You are invited
Public welcomed to
Port’s Economic
Development Advisory
Committee meetings
Did you ever want to know what strategies
the Port uses to create and retain family wage
jobs?
Every other month (six times a year), the
Port’s Economic Development Advisory
Committee meets to discuss strategies for
growing Walla Walla County’s economy.
These meetings are open to the public and
have been well attended with some 50 active
members of the advisory group.
If you would like to attend, please contact
the Port by calling 509-525-3100 or e-mail
pg@portwallawalla.com
Internet marketing...
Internet-based marketing is the primary
means the Port of Walla Walla relies on for
marketing its properties today.
Site selectors rely almost exclusively on
Internet searches to conduct initial surveys of
available properties.
The Port belongs to several Web-based
marketing programs that help expose Port owned
properties to businesses looking to
locate in the Pacific Northwest. The Port also
lists privately-owned industrial and commercial
properties in Walla Walla County as part of its
Internet marketing. If you have a property you
would like listed please e-mail Paul Gerola at pg@portwallawalla.com.
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The recently completed Center for Water & Environnental Studies at Walla Walla Community
College is one of several projects funded in part by economic development sales tax revenues
managed by the Port of Walla Walla and Walla Walla County.
Port & Walla Walla County manage
economic development sales tax funds
The Port of Walla Walla, in concert with Walla Walla County, manages an economic
development sales tax account dedicated to financing economic development projects that
facilitate the creation and retention of jobs in Walla Walla County.
Over the past several years, Port and County Commissions have allocated funding to the
following projects:
- WWCC – Center for Water & Environmental Studies $50,000 grant.
- City of Walla Walla – Isaacs Avenue Improvements $200,000 grant.
- WWCC – Health Science Building $100,000 grant.
- Port of Walla Walla – Railex $400,000 grant.
- City of College Place – Whitman Drive Extension $200,000 grant.
- City of Waitsburg – Downtown Revitalization $100,000 grant.
To learn more about the Economic Development Sales Tax Program contact Paul Gerola at 509-525-3100 or e-mail: pg@portwallawalla.com. |
