Center for Economic Vitality

Western Washington University College of Business and Economics

Advancing the Economic Vitality of Our Communities

About Us

Our Impacts for Whatcom County & Washington State

Economic Development Performance Impacts in Whatcom County for 2008

 Rural Whatcom CountyCity of BellinghamTotal 2008Total Since 1996
# of Clients Counseled 183 303 486 5,144
Jobs Saved/Created 104 336 440 4,551
New Investments Created $3,950,282 $17,024,179 $20,974,461 $160,467,118
Number of Counseling Hours 1,386.50 2,850.75 4,237.25 40,977
Average Number of Hours per Client 7.6 9.4 8.7 -
Leveraged Impact in 2008 - - $53:$1 -

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Economic Development Performance Impacts in Economic Gardening in Washington State
(July 1, 2007 – December 31, 2008)


Impacts in Washington State
Number of businesses supported 602
Jobs saved and created with research support 234
New investment generated with research support $12,502,385
Number of hours the research saved economic development service providers 5,510

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