City of Lacey offers Business Startup Training through the Center for Business & Innovation The City of Lacey offers Business Startup Training through the Center for Business & Innovation The City of Lacey in partnership with the Thurston EDC Center for Business & Innovation is offering scholarships for Business Startup Training. The [...]
Long Beach Merchants Association Honored with Nancie Payne Award at Regional Economic Forecast & Innovation EXPO Photo by Shanna Paxton Photography for the Thurston EDC. From left to right: Sue Yirku, Executive Director, Pacific County Economic Development Council, Sue Svendsen, Long Beach Merchants Association Board Member, and Long Beach City Councilmember, Karla [...]
Olympia Chef Competes on On Discovery+ Chopped Next Gen Elise Landry and Adam Wagner first visited downtown Olympia when considering a move to the city to live and open a restaurant. They stopped by Harts Mesa on Columbia Street and ate. Little did they know [...]
Weather the Storm with Financial Mastery Training Program at Thurston EDC Scholarships for Businesses Located in Olympia, Lacey and Tumwater make the classes free or very low cost Lacey, WA – Beginning June 26, the Thurston Economic Development Council’s (EDC) Center for Business & Innovation (CB&I) will offer Financial Mastery as part of our [...]
ScaleUp Now Available in Rural Areas Throughout Washington State for Free Thanks to a New Commerce Grant The Department of Commerce has partnered with the Thurston Economic Development Council (EDC) to make the ScaleUp program available throughout rural Washington State. This webinar series will begin on May 6 and runs for 10 weeks through [...]
The Thurston Economic Development Council (EDC) will host a ThINk pitch on Thursday, February 13, from 2-4pm at the Center for Business & Innovation, 4220 6th Avenue SE, Lacey. Two locally-owned businesses who are seeking capital — one to start up and one scale up — will pitch to Thurston Investment Network (ThINk) Members. ThINk [...]
The Center for Business and Innovation (CB&I) invites the community to an open house on November 15, 2019, from 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Come learn all that the CB&I can do for you! We have a number of programs at the CB&I that are geared specifically toward helping emerging companies manage their growth. [...]
Thurston Asset Building Coalition Presents: Opioid Use Reduction & Recovery Employer Forum Lacey, WA – As we face the opioid crisis in our communities, the impact on employers and the lives and livelihoods of workers, including lost productivity, days away from work, and increased healthcare costs, is staggering. We invite the community to join our [...]
Executive Spotlight: Meet the South Sound Behavioral Hospital’s CEO, Dr. Caroline Fisher This summer the fledgling South Sound Behavioral Hospital opens its doors in Lacey’s centrally-located Woodland Square Loop. They offer care and treatment on an inpatient, outpatient, and day hospital basis for those needing mental health assessment, addiction treatment, and adult mental health [...]
Thurston Investment Network to Host Business Pitch The Thurston Investment Network (ThINk) is a membership-based network of local investors. A matchmaking service, so to speak, akin to the popular TV show, “Shark Tank,” only here at home in Thurston County. ThINk members have now invested in five local businesses for a total of over [...]
