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Mar 15

The Tulalip Tribe Village of Hope: 17 tiny homes become permanent supportive housing

Christmas brought a new beginning for 17 families at the Tulalip Indian Reservation’s newly extended Village of Hope, when they moved into new tiny homes connected by walking paths near the southwest corner of the 22,000-acre reservation near Tulalip Bay. The Washington State Department of Commerce provided nearly $2.5 million…

Family Homelessness

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The Tulalip Tribe Village of Hope: 17 tiny homes become permanent supportive housing
The Tulalip Tribe Village of Hope: 17 tiny homes become permanent supportive housing
Family Homelessness

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Feb 28

Carl Maxey Center strengthens Black-owned businesses through Commerce partnership, community events

The spirit of civil rights activists are ever-present in Spokane’s East Central neighborhood, where the Carl Maxey Center and the Martin Luther King Jr. Community Center co-hosted this month’s Black Business Expo. During the Expo, Black-owned businesses and community partners gathered in the Martin Luther King Jr. …

Small Business

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Carl Maxey Center strengthens Black-owned businesses through Commerce partnership, community events
Carl Maxey Center strengthens Black-owned businesses through Commerce partnership, community events
Small Business

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Feb 22

New apartment complex helps community plan for the future

Federal Way complex will be near transit, affordable Transportation has influenced where humans have lived and worked throughout time. Where populations have sprung up, so too have roads, rails and other methods in and out. From Roman streets to super trains, communities and the paths to them are forever linked. The rule applies in Washington, too, with the…

Affordable Housing

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New apartment complex helps community plan for the future
New apartment complex helps community plan for the future
Affordable Housing

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Aug 9, 2022

Commerce honors Native women this International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples

Many strong leaders are setting a powerful example for younger generations — On August 9, people around the world are celebrating the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples, and so is Commerce! The United Nations (UN) established this holiday to mark the founding of its Working Group on Indigenous Populations in 1982. …

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Commerce honors Native women this International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples
Commerce honors Native women this International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples

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Jul 21, 2022

Valuing lived experience: Young people guide nearly $7 million in state grants through Washington’s Office of Homeless Youth

By car, bus, Amtrak train, ferry and airplane they came. Young people with lived experience of homelessness gathered in SeaTac from all over the state to participate in a weekend-long summit and evaluate dozens of applications for grants from the state’s Office of Homeless Youth. These young people took a…

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Valuing lived experience: Young people guide nearly $7 million in state grants through Washington’s…
Valuing lived experience: Young people guide nearly $7 million in state grants through Washington’s…

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Jun 9, 2022

2021 State Energy Strategy recognized for leading advancement of clean energy

The Washington State Department of Commerce’s Energy Division was recognized as a national leader in clean energy with the 2022 State Leadership in Clean Energy (SLICE) Award from the Clean Energy States Alliance (CESA). Washington’s 2021 State Energy Strategy was one of six national recipients of the award. Austin Scharff…

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2021 State Energy Strategy recognized for leading advancement of clean energy
2021 State Energy Strategy recognized for leading advancement of clean energy

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Dec 9, 2021

Commerce’s emergency management team responds to regional fuel needs after damaging storms

On Nov. 15, heavy rainfall and strong winds after a prolonged drought led to flooding, landslides, and debris flows which damaged infrastructure in northwest Washington and southwest British Columbia. After a series of atmospheric rivers started pounding the Pacific Northwest, fuel emergencies soon followed in several communities. …

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Commerce’s emergency management team responds to regional fuel needs after damaging storms
Commerce’s emergency management team responds to regional fuel needs after damaging storms

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Nov 29, 2021

Washington state’s aerospace innovation on worldwide display at the 2021 Dubai Airshow

Aerospace leaders from Washington and across the globe were on the ground for the Dubai Airshow, the fastest-growing airshow in the world. It opened Nov. 14 after a two year-hiatus. The five-day event featured speakers, forums, pavilions and companies from more than 20 countries, as well as commercial, military and…

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Washington state’s aerospace innovation on worldwide display at the 2021 Dubai Airshow
Washington state’s aerospace innovation on worldwide display at the 2021 Dubai Airshow

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Nov 4, 2021

New growth management grants help Washington communities design a future with housing choices affordable to all income levels

Funding for housing action plans and transit-oriented development helps communities address years of underbuilding that left middle and lower-income residents priced out of housing as state’s population boomed. A 2020 report tagged Washington state with one of the 10 worst housing shortages in the nation, underbuilding by over a quarter…

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New growth management grants help Washington communities design a future with housing choices…
New growth management grants help Washington communities design a future with housing choices…

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Oct 20, 2021

With groundwater supplies in dire straits, Columbia Basin communities mobilize together to preserve their future

Disparate groups unite to advocate for sustainable water resources their mid-Columbia communities need to survive. Longtime residents of Columbia Basin farming communities in Lincoln, Franklin, Adams and Grant counties understand deeply that water is precious. …

Columbia River

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With groundwater supplies in dire straits, Columbia Basin communities mobilize together to preserve…
With groundwater supplies in dire straits, Columbia Basin communities mobilize together to preserve…
Columbia River

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