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Washington State ranks “most competitive” in U.S. by a wide margin for aerospace manufacturing Independent researchers looked at 41 metrics in every state and the District of Columbia. Washington’s dense…
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…
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…
Welcome, new EDB investors The EDB is very pleased to welcome two new investors: Clover Park Technical College and Schnitzer Steel, a global leader in the metals recycling industry located…
August happenings: new projects breaking ground and opening doors There’s a lot going on in and around Tacoma-Pierce County. Here are three significant events that happened in August: Tacoma’s skyline…
Congratulations on your first Northwest facility, strategically located in Frederickson, Pierce County, Washington State, USA. On August 10, 2017, Mitsui-Soko (U.S.A.) Inc. celebrated the grand opening of its Frederickson facility, the…
A Fruitful (and Sweltering) Paris Air Show We’ll spare you the “How hot was it?” jokes. Greg Unruh (l) and Bruce Dammeier at the 2017 Paris Air Show Temps in…
Each year at our Annual Meeting, the Economic Development Board presents the “Excellent 10” list of ten great economic development projects in Pierce County that were worked on or completed between…
Judge awards attorneys’ fees to EDB, Chamber and Port ON DEC. 28, 2016, Superior Court Judge Ronald Culpepper awarded more than $121,000 in attorneys’ fees to the EDB, Tacoma-Pierce County Chamber…