EDC 2010 Annual Banquet
Feb 26, 2010
Arun Raha, Cheif Economist for Washington State
The Grant County EDC hosted another successful Annual Banquet with over 160 attendees. The key note speaker, Dr. Arun Raha, Chief Economist for the State of Washington, provided a glance at what the year 2010 holds. He stated that Washington State will recover faster than the nation due to our large export market. In the 4th quarter of 2009, Washington exports were up 23% and Grant County was an important part of that growth. Washington is also expected to recover faster than the nation in the total number jobs added and in personal income growth.
Outgoing EDC President, Mike Wren, and Incoming EDC President, Juliann Dodds, both made presentations. Wren encouraged the municipalities in attendance to keep pursuing economic development, to support each other in their efforts, and to always be ready for a project. Dodds presented a short video thanking Wren for his dedicated service to the EDC and highlighting the EDC’s accomplishments in 2009.
Terry Brewer, Executive Director for the EDC, provided an outlook for the upcoming year and talked about the projects that the EDC is working on bringing to the county in the next year.
The EDC would like to extend special thanks to Milbrandt Vineyards for the wine tasting, Robert Trask Jr. for emceeing, and all of the sponsors that made this event possible.
Sponsors:
- Robert M. Trask Agency, Inc.
- United Rentals
- J&M Electric
- Signs Now
- Alsted Real Estate
- RS Titan
- Numerica Credit Union
- Central Bonded Collectors
- SkillSource, Columbia Glass LLC
- Midway Beverage
- Total Employment and Management
- LeMaster & Daniels PLLC
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