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The next Prosperity Partnership Roundtable Field Meeting will take place on Friday, June 15, highlighting Pierce County. Building on the success of the first Field Meeting, where 60 attendees toured Snohomish County, this trip will include stops at Boeing's Composite Manufacturing Center in Frederickson, the Tacoma Art Museum and the Port of Tacoma, as well as a lunch and roundtable discussion on the Prosperity Partnership's efforts.

Attendees will meet at the Puget Sound Regional Council at 8 a.m. to board the tour bus, and will be returned by 4 p.m. The cost to attend is $30, and includes lunch. (Alternatively, for $75, you can purchase a spot on all three remaining Roundtable Field Meetings for this year, including Kitsap County on Friday, September 14 and King County on Friday, December 14.)

Register online at prosperitypartnership.org. For more information, contact Eric Schinfeld, Associate Economic Policy Analyst, 206-587-5063, eschinfeld@psrc.org.

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Prosperity Partnership E-Newsletter
May 11, 2007

  • Gregoire Signs SB 5731 into Law
  • Central Washington Tour Space is Filling Up

    Gregoire Signs SB 5731 into Law

    Senate Bill 5731 codifies the Prosperity Partnership's goal of 10,000 more degrees by 2020 as state policy, and charges a legislative task force with developing a plan to achieve that goal.

    Photo Courtesy of Washington State Senate. Back Row: L-R Angela Kerwin, Nate Miles, Susannah Malarkey, David Tang, Connie Niva, Charlotte Garrido, David Lovell, Jeff Gombosky, Jim Pearman, Bill McSherry Front: Governor Chris Gregoire

    Governor Chris Gregoire signed the bill into law on Wednesday, May 9 at the Pacific Science Center in Seattle. This was a tremendous victory for the Prosperity Partnership and for the future of higher education in Washington State. Higher Education Working Group Chairman, David Tang, along with other key members of the partnership were able to participate in the bill signing ceremony and it was a celebratory moment for all.

    The bill, sponsored by Senator Paull Shin, finds that Washington "needs to produce eight to ten thousand additional baccalaureate degrees each year" in order to help fill demand in growing fields.

    The task force it creates will be composed of:

    • Two members of the House of Representatives;
    • Two members of the Senate;
    • One person representing the higher education coordinating board;
    • One person representing the state board for community and technical colleges;
    • One person representing the office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction;
    • One person representing each of the following:      
    • The Washington State Labor Council;      
    • The Council of Presidents;      
    • The Prosperity Partnership;      
    • The council of faculty representatives; and      
    • Employers of persons in high demand fields; and      
    • A graduate student member of the Washington student lobby

    The committee is charged with developing a plan to increase Washington's degree production, developing a marketing project to inform students of the opportunities in high demand fields, find ways to get students motivated to take more math and science classes, and identify increased partnerships between education and the business community. Its findings are due December 1, 2007.

    A tremendous thank you to all of our partners, this is a victory for all Washingtonians.

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    Central Washington Tour Space is Filling Up

    Join the Prosperity Partnership and delegations from Spokane on a brief tour of central Washington's brightest economic achievements June 25-27. The trip will help us learn about some of the innovation occurring in central Washington and provide opportunities to explore concrete ways in which eastern, central and western Washington communities can collaborate more closely in the coming year.

    Stops on the tour will include visits to the Wenatchee Confluence Technology Center, Puget Sound Energy's Wild Horse Wind Facility, Heritage University, Silver Lake Winery, The Vineyards development, Capitol Theatre and Yakima Convention Center. Two tracks will be offered on the first day - Clean Technology with a visit to REC Solar Grade Silicon or Aerospace with a visit to the aviation department at Big Bend Community College. Attorney General Rob McKenna is confirmed as a speaker.

    Register online at prosperitypartnership.org. For more information, please contact Olivia Robinson at (206) 464-7890 or orobinson@psrc.org.

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