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Twelve Opportunity Zones Encourage Investment and Equity in Pierce County April 20, 2018 – Tacoma, WA The Washington State Department of Commerce announced Governor Jay Inslee’s approval today of 139…
EDB Annual Meeting: Innovation and a whole lot more Forty is looking good. On March 8, 2018, leaders from across the region came together at the Greater Tacoma Convention and Trade…
Photos of the 2018 Annual Meeting The Economic Development Board for Tacoma-Pierce County celebrated the South Sound’s innovators at its 40th Annual Meeting on March 8, 2018 at the Greater…
EDB’s 40th Annual Meeting celebrates South Sound innovators March 9, 2018 – Tacoma, WA The Economic Development Board for Tacoma-Pierce County celebrated the South Sound’s innovators at its 40th Annual Meeting…
Tech Town Tacoma A major tech recruiter arrives, and an incubator grows ideas, businesses and jobs When worldwide tech recruiting, consulting and outsourcing firm Oxford Global Resources outgrew its Federal Way space,…
Choose Washington effort launched to win Boeing 797 Washington State is making its case to land the design, production and assembly of the next great Boeing airplane. On December 20, Governor Jay Inslee launched the Choose…
EDB President & CEO Bruce Kendall on KBTC’s Northwest Now Each week Northwest Now explores the current events and community issues that matter most to our region’s inhabitants. On January…
Business retention and expansion is a key pillar of the EDB’s work. Tool Gauge had been operating for more than 50 years and is working with the EDB as it…
Jobs are growing in Tacoma-Pierce County Major employers add thousands to payroll in 2017 The trend we’ve seen since 2014 continues. Pierce County job numbers are on the rise across…
December 7, 2017 – Tacoma, WA 248 Qualify as Pierce County Major Employers The Economic Development Board for Tacoma-Pierce County has published its 2017 Major Employers List – a list…