2005 Eastside Leadership Conference |
Business, civic and elected leaders are gathering on Wednesday, June 15th to discuss cutting edge ideas that will move the Puget Sound economy forward, with the Prosperity Partnership’s strategy as a primary focus. A stellar line up of speakers will share perspective as well as challenge participants to build on and leverage future Eastside opportunities. Register online at www.bellevuechamber.org |
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Save the date! 2005 Regional Leadership Conference |
The Greater Seattle Chamber of Commerce and Prosperity Partnership are organizing this year’s Regional Leadership Conference in Vancouver, BC. This year’s conference, “Competing in a Flat World: How the Puget Sound Region Can Succeed in an Integrated Global Economy”, will focus on our region’s competitiveness in a changing international economy. Registration information on the conference will be available in August. For more information, please contact Charles Knutson at 206.389.7295 or charlesk@seattlechamber.com |
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Prosperity Partnership E-Newsletter
Draft Regional Economic Strategy for Central Puget Sound Released
Launched last November by the Puget Sound Regional Council and its partners in the economic development community, the Prosperity Partnership has grown to include over 120 organizations. It represents the first time that community leaders from throughout the central Puget Sound counties have agreed to collaborate on a unified economic agenda for the benefit of the entire region.
Common initiatives needed by all industry clusters to be competitive are also identified including education, tax reform, new and small business support, transportation, and technology commercialization. Even as the strategy was being developed, the Prosperity Partnership was instrumental during the 2005 legislative session in advocating for transportation improvements, enhancing the state’s position in life sciences job development and changes in state law designed to be catalysts for growth in clean technology and aerospace jobs. The strategy is available for comments and refinements over the summer. In September it will be finalized and the focus will shift to increasing advocacy for policy changes and implementing action initiatives. The strategy is available at www.prosperitypartnership.org. Washington Council on International Trade’s 10th Annual Senators’ Conference on July 7 This year’s WCIT conference, titled “The Next Decade in Trade: Emerging Giants; U.S. Response,” takes place at Bell Harbor Conference Center in Seattle. The event will focus on our national competitiveness in the changing global economy as well as the Prosperity Partnership’s strategy for our region. The morning session focuses on views from abroad, while the afternoon focuses on our response. John Ladenburg, Pierce County Executive and Prosperity Partnership Co-Chair, will discuss our region’s strategy for success in an integrated global economy. Other speakers include U.S. Senators Patty Murray and Maria Cantwell, former U.S. Senator Slade Gorton, Uwajimaya CEO and Prosperity Partnership Co-Chair Tomio Moriguchi, Port of Seattle CEO Mic Dinsmore, Anard Yang, Director of the UW Jackson School, and the Puget Sound Regional Council’s Bob Drewel. For more information or to register, please visit the WCIT website at www.wcit.org. Bellevue Entrepreneur Center - Third Annual Report to the Community on June 21st One of the Prosperity Partnership’ six Foundation Initiatives is the New and Small Business Support Initiative. The Bellevue Entrepreneur Center (BEC) accelerates the development of emerging businesses on the Eastside with a focus on women and minority-owned businesses. The BEC provides financing, marketing and operations assistance in partnership with higher education, financial institutions, government agencies, and other local businesses. BEC is celebrating their 2004 accomplishments at its Third Annual Report to the Community on Tuesday, June 21, from 4:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. at the University of Washington, Bothell. The event will include presentations by Bellevue Mayor Connie Marshall and others, as well as refreshments. For more information, or to RSVP, please contact Roz Furin at 425-452-6836 or rfurin@ci.bellevue.wa.us.
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The Prosperity Partnership—a coalition of government, business, labor and community leaders from King, Kitsap, Pierce, and Snohomish counties – today announced the release of its first draft of a regional economic strategy for central Puget Sound.
