The Economic Impact of Manufacturing A strong economic development strategy that incorporates long-range thinking is acutely aware of the role those different sectors have upon the local economy – in terms of both workforce and employment, wages, supply chain, and local fiscal impact of local taxes and municipal revenues. Thurston County is a unique economic region in [...]
New Training for Childcare Providers Aims to Create Stronger Childcare Businesses On March 6, the Thurston Economic Development Council (EDC) Center for Business & Innovation, the Childcare Action Council and the Minority Business Development Agency kicked off a four-part series for childcare providers located anywhere in the State of Washington. Organizers designed this series to [...]
Save the Date for INSPIRE! The Washington Center for Women in Business (WCWB) created its fifth annual INSPIRE Women’s Business Conference for forward-looking women business owners and business leaders in our community. Attendees seek to increase their knowledge to overcome the challenges they face in business, learn new skills, effectively communicate value to their customers, [...]
Tenino Arts Spring Market Stop by the Tenino Arts Market the weekend of March 19 -21 for some creative reveals and a market full of surprises created by over 30 artisans selected by a jury panel for excellence and creativity. The Market is open 10 am to 7 pm on Friday, March 19, 10 [...]
Subscribe to a Local Gourmet Sampler Box Taste your way through the South Sound! Every month starting the first week of April, the Southwest Washington Food Hub is offering a new gourmet sampler food box that will feature different local producers' products, so you can buy and try regionally! The curated subscription box features [...]
The Economic Impact of Brewery Park Did you know Brewery Park at Tumwater Falls has big plans? The Olympia Tumwater Foundation has hopes to construct a new building that would drive additional tourism to businesses all over Thurston County. The Thurston EDC recently conducted an economic impact assessment of the proposed construction project and estimated the [...]
PTAC Small Business Spotlight: Awodi Drumming How does an organization with an arts-focus find work in government contracting? To find out, we spoke with Javoen Byrd, owner of Awodi Drumming and a PTAC client. Javoen started Awodi Drumming in 2019 as he was working on his Masters's degree at the University of Washington in [...]
Photos by Doug Walker courtesy of Callisons. Investor Spotlight: Callisons Thurston EDC: Tell us a little about your company and what you make. Callisons: Callisons is a family-owned business lead by a fourth-generation member of the Callison family, Jim Burgett. We employ approximately 250 employees in Thurston and Lewis County. Our primary [...]
PTAC Small Business Spotlight: LoVolt Communications, Inc. We recently talked with Dolanna Burnett, Finance Manager at LoVolt Communications, Inc. about how PTAC has helped them navigate the process of government contracting. PTAC:What is your product/who is your customer? Dolanna:Network infrastructure installation, mainly commercial customers (working on building our government contract base.) PTAC: What inspired you – [...]
Chris Knudson, Co-owner of Well 80 Brewhouse and Casa Mia Restaurants, Talks Business During COVID-19 Almost one year ago, Governor Inslee signed a Stay Home Stay Healthy order closing all businesses deemed not essential — the order included restaurants. To learn first-hand what the past year has been like for local restaurants, we spoke [...]
