America's Credit Union - ACU - Investor Spotlight "During the early stages of the COVID-19 shutdown, we worked with many of our business members, helping them with their Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans. A small gym in Tumwater came to us, and we were able to get the business owner funds so that [...]
Woodbrook Townhomes Adds 124 Residential Rental Units in Lacey Breaking Ground on Woodbrook Townhomes Project *Photo courtesy Milestone Companies, LLC As Thurston County continues to see a real estate boom, one of the areas of significant growth is in single-family housing development. Woodbrook [...]
Tumwater's Recent Real Estate Boom: A Conversation with City Administrator John Doan Tumwater Pointe Apartment units are an extraordinary blend of contemporary craftsmanship and modern elegance located right in the heart of the southern gateway to the Puget Sound. *Photo Courtesy Tumwater Pointe Apartments We recently sat down with John Doan, City of Tumwater [...]
Thurston EDC: How long have you been in business? Evan Parker: I’ve been in Commercial Real Estate for 16 years, opening the Olympia office for Kidder Mathews in 2008. Thurston EDC: What is your product and who is your customer? Evan Parker: Due to the size of our market, I tend to be a “generalist,” but my primary [...]
The Thurston EDC and partners will soon be launching the SW WA Food Hub, an online marketplace that allows consumers to buy food from a variety of local farms and value-added food manufacturers with one payment and one pick up (stay tuned for more information soon!). The Pacific Mountain Workforce Council Food Security Box [...]
Tenino Receives Creative District Designation - A Celebration of the Arts, Creativity, Innovation and Economic Prosperity in Tenino Creative districts help Washington communities thrive by growing the creative sector and by turning cultural activities into economic growth. Creative districts – the heart of a community and a geographically defined [...]
The Washington Center for Women in Business (WCWB) is the recipient of a U.S. Small Business Administration Office of Women's Business Ownership (OWBO) COVID 19 Grant. The grant was made available to all Women’s Business Centers in the United States through the Small Business Administration (SBA) and the CARES Act. Women’s centers were required to submit a creative and proactive proposal that demonstrated a [...]
During the depths of the Great Depression, the small Thurston County town of Tenino drew national attention when it printed thousands of dollars of wooden money to keep the local economy afloat. Now, facing what could be the worst economic downturn since that time, the Tenino City Council drew on history last week when it [...]
PTAC is pleased to announce the hiring of Trena Payton as their newest Counselor. She will serve Thurston and Pierce County Businesses and Government Agencies. She is an experienced small business owner and consultant with a strong background evaluating business goals and objectives, she worked closely over the span of her career with procurement professionals [...]
"We originally became involved with the Thurston EDC through many of the women in business resources they offer through the Washington Center for Women in Business (WCWB), as many of our managers and those in leadership positions at New Leaf Hyberbarics are women," says Chad Redinbo, owner of New Leaf Hyperbarics. In 2015, when New [...]
