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The Washington state economic development
directory below (scroll down)
links to the websites and contacts for many economic development organizations
in Washington and
related content such as Area Profiles and Area Surveys as
executive summaries about business locations. |
Contact us for project assistance, or to update our directory listing
for an area. We provide personal introductory referrals to our
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Area Profiles and Area
Surveys are executive summary presentations about business locations.
These may include maps, links to commercial real estate listings of
available industrial and office sites and buildings, investment project
news, information about existing businesses in the area, labor market
information, and investment incentives. Such content makes it easy to
search for relevant locations, as shown by our
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consultant research reports about communities or industry clusters.
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Washington
Names
link to Area Profiles if available
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Scope; maps for the
Northwest (OR, WA) |
Contacts
Bruce - GDI |
Website and other resources
Project announcements |
Survey |
Profile |
| Choose Washington -
Business and Project Development Unit - business attraction and retention |
State |
360-725-4057 |
www.choosewashington.com
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No |
No |
| Washington State
Department of Community, Trade and Economic Development (CTED) - Business
Retention and Expansion |
State |
206-256-6112 |
www.cted.wa.gov |
No |
No |
| Washington Economic
Development Finance Authority (WEDFA) - small and medium business finance -
bonds |
State 98104 |
206-587-5634 |
www.wedfa.wa.gov |
No |
No |
| International Trade
Division - Washington State Department of Community, Trade and Economic
Development (CTED) |
State - trade promotion |
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www.exportwashington.com |
No |
No |
| Washington State Office of
Business & Tourism Development, Trade & Economic Development |
State 98504 |
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www.whywashington.com
www.oted.wa.gov
www.waforbusiness.org
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No |
No |
| Washington State Chamber
of Commerce Executives - has maps and lists to find local chambers in any
region |
Chambers |
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www.wcce.org |
No |
No |
| Washington Economic
Development Association - WEDA |
Association 99201 |
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www.wedaonline.org
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No |
No |
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Greater Seattle area, Puget Sound |
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Survey |
Profile |
| City of Bothell, WA - near
I-405 north of Kirkland |
City 98011 |
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www.ci.bothell.wa.us
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No |
No |
| City of Kenmore WA -
Department of Community Development - near Seattle at the north end of Lake
Washington in King County |
City 98028 |
|
www.cityofkenmore.ccom |
No |
No |
| City of Lynnwood WA
Economic Development |
City 98036 |
425-670-6651 |
www.ci.lynnwood.wa.us
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No |
No |
| enterprise Seattle - Kings
County WA |
City 98101 |
206-389-8650 |
www.enterpriseseattle.org
www.edc-sea.org |
No |
No |
| Port of Seattle |
Port |
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www.portseattle.org
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No |
No |
| Puget Sound Regional
Council - and the Prosperity Partnership initiative for this multi-county region |
Region 98104 |
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www.psrc.org
www.prosperitypartnership.org
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No |
No |
| City of Everett WA
Economic Development - in Snohomish County |
City 98201 |
Lanie McMullin
425-257-7100 |
www.everettwa.org |
No |
No |
| Everett Area Chamber of
Commerce |
Chamber |
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www.everettchamber.com |
No |
No |
| Snohomish County EDC -
Economic Development Council - Everett WA - north of Seattle and King County
- Washington's "Technology Corridor" |
County 98204 |
Deborah Knutson
425-743-4567 |
www.snoedc.org
www.thetechcorridor.com |
No |
No |
| Port of Everett WA - FTZ
No. 85 |
Port 98206 |
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www.portofeverett.com
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No |
No |
| Bellingham Whatcom
Economic Development Council - north of Seattle near Vancouver, British
Columbia, Canada border - Whatcom County |
County 98227 |
360-676-4255 |
www.bwedc.org |
No |
No |
| Port of Bellingham |
Port |
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www.portofbellingham.com |
No |
No |
| Island District EDC -
Island County - Coupeville WA |
County 98239 |
360-678-6889 |
www.islandweb.org/edc/ |
No |
No |
| San Juan County EDC -
Friday Harbor, WA - islands |
County 98250 |
360-378-2906 |
www.islandway.org
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No |
No |
| Economic Development Association of
Skagit County - EDA, Mount Vernon WA - north of Snohomish County |
County 98273 |
360-336-6114 |
www.skagit.org |
No |
No |
| Kitsap Regional Economic
Development Council - Kitsap County - Bremerton WA - west of Seattle across
Puget Sound |
Region 98312 |
360-377-9499 |
www.kitsapedc.org |
No |
No |
| Clallam Networks Economic
Development Council - CNEDC - Port Angeles - Clallam County EDC - this
county includes part of Olympic National Park |
County 98362 |
360-457-7793 |
www.clallam.org |
No |
No |
| Port of Bremerton |
Port 98367 |
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www.portofbremerton.org |
No |
No |
| EDC of Jefferson County -
Port Townsend, WA - this county includes part of Olympic National Park |
County 98368 |
360-385-6767 |
www.edcjc.com |
No |
No |
| Tacoma area, southwest
Washington, Columbia River |
984xx-986xx |
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Survey |
Profile |
| The Economic Development
Board for Tacoma-Pierce County - Pierce County includes Mount Rainier
National Park |
County 98401 |
253-383-4726 |
www.gopierce.org |
No |
No |
| Tacoma Economic Development
Department |
City 98424 |
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www.wiredcityusa.com |
No |
No |
| Port of Tacoma WA - FTZ
No. 86 |
Port |
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www.portoftacoma.com
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No |
No |
| Thurston County EDC -
Lacey WA |
County 98503 |
360-754-6320 |
www.thurstonedc.com
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No |
No |
| Grays Harbor EDC - Grays
Harbor County - Aberdeen WA |
County 98520 |
360-532-7888 |
www.ghedc.com |
No |
No |
| Port of Grays Harbor - FTZ
No. |
Port |
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www.portgrays.org
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No |
No |
| Lewis County EDC -
Chehalis WA |
County 98532 |
360-748-0114 |
www.lewisedc.com |
No |
No |
| Pacific County EDC -
Raymond WA |
County 98577 |
360-942-3629 |
www.pacificedc.org
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No |
No |
| EDC of Mason County -
Shelton WA |
County 98584 |
360-426-2276 |
www.hctc.com |
No |
No |
| Lower Columbia EDC -
Wahkiakum County - Cathlamet, WA |
County 98612 |
360-795-3996 |
www.lowercolumbiaedc.org |
No |
No |
| Klickitat County Public
EDA - Goldendale WA |
County 98620 |
509-773-7060 |
www.klickitatcounty.org |
No |
No |
| Cowlitz County EDC -
Longview WA |
County 98632 |
360-423-9921 |
www.cowlitzedc.com
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No |
No |
| Port of Kalama WA |
Port 98625 |
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www.portofkalama.com
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No |
No |
| Skamania County EDC -
Stevenson, WA |
County 98648 |
509-427-5110 |
www.skamania-edc.org
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No |
No |
| Columbia River Economic Development
Council - Vancouver, Clark County WA - near Portland Oregon |
Region 98660 |
360-694-5006 |
www.credc.org |
No |
No |
| Port of Vancouver |
Port 98666 |
|
www.PortVanUSA.com |
No |
No |
| Central Washington |
988xx-989xx |
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Survey |
Profile |
| Port of Douglas County |
County 98802 |
509-884-4700 |
www.portofdouglas.org
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No |
No |
| Port of Chelan WA |
Port 98816 |
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www.ccpd.com |
No |
No |
| Grant County Economic
Development Council - Moses Lake WA |
County 98837 |
509-764-6579 |
www.grantedc.com |
No |
No |
| The Economic Alliance -
Okanogan County - Omak WA - in north central Washington near the BC Canada
border |
County 98841 |
509-826-5107 |
www.economic-alliance.com |
No |
No |
| Yakima County Development
Association |
County 98907 |
509-575-1140 |
www.ycda.com |
No |
No |
| Economic Development Group
of Kittitas County - Ellensburg, WA |
County 98926 |
509-962-7244 |
www.phoenixgroupedc.org |
No |
No |
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Northeast Washington
and Spokane area |
991xx-992xx |
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Survey |
Profile |
| Tri-County Economic
Development District (TEDD) - Stevens County - Colville WA - TEDD serves 3
counties in the northeast corner of Washington near Idaho and BC Canada |
County 99114 |
509-684-4571 |
www.teddonline.com
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No |
No |
| Pend Oreille County EDC -
TEDD - Newport WA |
County 99156 |
800-813-2032 |
www.teddonline.com
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No |
No |
| Ferry County - TEDD -
Republic WA |
County 99166 |
509-775-3047 |
www.teddonline.com |
No |
No |
| Spokane Area EDC - Spokane
County |
Metro 99201 |
509-624-9285 |
www.spokaneedc.org |
No |
No |
| Avista Utilities |
Utility 99220 |
|
www.avistacorp.com |
No |
No |
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Southeast Washington |
993xx-994xx |
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Survey |
Profile |
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TRIDEC Tri-City Industrial Development
Council - Benton, Franklin County - Kennewick WA |
Region 99336 |
Carl Adrian
509-735-1000
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www.tridec.org
List of
available properties |
No |
Example |
| City of Kennewick WA |
City |
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www.ci.kennewick.wa.us |
No |
No |
| Port of Kennewick WA |
Port |
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www.portofkennewick.org |
No |
No |
| Port of Benton WA |
Port |
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www.portofbenton.com
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No |
No |
| City of Pasco WA |
City |
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www.ci.pasco.wa.us
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No |
No |
| Port of Pasco WA |
Port |
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www.portofpasco.org
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No |
No |
| Adams County EDC - Othello
WA |
County 99344 |
509-488-5785 |
www.co.adams.wa.us
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No |
No |
| Port of Walla Walla -
Regional Airport - Walla Walla County |
County 99362 |
509-525-3100 |
www.portwallawalla.com |
No |
No |
| Palouse Economic
Development Council - Clarkston WA - Asotin, Columbia, Garfield, Whitman
Counties |
Town 99403 |
509-751-9144 |
www.palouse.org |
No |
No |
| Port of Whitman WA |
Port |
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www.portwhitman.com
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No |
No |
Explanation of column
headings above
- Organizations are generally sorted in
postal code order so that locations which are geographically close to each
other will usually (not always) be grouped together. This is a
selective directory, even though the state directory is more comprehensive
than the very selective one we will maintain at the regional level to
highlight the organizations which support our work or are found to be of
frequent interest for the convenience of the executives and business
advisors we serve.
- Scope : is the area served by the
organization, and postal code. We may include thumbnail maps which
expand to show information about participating areas, or link directly to
good maps or GIS research tools on the organization's website.
- Contacts : relationship leader at GDI
Solutions for maintaining information about contacts in this area.
If there is a working relationship through our various GUIDE services, we
also list the key organization contact, phone, and optional e-mail.
- Website and other resources : Aside from
the main website link, we may include other direct links to highlight
special features of expected interest to executives, especially if they
might not be readily noticed by just visiting the website. A good
example of this is when relevant content is actually maintained somewhere
else, such as a regional website rather than the local one, so that one
would otherwise need to know to follow the available links between the
websites.
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The default
for all other columns is "No" unless the organization supports our work.
- Survey : areas which have responded to our
GUIDE Network Survey, with a link to their response for convenience if
published (optional) and highlighted at the top. This is often
useful as an executive summary at the "long list" stage of location
selection.
- Profile : participates in our GUIDE Area
Profile service (also highlighted at the top of the page). This
involves a closer working relationship to maintain more timely and
detailed knowledge of the area throughout the year, and also involves a
more detailed executive summary on the website, with many relevant links.
If there are significant incentives in the area, we may also link to a
GUIDE Incentives Profile.
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All area representatives are encouraged to reply to the free
GUIDE Network
Survey, which consists of very basic questions to help maintain
timely knowledge about many areas for referral purposes. Area
representatives : see
how to
participate. Current service pricing
is listed on the
Order Form (Adobe Acrobat .PDF file). Refer also to any
special offers.
Please help us to help you by supporting our work.v
Executives who use this service are encouraged to
respond to our free
Executive Survey, which helps us to continuously improve.
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The presence, absence,
or position of any organization on these lists,
or their position on the lists, does not imply any endorsement or opinion about their services,
nor by them about our own. The selections are simply intended to be helpful to executives who may be
unaware of such contacts, or how to reach their websites quickly.
Please contact us directly for relevant introductions or any additional
contacts, market knowledge, and research which we don't publish. |
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The
directory above is a "long list"
extension of our contacts directory for the larger
US
West Coast region,
following the same structure as our
global contact directories.
These area representatives
would typically include
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a state department of
commerce or industry or a provincial government office
- greater
metro city or county area chamber of commerce
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county economic
development agency
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industrial development
corporation or council - IDC
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alliance for business
development, community development
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investment promotion
agency - IPA
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industry cluster development initiatives, business
incubators, technology parks
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regional or global professional B2B networking
organizations, business partnering, joint venture development, or strategic
business alliance services
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trade and investment
promotion offices
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Despite the
wide variety of names for such economic development organizations, and
variances in the scope of their services, the ones we list are generally
actively involved in efforts to attract, expand, and retain business
investment projects in their areas (offices, factories, etc.), including the
attraction of foreign direct investment projects (FDI). This typically
includes support services, financial incentives, and information for
corporate site selection decisions as well as local business retention and
expansion services.
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working relationships among participating area representatives - economic
development organizations - and professional service providers as well as
senior corporate executives who are responsible for the planning of major
projects such as new, relocated, expanded or consolidated offices,
factories, distribution centers or other operations. |
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