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Forum Explores Workplace Automation and AI

Is Pierce County prepared for how automation and artificial intelligence could potentially alter the workplace? The Future of Work Forum will explore this topic on Sept. 26 in Tacoma.

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Thurston EDC Names Center for Business and Innovation Director

The Thurston Economic Development Council has named Kaylee Purcell to lead the one-stop resource center for businesses.

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Tacoma NewCold Storage Top Two in Nation for Energy Efficiency

The Tacoma warehouse is more than 50 percent more energy efficient, in part, because of its partnership with Tacoma Power and BPA’s Energy Smart Industrial program — a factor in NewCold selecting Tacoma for the storage facility.

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Construction Fuels Q1 Retail Sales

The state’s total taxable retail sales hit $39.4 billion during the first quarter of 2019, a 4.9 percent boost compared with the year-ago period, thanks, in large part, to a steady increase in construction.

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Roundtable Highlights Tacoma’s Startup Ecosystem

Business networking company Startup253, the City of Tacoma, and Pioneer Square Labs recently convened a startup ecosystem roundtable at the UW Tacoma to discuss the startup community and the increase in tech startups headquartered in Tacoma.

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Chris Mefford to Keynote Thurston EDC Real Estate Forum

The president and CEO of Seattle-based consulting firm Community Attributes Inc. will keynote the upcoming 11th Annual Thurston Economic Development Council Real Estate Forum on Sept. 26.

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Vote to Support a Community-Focused Small Business

Twelve semi-finalists, including Tacoma's Yoga Wild, remain in Business Impact NW’s IMPACT Pitch competition. Your vote could help one of them win.

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TOTE Maritime to Relocate HQ to Tacoma

In spring 2020, TOTE Maritime Alaska plans to relocate its corporate headquarters to Downtown Tacoma from its current address in Federal Way, a move that will bring nearly 150 jobs to Downtown Tacoma.

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Doing It Yourself?

Have you ever thought about building your own home as a means of saving money in this white-hot real estate market we’re currently in?

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Tumwater Falls Park Receives New Name

The Olympia Tumwater Foundation recently announced it had changed the name of its Tumwater Falls Park to Brewery Park at Tumwater Falls.

Reseeding an Old Idea: It’s Finally Time to Put the Flower on the Tacoma Dome

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