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…

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. Community Center’s gymnasium…

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…

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. This year’s theme focuses on the role of Indigenous…

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…

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…

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. The State Emergency…

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…

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…