Snohomish County’s Cascade Industrial Center Earns Manufacturing Industrial Center Designation from Puget Sound Regional Council

Snohomish County’s Cascade Industrial Center Earns Manufacturing Industrial Center Designation from Puget Sound Regional Council

SEATTLE – June 27, 2019 – The Puget Sound Regional Council (PSRC) has designated the Cascade Industrial Center as the region’s tenth Manufacturing Industrial Center. Manufacturing Industrial Centers receive priority for federal transportation funding through PSRC, as they are expected to fuel regional economic and employment growth. The designation recognizes the Cascade Industrial Center, located…

Report: Seattle ranked 12th best “global startup ecosystem”

Report: Seattle ranked 12th best “global startup ecosystem”

Startup Genome, an organization that aims to support startup success, recently released its 2019 Global Startup Ecosystem Report. The report ranks the best startup ecosystems in the world, based off measurements of “success factors” such as startup performance, funding, market reach, talent, experience, and knowledge. The report ranks Seattle as the 12th best global startup ecosystem,…

Salesforce expanding headquarters to Seattle following $15.7 billion Tableau acquisition

Salesforce expanding headquarters to Seattle following $15.7 billion Tableau acquisition

While the San Francisco-based Salesforce already has around 1,000 employees in Washington, the company plans to make Seattle its second headquarters following its acquisition of Tableau, co-CEO Marc Benioff said during a conference call Monday. “I am a huge admirer of the talent market in Seattle…there’s very few places where you can put together a software…

Go West, Go Global

Go West, Go Global

The greater Seattle region – running north of Everett to south of Tacoma – is home to hundreds of global companies like those, as well as a little outfit called Microsoft, truck maker PACCAR and thousands of small to medium-sized companies. Additionally, hundreds of foreign-owned companies have based operations in the region, including giants such…

Propeller Airports Receives Coveted ‘Travel Top 50’ Recognition from Monocle as Best Regional Airport

Propeller Airports announces its recognition in Monocle’s annual Travel Top 50 Awards, which this month named Paine Field’s Passenger Terminal the World’s Best Regional Airport. Paine Field is recognized alongside leading global travel brands like…

Seattle ranks top 10 in best cities to start a career, report says

Seattle ranks top 10 in best cities to start a career, report says

A lot can go into deciding where to start your career, but two things can be certain: the availability of jobs and the quality of life in that city. They’re the two dimensions that WalletHub used to rank their study of the best cities to start your career in. With 29 metrics between the two, the…

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…