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Bellingham's City Club to host presentation on local economic development

Bellingham City Club will host a presentation about local economic development at its upcoming monthly meeting.
The presentation will be done by Hart Hodges, director of Western Washington University's Center on Economics and Business Research. The event will start with a buffet lunch…

2011-11-22
Economists: Cargo terminal would bring fewer construction jobs, slightly more permanent ones

The Gateway Pacific Terminal project at Cherry Point could create more than 1,200 permanent jobs when indirect impacts are factored in, three local economists said Thursday, Oct. 27, at a Bellingham-Whatcom Chamber of Commerce and Industry breakfast presentation.
The economists -…

2011-10-28
New study points to jobs from Bellingham coal port

Three Bellingham economists Thursday released research supporting a previous study commissioned by Gateway Pacific Terminal, estimating that a proposed new export terminal at Cherry Point north of Bellingham would employ up to 430 “direct” jobs and generate another 843 “indirect and induced”…

2011-10-28
Experts see possible turning point in Canadian shopping in Whatcom County

This past summer may have been a turning point when it comes to Canadian shopping in Whatcom County.
The increase in southbound traffic in recent months was one of several topics at a seminar Thursday, Oct. 13, about the impact fluctuating exchange rates have on a regional economy. The…

2011-10-14
Latest economic data indicates slow improvement in Whatcom County

It may be happening at a slower pace than many would hope, but the economic data suggests a recovery is taking place in Whatcom County.

For the past two weeks, a steady stream of economic reports about Whatcom County's second and third quarters of 2011 have poured in and, so far,…

2011-10-13
Skagit unemployment up in March

But a local economist said the most puzzling part of Skagit’s job report, released Tuesday by the state Employment Security Department, is that the local labor force seems to be shrinking.

“You have to ask ‘Why?’ Is it because people have lost their jobs and are still here, or have…

2011-04-21
WWU Connections speaker series begins April 12 at Village Books with lecture on economics 2011-04-08
Economic future depends on innovative approaches

Ingenuity and innovation will be what leads us out of this recession.

Whatcom County is lucky to have the new Innovation Resource Center, a privately created organization that aims to help entrepreneurs thrive in Whatcom County, particularly through accelerator programs that help find…

2011-01-04
Titusville looking toward reinvention

Hart Hodges, an associate professor of economics at Western Washington University in Bellingham, said the city's loss of what he called an iconic business led to greater prominence for other industries, like tourism, health care and education -- industries that also are represented among…

2010-12-22
Forecast: Whatcom County economy should see some improvement next year

Next year will be one of slow, steady improvement, but the economy regionally and nationally is still a long way from digging out from the financial mess of two years ago, particularly with employment.

That was the theme at the 21st annual U.S. Bank Economic Outlook Forum, held Tuesday,…

2010-12-08
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