Former State Rep. Gary Chandler is AWB’s vice president of government affairs. He is the association’s chief lobbyist and directs its legislative and regulatory programs. As a legislator, Chandler co-chaired the House Agriculture and Ecology Committee and served on the Natural Resources and Transportation committees during the last legislative session. He was first elected to […]
Read MoreThe Grant County Economic Development Council (GCEDC) is working with the Washington Small Business Development Center (SBDC) to conduct the 2019 Wage and Benefit Survey. Going forward, the GCEDC will be utilizing the Washington SBDC’s Market Intelligence Research Team. The Washington SBDC is hosted state wide by Washington State University. With the new partner, GCEDC […]
Read MoreIn 2015 the Grant County EDC was naming projects after 80’s rock bands. Board members would chuckle as staff talked about Project Def Leopard and Project Eagles. Project Pink Floyd was talked about for many meetings to come. Project Pink Floyd reached out to the Grant County PUD in October of 2015, from there Business […]
Read MoreDr. Terry Leas has been interested in area economic development as well as workforce education since he arrived in Grant County. Leas became the Grant County Economic Development Counsel’s 2018 president and he brings tremendous value to the EDC with his knowledge of workforce development and education; an important initiative of the 2019-2023 Building Prosperity […]
Read MoreGrant County’s Sister City, Gunpo, South Korea, visited the Pacific Northwest from August 11-19, 2018. The delegation started their visit with a tour of Seattle. While there, they toured Pike Place Market and met with the City of Seattle. The delegation then continued onto Grant County where they met with Allan Peterson and Vern Jenkins, […]
Read MoreIn 2012 community members, the Moses Lake Chamber of Commerce, Retailers and the Grant County EDC formed a group called the Retail Task Force. The group’s objective was to assess Grant County’s current retail establishments and help to recruit companies into the county. That year it was decided to travel to Las Vegas, Nevada for […]
Read MoreThe Grant County Economic Development Council is coming to the close of the first five year capital campaign, Building Prosperity. During the five years, the EDC has been able to assist with creating new jobs, working to retain new businesses, improving infrastructure and much more. (Clink on these links to read about outcomes or for […]
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