Greater Seattle Partners and Enterprise Ireland Sign Agreement to Promote Bilateral Trade and Investment

Greater Seattle Partners and Enterprise Ireland Sign Agreement to Promote Bilateral Trade and Investment

SEATTLE, Wash. (MAY 10, 2019) – Greater Seattle Partners and Enterprise Ireland announced today a new cooperation agreement to promote bilateral trade and investment. Leaders from both companies formalized the memorandum of cooperation at a signing ceremony in Dublin’s SOBO district.   The announcement is the culmination of a week-long leadership mission to Ireland led…

Why Washington Is the Best State in America

Why Washington Is the Best State in America

Cheap, climate-friendly electricity drives Washington’s economy, the nation’s fastest growing, according to the U.S. News’ Best States ranking of economic growth. The tech-heavy state’s expectedly strong broadband network sits atop one of the nation’s best electrical systems, one well-positioned as the country shifts away from coal- and natural gas-generated electricity. The state expects to be coal-free…

Seattle Needs a Branding Boost on the Marketing Front

Seattle Needs a Branding Boost on the Marketing Front

Brian McGowan, the new CEO of nascent economic development agency Greater Seattle Partners, says the region has historically done a mediocre job of selling itself. “Why do we not tell our story? I don’t know,” he says. “I think what people here don’t realize is that the country looks with admiration at this region…”

Lisa Brown: An Inland influence on Commerce

The second of Brown’s trade missions took place last week, with a visit to Japan organized by the Association of Washington Business in collaboration with Greater Seattle Partners and the Washington state Department of Agriculture, with support from the Japan-America Society of the State of Washington and the Japan Business Association of Seattle…

GM’s Cruise self-driving car venture plots a course to get Seattle team up and running

GM’s Cruise self-driving car venture plots a course to get Seattle team up and running

Brian McGowan, CEO of Greater Seattle Partners, said he was thrilled to welcome Cruise to the region. “Our world-class talent pipeline and appetite for innovating technologies of the future makes Greater Seattle an ideal location for Cruise’s expansion…”