The Grant County EDC’s website has been updated with new COLI information, as well as updated statistics for each information page. Subpages such as ESRI information and municipality sheets are being updated as needed, and each individual page has seen an update as of this writing. This information has been made accurate to the best […]

The CARES Act grants continue in Grant County. We have received close to 200 business applications for the CARES Act grant and so far we have received word that nearly 150 have received or will receive grant funds with another 40 businesses pending approval. A push has been made to reach the Hispanic community in […]

The Grant County EDC’s Nic Thurston has taken and passed the Unmanned Aircraft General test at Central Washington University on September 16th! With only a few steps remaining, the EDC will soon have a fully licensed drone pilot available to shoot sites in high resolution video or take ultra high definition photographs from on high. […]

Grant County sees the Solar Tech company Violet Power arrive with word on building a solar panel factory in Moses Lake. The factory is to be fully operational late next year and will employ nearly one thousand people. Violet Power is a proud green manufacturer, with a plan to create efficient and durable solar panels […]

Grant County Trends has recently been updated for Grant County. Grant County Trends is all about the people, places, and organizations of Grant County. The Grant County Trends website is continually being updated. Subscribing to the blog is the easiest way to stay informed with everything new on Grant County Trends. 29 indicators in 7 […]

The Grant County EDC will be hosting another webinar for the public to cover a variety of topics. The webinars have been on hiatus for some time due to a lack of highly relevant information– but being brought back for major updates. We will discuss the Mask-Up program with Debbie Doran-Martinez on Grant County, current […]

As of early this month, the CARES Act grants available to Grant County are now live. Businesses and nonprofits from across Grant County can go to our website, www.grantedc.com/grants to access the application as well as information on the process. To date, we have already received over 120 applications from small businesses as well as […]

The Grant County EDC’s website has quite a few powerful tools available to the public for use. This month we are taking a look at Esri, our GIS software. GIS stands for Geographic Information System, and this is used to store data related to specific locations on the Earth’s surface. Using this data, we can […]

As discussed in our previous newsletter, Grant County EDC has purchased both a drone and a 360-degree camera! We went with a DJI Mavic Pro 2 and a GoPro Fusion 360. Both of these high-tech devices will enable us to view any site available in wide variety of new ways. Nic Thurston will drive out […]

The Grant County EDC has almost completed the Working Washington Grants that were granted to 19 different businesses in Grant County. Only two more contracts remain incomplete at this time and things are moving along quickly. The CARES act is bringing another 2.5 million dollars to Grant County in Federal Grants. We’d like to thank […]