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Oct 3

Helping communities thrive: The Moore Wright Group distributes stability, hope to Grays Harbor and beyond

According to Tanikka Watford, the Washington chapter of The Moore Wright Group (TMWG) was created when her parents “volun-told” her to become the organization’s Executive Director and she decided to expand to the Pacific Northwest. Tanikka’s parents founded TMWG in Alabama in 2007, with the mission to strengthen families and…

Distribution

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Helping communities thrive: The Moore Wright Group distributes stability, hope to Grays Harbor and…
Helping communities thrive: The Moore Wright Group distributes stability, hope to Grays Harbor and…
Distribution

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Jul 27

Port Gamble S’Klallam Tribal Chairman Jeromy Sullivan was the kind of leader all should aspire to be

By Janel McFeat Washington Statewide Reentry Council Executive Director When I arrived at Port Gamble S’Klallam Tribal Chairman Jeromy Sullivan’s Celebration of Life on July 22, the area was bustling with tribal members, tribal leaders, state and county officials, service providers, and the greater Kitsap community, including many of the…

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Port Gamble S’Klallam Tribal Chairman Jeromy Sullivan was the kind of leader all should aspire to…
Port Gamble S’Klallam Tribal Chairman Jeromy Sullivan was the kind of leader all should aspire to…

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Jul 26

Paris Air Show: Washington continues to showcase sustainability

By bus, train, car or plane, some 300,000 people packed the Paris Air Show in June to catch up on the latest in aviation after a four-year break from in-person gatherings. The massive Hall 3, built as the main media center for the 2024 Paris Olympic Games, hosted the…

Aerospace

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Paris Air Show: Washington continues to showcase sustainability
Paris Air Show: Washington continues to showcase sustainability
Aerospace

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Jul 12

Hope comes to Washington prison facilities through music, supportive listening sessions

The Washington Statewide Reentry Council hosted Concerts for Hope and Listening Circles at four prison facilities across the state this spring in partnership with the Department of Corrections. The Statewide Reentry Council is part of the Department of Commerce. …

Reentry

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Hope comes to Washington prison facilities through music, supportive listening sessions
Hope comes to Washington prison facilities through music, supportive listening sessions
Reentry

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Jun 13

First affordable high-rise in more than 50 years opens in Seattle

For the first time in more than 50 years, people seeking affordable housing in Seattle can look up. Bellwether Housing and Plymouth Housing partnered to build the first new affordable high-rise apartment building in Seattle in decades, which is nearly complete. Plymouth’s Blake House will have 112 studio apartments for…

Affordable Housing

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First affordable high-rise in more than 50 years opens in Seattle
First affordable high-rise in more than 50 years opens in Seattle
Affordable Housing

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May 3

It takes a village: Play Frontier and community partnerships fulfilling child care needs in rural Washington

As a new mother, Tiffany Pearsall was commuting an hour and a half to and from Gresham, Oregon, for child care, which gave her plenty of time on the road to rethink her priorities. She’d been a preschool teacher for a half-dozen years and knew she wanted more for herself…

Child Care

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It takes a village: Play Frontier and community partnerships fulfilling child care needs in rural…
It takes a village: Play Frontier and community partnerships fulfilling child care needs in rural…
Child Care

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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

7 min read


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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