Greater Seattle Partners Receives 2023 Excellence in Economic Development Gold Award from the International Economic Development Council Seattle, Wash. (September 28, 2023) – Greater Seattle Partners (GSP) received a 2023 Excellence in Economic Development Gold Award from the International Economic Development Council (IEDC) for the launch of Uncommon Thinkers Welcome. The award was bestowed specifically…
Greater Seattle Partners returned to the United Kingdom for the World Economic Forum for Foreign Direct Investment hosted by Conway Data and Scottish Development International. We’ve worked collectively with Conway and their editorial and advertising staff at Site Selection for many years, including these recent Investment Profiles: Greater Seattle: Go West, Go Global Choose Washington:…
In early September 2021, Greater Seattle Partners analysis of trade trends were highlighted in the Puget Sound Business Journal where after five years of declines we began to see a reversal as of June ’21. The annual numbers are in for our region and Greater Seattle’s exports last year increased more than $7.3 Billion globally….
Seattle, WA – Saltbox, The Modern Warehouse Company, today announced it has expanded to Seattle to offer simplified logistics, scalable warehousing and office suites, on-demand support staff, flexible storage and loading docks big enough to make every entrepreneur’s dreams come true to empower small businesses and e-commerce entrepreneurs. With a 27,000-square foot facility in Atlanta…
Board of Directors taps economic development expert as interim CEO and conducts national search for permanent replacement. Seattle, Wash. (May 20, 2021) – Greater Seattle Partners (GSP) today announced its chief executive officer Brian McGowan will leave the organization to pursue a new opportunity. Chris Mefford, president and chief executive officer of Community Attributes Inc (CAI)…
It was an honor to sign an MOU with the Importers and Exporters Association of Taipei (IEAT) at the TECO office in downtown Seattle on Thursday, May 6th. Led by our CEO, Brian McGowan, we reaffirmed our commitment to deepening economic ties between our respective organizations. Taiwan is one of our top investment and trade…
Seattle, Wash. (March 15, 2021) – Greater Seattle Partners (GSP) board of directors today announced that former director of the World Trade Center Seattle, Emily Cantrell, will succeed Samantha Gotkin as the vice president of operations and strategy for GSP. Gotkin will return to her consultancy role with GSP as she pursues additional opportunities for…
Seattle Business Magazine just released their list of “12 Seattle Business Leaders to Watch in ’21,” and Greater Seattle Partners’ CEO, Brian McGowan is featured as a leader who is “moving the economy forward and laying the groundwork for recovery after the pandemic passes.” Excerpt from the article: Like all of us, Brian McGowan spends…