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• Business Training Series Concludes With 16 Local Businesses Owners Celebrating Completion Of Intense Coursework
• Group Tours New $35 M Cold Storage Facility In Port of Grandview
• Wapato Winery Named U.S. Small Business Administration 2019 Rising Startup of the Year
• YCDA Gains Insights on Hosting Site Visits at Department of Commerce Best Practices Meeting
• Enterprise Challenge Winners Announced!
• Campaign Investors Recognized In Yakima Herald-Republic
• Tips for Recruiting and Retaining Employees shared at YCDA Luncheon
• Enterprise Challenge Business Plan Competition Finalists Announced
• Enterprise Challenge Contestants Gear Up for Trade Show
• The 2019 Enterprise Challenge Is Underway! 21 Local Start-Ups Begin Competition.
• The most sought after job-skills in the Yakima Valley
• Paid Sick Leave and Family & Medical Leave Roundtable Draws Crowd
• Local Investors and Developers Learn About the New Opportunity Zone Tax Incentive
• Yakima SHRM Presents “Ban-the-Box Seminar
• New Residents Enjoy Fall Welcome Reception
• YVC’s New Logistics Certification Program For Supply Chain Workers Will Develop Key Skills And Help Fill Available Jobs
• YCDA’s “Choose Yakima Valley” Investment Campaign Gains Momentum As Investors Pledge Support
• Local Businesses Learn How They Can Increase Their Talent Pipeline Through An Apprentice Program
• Opportunity for Yakima County
• B&O Tax Credit for Manufacturing Companies that are Adding New Jobs
• Taxable Retail Sales Reach All Time High
• Learn How to do More With Less – Lean Manufacturing Returns to Show You How
• Yakima Valley Companies can get Foreign Trade Zone Status
• Discover How An Apprenticeship Program Can Benefit Your Company
• YCDA Launches Choose Yakima Valley Investment Campaign
• Yakima County Direct Travel and Tourism Increased by 38% since 2000
• Yakima County Grant Funds Help Make New Fertilizer Plant a Reality
• New GIS Platform Launched On ChooseYakimaValley.com Website
• New Residents Received Warm Reception At Birchfield Manor
• Taxable Retail Sales: Yakima Valley Trends Indicator of the Month
• YCDA Facilitates Tour Of Walmart Distribution Center
• Meet The 2018 Enterprise Challenge Business Plan Contest Winners
• Free Small Business Financing ‘Shark Tank without the Sharks!”
• Eight Entrepreneurs Advance in the Enterprise Challenge Business Plan Competition
• Yakima Seeks New Manufacturers for High School Apprenticeship Program
• More People are Moving to Yakima than Leaving – a Look at the Data Behind Positive In-Migration
• Enterprise Challenge Contestants Gear Up for the Enterprise Trade Show
• Ace Hardware Continues to Grow in the Yakima Valley
• March Roundtable to Explore How Businesses Save Money and Build a Talent Pipeline Through Youth Apprenticeship Programs
• New Business Advisor Ready To Assist Area Companies
• Economic Development Group Markets Region At Northwest Food & Beverage World Trade Show in Portland
• More Business Expansion Announced By Port Of Sunnyside
• Sarah Truglio To Join The Yakima County Development Association Team
• Redevelopment a Key Strategy in Economic Development
• Local Manufacturing Company Completes $1.5 Million Expansion
• Ross Shafer Back By Popular Demand
• Everything You Want to Know About Yakima County
• Business Owners Learn How to Prepare for New Paid Sick Leave Law
• Great Turnout At Fall Welcome Reception
• Greater Yakima Chamber of Commerce to Launch “Yakima Valley Trends” Website
• Port of Grandview Announces Another New Addition to Bayam Business Park
• Triumph Actuation Systems to Host October Roundtable
• Port of Grandview Welcomes Three New Businesses
• Be Our Guest! Industry Round Table Meet & Greet With Local HR Professionals
• Leaders, Educators, Business Owners discuss STEM Initiatives
• Food Safety & Environmental Compliance Seminar & Luncheon Attracts Over 30 Participants
• SIED Board Recommends $1 Million to Support CPC International Apples Expansion
• Calling all Human Resource Professionals!
• Register today for our upcoming Food Safety and Environmental Compliance Seminar Luncheon
• Economic Impact: Jobs, Jobs, Jobs
• Pro West Mechanical Expands, Plans to Add 60 New Employees
• New Industry Coming to Sunnyside Will Bring 200 New Jobs
• New Shopping Opportunities Coming Soon
• Industry Roundtable Draws a Crowd
• New Residents Welcomed to the Yakima Valley
• May Roundtable at Horizon Distribution, Inc.
• YCH HOPS Wins 2017 Washington Manufacturing Award as Food/Beverage Processor of the Year
• Beverly Schieche attends seminar and conference for investor relations
• Group tours Arvato for April Roundtable
• Hop Nation Brewing Company takes home win at 2017 Ale-Fest
• Produce Safety Training Course helps farmers and growers meet federal requirements
• Choose Yakima Valley participates in budget lobby efforts at Capitol
• Yakima Valley Recognized for Beer Tourism
• Whipsaw Brewing Wins Business Plan Competition
• Emerging Professional of the Year
• Annual Meeting Recap
• Annual Meeting is March 15th