GROWING OUR OWN

PTAC Provided 1,064 counseling sessions with 179 businesses to provide education about government contracting opportunities. 1,556 government contracts worth $43 million were awarded to 101 businesses.

Received a $500,000 Innovation Cluster Accelerator Program (ICAP) Grant from WA Department of Commerce to create Evergreen Bioscience Innovation, a modern innovation cluster that will grow and attract companies providing life and health science contract research, development, and manufacturing services in the Mountain Northwest region.

Secured $150,000 for a Spokane County Life Science Asset and Landscape study to be conducted in 2023 to provide recommendations for a strategic plan, asset map, and timeline to retain and attract companies from within the industry, in addition to determining the feasibility, square footage demand, and market desirability of wet lab space.

Gathered community input and implemented THRIVE Spokane, the Spokane region’s fiveyear comprehensive economic development strategy in collaboration with more than 90 individuals representing 65 organizations around the region.

Completed three business recruitment sales missions and outbound marketing campaign targeting life sciences and advanced manufacturing companies in LA, Seattle, and Portland for business expansion. The campaign resulted in 2,000 business contacts, 35 leads, and 30 in-person meetings about expansion possibilities for the Spokane region.

Delivered 17 business recruitment proposals to partner WA State Department of Commerce, pitching the Spokane region as an opportunity to expand their business.

Cultivated the Spokane AgShow with more than 3,000 attendees, 200 exhibitors, 43 professional seminars, and 800 Future Farmers of America (FFA) students participating at this three-day event at the Spokane Convention Center.