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The Best States For Business
Washington state made the headlines for moving up to third place in Forbes.com rankings of the Best States for Business
Last year, Washington and its culture of innovation was Forbes’ big story when we moved from 12th to 5th place.
To find out more about Forbes Rankings of the Best States for Business click on the links below:
Complete Forbes.com story
Governor Gregoire’s announcement about Forbes.com ranking
Transform Your City
The first part of the audio clip is a talk by Ned Hill Vice President of Economic Development- Cleveland State University. The second part of the audio clip is a talk by James Corner and Laura Adams from Shelby Farms Park- Memphis, Tennessee.
Highlights:
- 50% of economic development is leadership
- Economic development is the ability to connect the dots that no one else sees
- Build on the assets of your community - history- talent- youth
- Build an economy on kids that are creative and innovative
- Know the numbers, work with others with similar passions
- Talent tomorrow starts with internships today- creating a job ladder
- There needs to be design culture- an exchange of ideas-
- University- community partnership-
Port Townsend appears in NY Times
Old Port Town’s Appeal Reaches Beyond Northwest
Jeanne and Kevin Clark bought a vacation home in Nevada City, Calif., about 20 years ago. They had planned to relocated to Nevada City, a historic gold-rush town northeast of Sacramento, after their careers as high school teachers in Southern California.
But when they visited their former hideaway a few years ago, they realized it had become too smoggy and too overcome by traffic, not the quaint town they had originally bought into.
“So we went looking for another place, and we looked all around between Anacortes and Port Angeles” on the Olympic Peninsula of Washington, Kevin Clark said. “We decided Port Townsend was the best place in the whole area.”
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PEAK Leadership Program
The PEAK Leadership Program is a project of Peninsula College and Washington State University Team Jefferson Economic Development, which have joined ranks to develop a ten-month, annual community leadership program for 16 emerging leaders who reside in Clallam and Jefferson Counties.
For more information or to apply and/or nominate someone to this program, please see the PEAK Leadership Website. If you don't find what you're looking for, please don't hesitate to contact our project coordinator, Danille Turissini, at danillet@pcadmin.ctc.edu or (360) 301-4134.
WSU TEAM JEFFERSON leads local Economic Development Efforts
WSU Team Jefferson presented their annual report to the Port Townsend Chamber of Commerce in June, highlighting their accomplishments in the community within the past year, as well as their future plans.
If you have any questions about the presentation or Team Jefferson please contact Alisha Merriman at amerriman@wsu.edu
Need help with your business plan?? Come see Alisha Merriman! Business plans are an essential element to starting a new business or to help businesses that need a new focus. If you need assistance with your business plan stop by and talk to Team Jefferson's business plan consultant. Alisha Merriman, 201 W. Patison St., Port Hadlock, WA 9839
(360) 379-5610 Ext. 222
Read more about Business Plans at Wikipedia
Energizing Entrepreneurs
RUPRI Center for Rural Entrepreneurship
www.energizing
entrepreneurs.org/
Did you Know???
An average of 525 shoppers are attending the Wednesday Farmer's Market this year, while an average of 1,800 attend each Saturday. (Estimates assume shoppers spend an average of 20 and 40 minutes at the Wednesday and Saturday Markets respectively. Shoppers are counted periodically throughout each market day.)
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