Profiles Made in the South Sound: Leadership on the Water The Tacoma Youth Marine Center is located on the Foss Waterway and is regarded as the area’s premier waterfront youth-focused facility.
Profiles Made in the South Sound: Printing Plastics KelTech is a plastics-fabrication company located in South Tacoma that creates a wide variety of innovative products
Profiles Made in the South Sound: Making it Rite Since 1916, Tacoma-based Rite in the Rain has been making weather-resistant paper products for outdoor professionals, such as field scientists, construction workers, and military and first responders.
Profiles Made in the South Sound: On the Water In business since 1988, Marine Floats designs, manufactures, constructs, and maintains marinas, moorage, and dock systems.
News How Research on Working Forests Changes the Climate Change Conversation A study led by UW Associate Professor Indroneil Ganguly has evaluated what happens to sequestered carbon within trees after they are harvested. Washington state K-12 students will be some of the first in the U.S. to learn about his findings.
News Commitment to SBA Lending Helps Businesses and the Communities They Serve Small businesses are the engines of job creation and economic activity. More often than not, the oil that lubricates these engines of growth is credit.
News Opening the Doors to History A manufacturer of custom stile-and-rail wood interior and exterior doors, Buffelen Woodworking has been located in the Tacoma Tideflats area on the Hylebos Waterway, operating on the same site since 1913.
Opinion Things to Consider as You Build a Startup Team Amrita Lahiri, professor and researcher of strategic entrepreneurship and innovation at Carson College of Business at Washington State University, provides insight on strategies to form a successful startup.
