residents about the workforce needs in their community. The board has already visited Toppenish and Aberdeen, but will still visit Colville on May 14th and Quincy on May 16th. This listening forum is open to all residents: employers, […]
Read MoreLate Sunday night, the Washington State Legislature passed the 2019-2021 budget in Olympia. The $52.4 billion budget was passed after a 105-day regular session by 57-41 in the House and 27-21 in the Senate. While the budget does raise taxes, it does not include the proposed capital gains tax. To pay for the budget increase […]
Read MoreThe Grant County Economic Development Council and Washington Small Business Development Center Outbound Trade Event has received a National Association of Small Business International Trade Educators (NASBITE) International Program of Excellence Award, which will be presented to Grant County SBDC advisor Allan Peterson and SBDC export trade advisor Vern Jenkins at the national conference in […]
Read MoreThe Grant County Economic Development Council (GCEDC) has completed the 2019 Grant and Adams Counties Wage & Benefit Survey. The last time the survey was completed was in 2014. Previously, GCEDC used a company called Pathways but since that time, the company stopped providing services such as a wage & benefit survey. Allan Peterson, a […]
Read MoreThe Grant County Economic Development Council held the 2019 Annual Banquet on March 7, 2019. Gary Chandler, Vice President, Government Affairs with the Association of Washington Business, was the keynote speaker. Chandler gave a Washington State legislative update to a crowd of about 120 attendees. He reported that the Washington Senate and House of Representatives […]
Read MoreThe Washington Economic Development Association held their 2019 Winter Conference in Olympia on March 5-6, 2019. This year the keynote speaker was Mike Egan, Director of TechSpark at Microsoft. According to Microsoft’s website, “TechSpark is a civic program aimed at fostering greater economic opportunity and job creation through partnership with rural and smaller metropolitan communities.” […]
Read MoreThe Grant County Economic Development Council (GCEDC) attended the 53rd World Ag Expo in Tulare, CA, February 12-14, 2019. Emily Smith, Business Recruitment Manager attended the show with the Eastern Washington Economic Development Alliance (EWEDA). EWEDA comprises of Grant County, Adams County, Yakima County and the Port of Pasco. “It’s a great relationship to be […]
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