The Prosperity Partnership

Apologies to those of you who have seen this list in past years, but this is the first time I’ve seen Slate’s 80 over 80 list. First off, it’s a pretty hilarious spin on the standard 40 Under 40 that we see in places like our own Puget Sound Business Journal. Second: Barbara Walters is 80! (Cli...

I’ll write this as quickly as I can before I get shot at point blank range for the corny title. Just came back from hearing United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon speak at a World Affairs Council sponsored event. ...

Never to be accused of being a pessimist, I return after a long absence in these here parts with good news: Delta Airlines is not adding one buttwo new international routes to Sea-Tac Airport and expanding on another one...

I was reading this article on Xconomy about their new partnership with the Kauffman Foundation, and the titular question immediately struck me: Why Don’t We Have a Kauffman Foundation? ...

Not too shabby, folks. We just completed our first survey of the region, and were able to identify 497 projects totaling $352,693,243.00 in non-transportation investments (grant, loan and bond funded) in the central Puget Sound’s leading industry clusters. ...

Wow, it must be Back to Basics Week at the ol’ Prosperity Blog. ...

OK, I’m going to continue my modest proposal/rant from yesterday about getting everyone on board if we want to truly achieve our vision for a prosperous metropolitan region. ...

That’s a little agit-prop/unionization reference there for you 1930’s theater buffs. But speaking of unions, did you notice the news about the preliminary Ford-UAW contract the other day? A...

I went to a really great discussion today at the University of Washington: remarks and a panel featuring Bruce Katz, the vice president and founding director of the Metropolitan Policy Program at the Brookings Institute in Washington, D.C...

If you haven’t been watching closely, you’ve missed the national trend of turning large industrial spaces into movie studios. T...

Many of you may have seen our recent post about tracking Recovery Act dollars to the region, specifically those that fall into the categories we identified in March: clean energy, aerospace, IT (broadband and health IT), housing, workforce and life sciences. So far, so good...

Again, this isn’t actually economic development news, but this blog has been covering the radioactive wasps story, so it’s only fair that we cover the radioactive rabbit poop story as well. I...

News flash: Making the benefits of TOD available to residents at all income levels is a significant policy challenge. There is a long-term shortage of affordable housing in many cities, and existing affordable housing near transit may be lost as federal subsidies expire...

The brand, “Seattle” is a very strong global brand today, yet the brand, “Puget Sound” means little to anyone outside of the Vancouver to Portland corridor. When I...