08/12/2024 - packetCity of Port Orchard
Economic Development and Tourism Committee
August 12, 2024 9:30 am
Remote access only
Zoom Webinar Link
(this is for public access only - EDT Committee and Panelists use your individual links):
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83306625864
Telephone: +1 253 215 8782
Webinar ID: 833 0662 5864
AGENDA
1. Committee Member Introductions
2. Stakeholder Discussion
a. KEDA Q2 2024 Economic Development Report (see attachment) - James
Davis
b. TIF/Case Study Update (Presentation) - Bob Stowe
c. Kitsap Regional Library Anchor Discussion
Q2 2024 Report
For more information, contact James Davis at
360.377.0180 or davis@kitsapeda.org
Fiscal YTD
BRER Assistance
Q2
(ADO-Q4) Total % Annual Goal
Companies assisted (BRE) 44 227 227% 100
Recruitment follow-up 17 30 100% 30
Start-up assistance 3 33 183% 18
Export Assistance 6 6 100% 6
Kitsap Businesses Trained 43 139 463% 30
Trainings / Support Events 18 52 -
• APEX Accelerator
• WAV-C
Pacific Science
Foundation Board
Appointment
Robo Nation: Building a
coalition of elementary
schools to immerse
students in STEM and
robotics
• Microbusiness Accelerator
14 Microbusinesses in
Cohort 2.0
Lightening Talks
Microbusiness Support
• Evergreen Manufacturing
Growth Grant
Inventech Marine
Solutions expansion
project underway.
• Business Retention,
Recruitment, and
Expansion (BRER)
• Social Media (Q1)
✓ LinkedIn: 32 Stories
✓ Facebook: 51 Posts
✓ Blog content: 16 Posts
• Newsletters x10
• Monthly Featured Content
✓ Meet the Agencies
✓ SIOP Business
Resources Page
✓ Naval RFP
Opportunities
✓ KILBIS
✓ BIPOC Business Forum
✓ MultiCare Ground
Breaking
✓ Marvin Williams
Center
• Print ads
✓ West Sound Home
Magazine
• News Columns:
Kitsap Sun “Charting
Kitsap’s Economic
Path: KEDA’s
Onekitsap Five Year
Plan for Economic
Vitality” Business
Major Initiatives
• Apex Accelerator Classes x 5
Steps Leading to a Federal
Contract
Steps Leading to a
Washington State Contract
Solicitation Review: Go or No-Go
Decisions
Federal Contracting Lexicon
Federal Acquisition Regulations
(FAR)
DoD Cybersecurity
Requirements
Are there ethics in government
contracting?
• Contractor Coffee Hour x 3
• Prime Connect x 3
Dutra Group
Absher
Hoffman Construction
Kietwit
• BIPOC Business Forum
Growing with Government
Contracting
• Meet the Agencies
Five local public works districts
presenting on contracting
pathways
Events Outreach