Association of Washington Business – Updated Weekly
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AWB's Manufacturing Week statewide bus tour launched Wednesday in Vancouver. The message there and throughout the Puget Sound was that manufacturing matters, and creates good jobs and great products that are vital to Washington's economic health. This positive story is landing in media markets all over Washington. The tour continues today and covers the rest of the state this week.
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AWB has honored Feed Commodities of Tacoma, Cascade Designs of Seattle and the Phillips 66 Ferndale Refinery among this year's Manufacturing Excellence award winners.
Cascade Designs earned the Operational Excellence Award, Phillips 66 earned the Green Manufacturing Award and Feed Commodities was recognized as the 2019 Manufacturer of the Year. AWB President Kris Johnson presented the awards in person as part of this year's Manufacturing Week bus tour.
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Leaders from the state House and Senate transportation committees are speaking out against the governor's decision to reallocate $175 million from transportation projects to help salmon recovery. State Department of Transportation officials are moving $70 million from the Highway 520 bridge project and $30 million from I-5 improvements, among other measures.
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Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan has signed a new tax on heating oil. The tax, at 24 cents per gallon, is aimed at fighting climate change and reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Meanwhile, the Seattle City Council has delayed consideration of a ban on natural gas in new construction.
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Please save the date to join us on Wednesday, Nov. 20 as we celebrate our members and the good work they do every day to make Washington a great place to live and work. Tickets are available now!
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| The American economy is holding up despite signs of a global slowdown, The Wall Street Journal reports. Unemployment dropped to its lowest rate in 50 years in September, and employers added 136,000 jobs.
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| The Washington State Department of Commerce is highlighting workshops, events and collaborations as part of Global Entrepreneurship Month, from marketing and financial management classes to webinars about government contracting.
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| Officials from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services are hosting a roundtable discussion on improving access to high-quality childcare on Nov. 4 in Seattle. The workshop will identify challenges unique to Alaska and the Pacific Northwest, discuss solutions and strategies, and take away recommendations from parents, providers and business leaders.
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| Propeller Airports, which operates the new Paine Field passenger terminal in Everett, has received new investment from the Washington State Investment Board. The board manages investments for 17 public-sector employee retirement funds.
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| State officials have named a new Innovation Partnership Zone in Bellevue that aims to create a global hub for the development of next generation 5G mobile networks and new technology.
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| Everett Community College has landed a grant to partner with Boeing and three Snohomish County school districts to recruit more young women to the aerospace field.
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| On Nov. 14 in Kirkland and Nov. 15 in Benton City, Kristofer Gray, CFP, will deliver workshops covering year-end tax and investment planning for employers. Gray will describe how to develop a thoughtful process to address the main issues surrounding year-end tax and investment planning.
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| AWB's Rural Jobs Task Force will meet Tuesday, Nov. 12 in the Tri-Cities. The meeting is scheduled for 10 a.m. at the Tri-Cities Regional Chamber of Commerce, 7130 W. Grandridge Blvd., Kennewick, WA, 99336. For more information please contact Mike Ennis. |
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The diversity of Washington's manufacturing sector was on display Wednesday during the first day of AWB's annual Manufacturing Week bus tour, from a high-tech manufacturer of silicon wafers to a 124-year-old family-owned glove company where workers still make everything by hand.
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"Manufacturing helps us help people help themselves. I see it every day." ~ Felicia Bower, general manager of Pioneer Industries, which provides jobs and training to people who have been incarcerated |
