Maritime Industry Cluster Tour - June 20

  

The Prosperity Partnership Maritime Industry Cluster Tour is an opportunity to learn more about this varied and important industry in the region. We will take to the road and the water to hear from and see regional fishing companies, ship operators, vessel builders, and ports. The cost to attend this all day tour is $65, and includes lunch. Click here to register.   

   

Economic Highlight: Life Sciences and Global Health 

 

The central Puget Sound is home to one of the biggest and most dynamic life sciences and global health sectors in the country. The Milken Institute ranks the state's life sciences cluster as the fifth largest in the nation, with much of that activity clustered in Seattle's South Lake Union neighborhood. 

 

Thanks in part to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the region is also developing into the world leader of enhancing collaboration, public awareness, and action in the global health sector. The Washington Global Health Alliance supports and advocates for Washington State's global health community as a nexus for research, education, training, commercialization, and delivery on the world stage. Each research job in the physical, engineering and life sciences and biotechnology fields support nearly two other jobs in the local economy.

 

This summer, Seattle is celebrating the Next Fifty - the 50^th anniversary of the 1962 Seattle World's Fair. As part of this six month celebration, July 2012 is designated as Global Health month. Click here for more information and to see the events.