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Weekly Notice 10.23.06

2006-10-23

Did you know:  go to our website at www.clallam.org.  You will find a link for the 2005 Community Profile.  On Page 3.4 new businesses compared 2000-2005.  Interesting--total number of new businesses in 2000 was 378 compared to 2005 which was 869.  All sectors increased, but some more than doubled such as Retail and Services. 

Page 6.1, search for Taxable Retail Sales by Sector.  An increase occurred in every sector from 2000-2004.  Manufacturing had a 112.9% increase from 2000 to 2004 (newest available statistics in this topic). 

Quote of the Week:  “Skilled labor is equivalent to oil.  Next time you hear that one-third of our [state’s] high school students don’t graduate on time, think of it in those terms.  Think of it as one-third of our nation’s oil supply disappearing.”  Tim Probst, CEO of Washington Workforce Association, The Columbian, September 27, 2006.

STAFF ACTIVITIES:  WEEK OF OCTOBER 23, 2006

MONDAY, OCTOBER 23rd
9:30 a.m. Pam will be attending the Port of Port Angeles Commissioners meeting at the Port.
1:30 p.m. Teri will be attending the PUD Commissioners meeting at the PUD office in Port Angeles.
2:00 p.m. Linda will be participating in a telecom meeting regarding an Olympic Microloan client application.
6:00 p.m. Linda will be making a presentation at the Sequim City Council meeting at the Transit Center in Sequim.
7:30 p.m. The Forks City Council will be meeting at the City Hall.

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 24th 
ALL DAY Pam  will be attending a State BRE/ADO meeting at SeaTac Red Lion.
7:30 a.m. Teri will be attending the PABA meeting at Joshua’s Restaurant.
10:00 a.m.  Clallam County Commissioners will hold their regular meeting at the Courthouse.

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 25th
ALL DAY Pam will be attending a State BRE/ADO meeting at SeaTac Red Lion.
4:00 p.m. Linda will be attending the City of Sequim Housing Committee meeting.
7:00 p.m. The City of PA Planning Commission will be meeting.

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 26th
1:00 p.m. Teri will be attending the Harbor Review Plan Task Force meeting at the Red Cross building.

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 27th
7:00 a.m. Sequim Sunrise Rotary meets at Sunland.
9:00 a.m. Linda will be attending a planning meeting at Peninsula College.
2:00 p.m. Linda will be meeting with an EDC member in Sequim.
3:00 p.m. Linda will be meeting with an EDC member in Sequim.

Small Business Development Center  Free Business Development Service For further details, please contact Kathleen Purdy at 360.417.5657 or kpurdy@olympus.net.

Service Corp of Retired Executives (SCORE) Free Counseling Services Offered to Start-Up Businesses For further details, please contact the EDC  360.457.7793

 

FREE BUSINESS TAX WORKSHOP Presented by the Washington State Department of Revenue November 7, 2006 9:00 a.m. – 12:00 Noon Port Angeles City Hall To register:  call 360/417-9900 or online:  http://www.dor.wa.gov/

For your information….

In February 2006, State Parks held the first in a series of public workshops toward this end.  At this initial meeting, participants suggested their ideas for park development along with other hopes and concerns they had about the project. Planners have now incorporated these ideas into a series of alternative park development and conservation concepts for public review and input.  To view the information go to http://www.parks.wa.gov/plans/millerpenn/  click on  "Alternative Park Development and Conservation Concepts”

Park planners will present this information, answer questions, and solicit input at the 2nd public planning workshop scheduled for October 26, 2006, 6:30 P.M. to 8:30 P.M., at the Carrie Blake Park Guy Cole Convention Center, 202 N. Blake St. in Sequim. This information has been posted to give participants (you) an opportunity to review materials in advance and bring your preferences and ideas to the public workshop. If you are unable to attend the public workshop, please provide your comments via e-mail:
Miller.Peninsula.Planning@parks.wa.gov

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The Harbor Review Plan Task Force Committee that was formed two years ago has just completed its report on recommendations regarding an update/rewrite of the Harbor Review Plan produced in 1989.  The committee gathered information from several areas including a public workshop that was held in December 2005.  The Task Force has been making presentations on their findings at various agency meetings. If you would like to see a copy of the full report it is available at the Port Angeles Public Library or Port Angeles City Hall.

Do you need money to start or to run your business?  Mark your calendars – Thursday, November 16th, 11:00 a.m. at the ICN Building in Forks 71 Spartan Avenue.  Representatives from both traditional and alternative funding sources will be on hand to discuss funding opportunities for existing business owners and would be business owners.  Register by call 866-208-1064 or on line at www.omwbe.wa.gov.

Gregoire aides visit Port Angeles to talk and listen

PORT ANGELES -- Olympic National Park shouldn't grow larger, the
state Department of Ecology should speed cleanup of the Rayonier mill
site, and Medicare reimbursements should increase.

Oh, yeah, and somebody should provide more affordable housing.

Two of Gov. Chris Gregoire's cabinet members received these
messages, among others, on Thursday during a heavily scheduled visit to
Clallam County.

Gary Robinson, director of state Information Services, and Cindi
Holmstrom, chief of the Department of Revenue, repaid the suggestion
with a wish of their own:

All communities should be as collaborative as Clallam County in their approaches to shared problems.

Robinson and Holmstrom were dispatched to Port Angeles as part of a
two-day, 14-city blitz across the state by Gregoire aides pushing her
plan for Washington's economic future.

She calls it The Next Washington.

Robinson and Holmstrom breakfasted with business people, lunched
with local elected officials and gave interviews to KONP-AM and
Peninsula Daily News.

At the PDN, they said collaborative efforts have become Clallam
County's hallmark -- and have won the county more than its share of
state and federal grants.

``What a great job your community has done taking a cooperative approach,'' said Holmstrom.

``That's one of the initiatives in the governor's plan, that approach to economic development.''

Holmstrom and Robinson cited these examples:

* The Community Advocates for Rural Elders -- CARE -- Partnership
that received a $150,000 Robert Wood Johnson grant to study health
needs of senior citizens and $750,000 more to implement solutions.

* The North Olympic Peninsula Skills Center, cooperatively run by
the county's five school districts _-- Quillayute Valley, Cape
Flattery, Crescent, Port Angeles and Sequim.

* The Olympic Public Safety Communications Alliance Network --
OPSCAN -- which will provide direct emergency radio links among 42
agencies ranging from the U.S. Coast Guard to the Clallam Transit
System.

* The Continuum of Care/Shelter Providers Network that the state has
praised for its broad approach to ending chronic homelessness in
Clallam County.

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