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WASHINGTON
- Spokane
 Spokane
Area Economic Development Council
801 W. Riverside Ave., Suite 302
Spokane, WA 99201-0833
Phone: 1-800-SPOKANE or     (509) 624-9285
Fax (509) 624-3759, E-Mail: edc@edc.spokane.net
The Spokane Area EDC's mission is to provide leadership to attract,
create, and retain quality jobs for the residents of the region.
The
EDC has information on demographics, economics, education, the labor
force, research and training institutes, operating costs, infrastructure,
and quality of life. The EDC has many resources for companies moving into
the area---Check it out!
Spokane
Convention and Visitors Bureau (CVB)
The CVB has information on area Accommodations, Dining, Transportation,
Convention Services, and Facilities. They also have a Calendar of upcoming
events, Entertainment, Shopping and how to find the Visitor's Center. If you are looking for the best short term loans options you should stop your searches - you have already found it!
Spokane Neighborhood Economic Development Alliance
(SNEDA)
715 E. Sprague
Spokane, WA 99202
Phone: (509) 444-7633, E-Mail:
heloewe@sneda.org
SNEDA
is a neighborhood based collaborative effort among four community
centers, East Central, Northeast, Peaceful Valley (including Brown’s
Addition) and West Central, other key community development
organizations and Spokane’s economic development leadership. SNEDA’s
mission is to undertake cost-effective, neighborhood based economic
development and revitalization of the 9 neighborhoods in its service
area. Current focus is on financing, business expansion, technical
assistance, workforce development and related policy, planning and
advocacy.
Northwest
Business Development Association (NWBDA)
9 South Washington, Suite 215
Spokane, WA 99201
Phone: (509) 458-8555, Fax: (509) 458-8553
E-Mail: info@nwbusiness.org
The purpose of NWBDA is to further economic development and promote
growth of small business concerns in the Inland Northwest by offering a
variety of financial assistance programs.
WASHINGTON - Eastern
Big Bend Economic
Development Council
410 W. 3rd Avenue
Moses Lake, WA 98837
Phone: (509) 764-8591
Grant County Economic Development
Council
6594 Patton Blvd. N.E.
Moses Lake WA 98837
Phone: (509) 764-6579, Fax: (509) 762-5161
New Vision Yakima County Dev Association (YCDA)
PO Box 1387, Yakima, WA 98907
Phone: (509) 575-1140, Fax: (509) 575-1508
Assists businesses seeking to locate or expand to the Yakima Valley.
Pursues enhancement of a profitable, productive operating environment and
a supportive business climate. Yakima Valley has a skilled, trainable work
force, employer-driven training institutions, an advantageous
transportation system, low-cost energy and utilities, affordable buildings
and industrial sites, and excellent health care facilities and schools.
Phoenix Group Economic Development
1000 Prospect / PO Box 598, Ellensburg, WA 98926
Phone: (509) 962-7244, Fax: (509) 962-7141, Email:
phoenix@ell.net
Provides leadership that stimulates business and promotes economic
opportunities to support the needs of Kittitas County. Assists business
and industry to expand and retain jobs. Provides business relocation
support. Serves as the central resource for economic and demographic
information needs for business analyses. Partner services include SCORE
business counseling and workshops.
Virtual Economic Development Team
Port of Chelan, 125 Easy St, PO Box 849, Wenatchee, WA 98807
Phone: (509) 663-5159, Fax: (509) 662-5151, Email: mark@ccpd.com
Collaborative, seamless partnership of local chambers, Wenatchee Valley
College, the SBDC, and two Port Districts to support both existing and
new businesses throughout all the communities of Chelan and Douglas
counties. Services include business assistance, counseling, retention
and recruitment.
Washington State Economic Development Councils
Listing
Washington
Economic Development Association - organization of economic
development professionals in Washington State. Provides members with
legislative reports, bill tracking and legislative alerts on economic
development issues.
IDAHO
Clearwater Economic Development
Association (CEDA)
1626 6th Ave, Lewiston, ID 83501
Phone: (208) 746-0015
Operates in the public interest to improve economic opportunities,
increase employment skills and sustain preferred lifestyles for residents,
communities and businesses in North Central Idaho.
IdaLew Economic Development Council (EDC)
PO Box 393, Grangeville, ID 83530
Phone: (208) 983-1025 Fax: (208) 983-1962
Email: idalew@camasnet.com
The IdaLew EDC serves Idaho and Lewis counties in North Central Idaho.
The Council assists entrepreneurs interested in starting new businesses, works to
retain and expand existing firms and recruits new businesses to the area.
The council works in cooperation with other agencies to help new
businesses by providing market research, assistance in preparing
business/marketing plans, and identifying resources that may be available
to aid the business. Preliminary patent and/or trademark research is also
available.
Jobs Plus
202 Sherman Avenue / PO Box 1088, Coeur d’Alene, ID 83816
Phone: (208) 667-4753 Toll-Free: (800) 621-5600
North Idaho business recruiting. Provides information to businesses
considering relocation and/or expansion to North Idaho.
Panhandle Area Council (PAC)
11100 Airport Drive, Hayden, ID 83835
Phone: (208) 772-0584 Fax: (208) 772-6196
Email: jimd@pacni.org
PAC is an Economic Development Agency organized to aid in diversifying and
stabilizing the area's economy. The Council serves the five northern
counties of Idaho. Members of the Council are elected officials from North
Idaho Cities, Counties, the Coeur d'Alene and Kootenai Indian Tribes, and
Business Leaders from each county.
Silver
Valley Economic Development Corporation (SVEDC)
703 Cedar Street, Wallace, Idaho 83873
(208) 752-5511 voice, (208) 556-2351 fax
vince@silvervalleyedc.com
The SVEDC is a private non-profit organization providing economic development
and diversification services for that portion of North Idaho’s Shoshone County
on the I90 corridor, know as the Silver Valley. Our goal is to “create a better
standard of living” for residents of our valley. To attain this goal, we assist
primary industry by providing business expansion, entrepreneurial startup, and
business recruitment services.
Valley Vision 2001
111 Main St, Suite 130, Lewiston, ID 83501
Phone: (208) 799-9083 Fax: (208) 799-9082
Email: vvision@lewiston.com
The Lewis-Clark Valley is the site of Lewiston, Idaho and Clarkston,
Washington. Valley Vision 2001 provides retention and expansion services
to local companies and assists companies from outside the region in
establishing operations or outsourcing arrangements. Benefits include info
specific to business needs, tours of prospective locations, relocation
assistance, business development support, and a welcoming, appreciative
community.
Area Economic Incentives
Spokane's
Community Empowerment Zone Program is intended to stimulate
economic development throughout Spokane County by offering qualified
businesses special tax incentives
Tax-Increment Financing
(TIF):
A method of funding public investment in a designated redevelopment
area. It allows tax-increment financing of publicly owned
infrastructure - roads, power, water, sewer, and other public
facilities - for large business ventures - now available in Washington.
Spokane's Foreign Trade Zone #224
The
Spokane Airport Board received a Grant of Authority from the
Foreign-Trade Zones Board in August of 1997 to serve as Grantees of
Foreign-Trade Zone (FTZ) No. 224. FTZ No. 224 provides specific
benefits to global companies that simply are not available through any
other legal mechanism. To take advantage of zone operations, businesses
can elect to locate at the Spokane International Airport, Airport
Business Park, Felts Field Airport, or seek Subzone status for their
facility anywhere in the greater Spokane area.
Idaho Dept. of Commerce Business Services has information on economic incentives available in Idaho.
SBA's HUBZone Program
stimulates economic development and create jobs in urban and rural communities by
providing contracting preferences to small businesses—that are located in a HUBZone
and that hire employees who live in a HUBZone.
It is a “place-based” federal contracting program serving new market communities with low income or high unemployment.
13 Census Tracts in Spokane qualify, as well as many rural areas in
Eastern WA and North ID.
SBA HUBZone Empowerment Contracting Program
U.S. Small Business Administration
409 Third Street, S.W., 8th Floor, Washington, DC 20416
(202) 205-8885 E-mail: hubzone@sba.gov
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