Port of Bremerton to Expand Industrial Park Puget Sound Blogs, May 11th, 2012 by Rachel Pritchett BREMERTON NATIONAL AIRPORT — The Port of Bremerton soon will seek bids for work to expand its Olympic View Industrial Park, off Highway 3 near Bremerton National Airport. The expansion will be funded mostly by a $1 million state grant. It includes adding between five and eight sites for prospective businesses and manufacturers. Read more...
Rice Fergus Miller Wins Two Prestigious Awards (Bremerton, WA) May 10, 2012 — Rice Fergus Miller recently received two awards for the design of its high-performance, LEED Platinum Office & Studio — the most energy efficient commercial building in the Pacific Northwest. Read more...
$331,372,767 Contract Awarded for Construction at Naval Base Kitsap EHW Constructors, J.V., Virginia Beach, Va., is being awarded a $331,372,767 firm-fixed-price construction contract for construction of an explosives handling Wharf No. 2, including option item 0001 for the construction of two new traveling overhead crane systems at Naval Base Kitsap - Bangor. Read more...
Alliance pitches Kitsap County's aerospace potential to Cantwell Kitsap Peninsula Business Journal | April 30, 2012 @ 5:30pm | Tim Kelly When the region's aerospace industry that has Boeing as its epicenter expands, Kitsap County hopes to get a piece of the action by promoting the resources it has to offer here on the west side of Puget Sound. Click here to read more about Kitsap's response to the aerospace opportunity and U.S. Sen. Maria Cantwell's participation in a roundtable discussion April 13 at Bremerton National Airport. Read more...
KEDA Executive Director's KPBJ Column
Time flies ... in the pursuit of aerospace Kitsap Peninsula Business Journal | May 4, 2012 @ 7:02pm | John Powers and Tim Thomson It was just about a year ago that Washington State organized to fight for its economic future ... and retain the title of "Aerospace Capital of the World." At that time, Boeing was examining the future of the most successful commercial airplane ever built - the 737 - an airliner accounting for 40 percent of commercial fleets currently in service. Read more...
Re-investing in Kitsap's future...Together Kitsap Peninsula Business Journal | April 4, 2012 @ 9:47am | John Powers Five years ago community leaders from across Kitsap came together to create a 20/20 Vision and commit to an Action Plan to advance sustainable economic opportunity throughout Kitsap County for generations to come. Read more...
KEDA and partners strengthen economy...One business at a time Kitsap Peninsula Business Journal | February 2, 2012 @ 12: John Powers I am often asked: “What does the Kitsap Economic Development Alliance do; how does it help to develop our local economy?” My “elevator pitch” answer is: “We deliver business development services to our clients... Read more...
Economic Opportunity... Investment and partnership paves the road ahead* Kitsap Peninsula Business Journal | Elliot Gregg, KEDA Board Chair -- January 3, 2012 As 2011 draws to a close, and 2012 arrives, I want to thank my fellow Kitsap Economic Development Alliance board members, and our many public and private investor partners, for their continued commitment to work together to grow and diversify Kitsap County’s economy.y...Read more
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