Creating a prosperous, sustainable economy goes hand in hand with building world-class communities. One cannot exist without the other. As the state’s economic development agency, the Washington State Department of Commerce focuses on strengthening our key industries, expanding international trade, helping small businesses grow, providing training to a new generation of workers, providing access to funding, and supporting the work of our local economic development partners in all 39 Washington counties.
The Office of Economic Development and Competitiveness (OEDC) offers a seasoned team of business professionals and adaptive programs and services to help build your business, increase sales, enter new markets, find new partners and hire and train more workers.
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