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Resources relating to

  • The road less traveled

    Washington communities pursue a balance of financial resilience and public health by reframing and refocusing their core economic identities.

  • Cityvision July/August 2020

    Fiscal distancing: Cities adjust priorities amid a pandemic downturn

  • Testing 1-2-3: Overcoming the innovation challenge for small towns

    Overcoming the innovation challenge for small towns.

  • Support system

    How to help cities help themselves in terms of economic development.

  • Tuning up: Local music scenes as economic development tool

    How local music scenes can serve as an economic development tool.

  • Water works

    Both perched along the Columbia, the cities of Kennewick and Vancouver invest in vibrant riverfront redevelopment projects that converge with their unique growth opportunities.

  • Cityvision March/April 2020

    Ideas to grow on: Cities leverage local assets to jump-start economic development

  • Kind of blue

    Pools and police staffing topped recent legislative agendas for the cities of Pasco and Kirkland, and while the issues may seem worlds apart, the cities' efforts share one striking thing in common—success in Olympia.

  • House money

    On HB 1406 and its potential to increase cities’ funding for housing.

  • Come well or high water

    Othello and Hamilton, like other Washington cities, are rethinking their relationship with water—planning for a future with too little, or too much, of this precious resource.

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