06/10/2024 - AgendaCity of Port Orchard
Economic Development and Tourism Committee
June 10, 2024 9:30 am
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AGENDA
1. Committee Member Introductions
2. Stakeholder Discussion
a. KEDA Q1 2024 Economic Development Report (Attachment)
ITSAP(ALLIANCE
ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT
Companies assisted (BRE) 56 183
Recruitment follow-up 2 13
Start-up assistance
13 30
Export Assistance
0 0
Kitsap Businesses Trained 15 96
Trainings / Support Events 15 34
Major Initiatives
Events
• APEX Accelerator •
Apex Accelerator Classes x 5
• WAV-C
* Letters to the Government
* WEDA Project of the
Getting Paid with DoD's Wide
Year — Illahee Tire
Area Workflow (WAWF) System
Cleanup
Socio-Economic Certifications
• UW Tacoma Capstone
(Federal and State)
Collaboration
Understanding Capabilities
• Emery Riddle — Open
Statements
Ocean Robotics
* Multiple Award Construction
Collaboration on
Contracts (MACC)
Intercoastal Foot Ferries
Longshore & Harbor Worker's
• Microbusiness Accelerator
Compensation Act — Insurance
* 14 Microbusinesses in
* Request for Equitable
Cohort 2.0
Adjustment (REAs)
* Lightening Talks •
Contractor Coffee Hour x 3
* Microbusiness Support •
Prime Connect x 3
• One Kitsap
* Blue Trident / Newton JV
• Kitsap Economic Profile
Nova Group
* NAVFAC NW MACC
* Hensel Phelps
• Evergreen Manufacturing
Cornerstone General
Growth Grant
Contractors
Inventech Marine
Absher
Solutions Awarded
* Hoffman Construction
$200,000 •
Annual Meeting and Economic
• Business Retention,
Forecast
Recruitment, and •
Workforce Roundtable
Expansion (BRER)
For more information, contact James Davis at
360.377.0180 or davis@kitsapeda.org
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320%
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Outreach
Social Media (Q1)
✓ Linkedln: 47 Stories
✓ Facebook: 57 Posts
✓ Blog content: 17 Posts
Newsletters x11
Monthly Featured Content
✓ Onekitsap 5 Year
Strategy
✓ WSMA Microbusiness
Accelerator
✓ OC / KEDA Work Force
Round Table
✓ Large Naval MACC
Opportunities
Print ads
✓ West Sound Home
Magazine
News Columns:
Kitsap Sun "Kitsap
economic agency
focused on impact
over the coming five
years" -South Sound
Business