May 2, 2012

 

The Economic Development Board approved its new Executive Committee and a new Presidential Appointment to the board.

 

The board's new Executive Committee members are: Councilmember Dave Gossett, Councilmember Ed Stern, Commissioner Clare Petrich, Commissioner Josh Brown, Mayor Ray Stephanson, Ray Moser, and Jeff Marcell. The new Presidential Appointment to the Economic Development Board is Regina Glenn, Vice-President of Seattle Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce's Multicultural and Small Business Development department.

 

For more information, contact Chris Endresen Scott at 206-971-3269 or cendresenscott@psrc.org.

 

The Economic Development Board reviewed the working draft of the Regional Economic Strategy and provided feedback on the document.

 

After discussing potential revisions to the draft, the board voted to have a special meeting on June 6, 2012 to finalize the draft Regional Economic Strategy before releasing it for public review and comment. Watch the discussion online at psrc.org.

 

For more information, contact Chris Endresen Scott at 206-971-3269 or cendresenscott@psrc.org.

 

The Economic Development Board approved the list of ranked projects from the FY 2012 Public Works Prioritization Process Recommendations. 

The goal of the Public Works Program is to support long-term economic development through investments in public infrastructure and facilities necessary to generate private investments that provide higher-skill, higher-wage jobs. Each year projects are submitted to the EDD for review and the top tier of projects are then submitted to the Economic Development Administration (EDA) for potential funding. 

The board ranked the projects as follows:

• City of SeaTac/City of Des Moines - Connecting 28^th/24^th Avenue South (S 200^th Street to S 216^th Street)
• City of Tacoma - Puyallup River Bridge Replacement Project
• City of Tacoma - Pacific Avenue/Hood Corridor Streetscape Project

 

For more information, please contact Jason Thibedeau at 206-389-2879 or jthibedeau@psrc.org.

 

In other business, the Economic Development Board:

• Received the May Staff Report.
• Received information on Transportation 2040 Prioritization.