Posts Tagged ‘Port of Chelan County’
Successes, Challenges at Port of Chelan County – A Chat With New Director Jim Kuntz
2018 was a big year for the Port of Chelan County – new businesses at the old Cashmere Mill Site, a diamond foundry coming to Wenatchee, an incubator space opening at Pybus Market, shopping for an airline to fly from Pangborn to San Francisco and hiring a new director. But challenges abound as well –…
Read MoreChelan PUD, Chelan County Port Continue Discussions On Olds Station Land Purchase For New PUD Headquarters
The Chelan County PUD wants to move. PUD commissioners on Monday reviewed a package of proposed agreements with the Port of Chelan County to preserve options for an operations base in North Wenatchee.
Read MoreSubsplash Moves In, Anderson Family Farms Selected as New Merchant at Pybus Market
From app developers to goat milk churners, change at Pybus Public Market is a good thing. Marcus Bellissimo reports the new business incubator space is now occupied and a vacant merchant slot has a new tenant.
Read MorePangborn Airport Sees Record Passengers In July, 2018 Numbers Already Above 2017
Pangborn Memorial Airport reported a record number of passengers in July this year – 12,600. Officials say that’s an increase in passengers of more than 22 percent over July 2017. The total number of passengers traveling through Pangborn is up nearly seven percent for the first seven months of 2018 over last year, partly because…
Read MoreChelan PUD, County Port Tentatively Agree On Olds Station Land Purchase For PUD Headquarters
The Chelan County PUD wants to relocate its headquarters to Olds Station, consolidating maintenance facilities, office space and board rooms into one campus. Now the PUD and the Port of Chelan County have tentatively agreed to a land purchase to make that happen. The PUD would buy Port-owned land near the Wenatchee River. It’s known…
Read MorePangborn To San Francisco Direct Flight Moves Another Step Closer With Federal Grant
Trent Moyers, Director of the Pangborn Memorial Airport got a call late Friday that his hopes had come true – they were awarded $750,000 from the Federal Department of Transportation to increase air service at Pangborn. Leaders at the airport and Ports of Chelan and Douglas Counties have been hoping to bring a direct flight…
Read MoreCity of Cashmere Update – Mayor Jeff Gomes
Cashmere Mayor Jeff Gomes joins Dan Langager on the KOHO Morning Show to talk about a contract with the city of Leavenworth to conduct building inspections with Cashmere’s long-time inspector leaving. Gomes also talks about slight changes to the city’s utility billing policies and six-year transportation plan, as well as new buildings coming to the…
Read MorePurchasing Executive Flight Building, New Deputy Director, Cashmere Mill Site – Port of Chelan County Update
The Port of Chelan is buying two buildings at the Pangborn Business Park. The idea is to generate a positive cash flow for the Pangborn Memorial Airport and potentially new tenants. New businesses are coming to the now-open Cashmere Mill Site and the Port hired a new Deputy Director – Jim Kuntz. Joining Dan Langager…
Read MoreSeveral NCW Areas Receive Opportunity Zone Designation, Providing Extra Investment In Rural Communities
In December, the federal government initiated a new program aimed at boosting economic development in rural America. The Opportunity Zone program was included in the Tax Cuts & Jobs Act of 2017 , designed to provide tax incentives to investors who fund businesses in under-served communities. Though the rules of the program are still in development,…
Read MoreChelan County Port Purchases Executive Flight Building With Eye On Increasing Airport Revenue
The Port of Chelan is buying two buildings at the Pangborn Business Park. The idea is to generate a positive cash flow for the Pangborn Memorial Airport. Marcus Bellissimo reports.
Read MoreSoftware Developer Subsplash First In Pybus Market’s Incubator Space
The Port of Chelan County approved a lease with a Seattle-based technology development company, Subsplash, to lease the Port’s business incubator at the Pybus Public Market. Subsplash’s lease of the upstairs of the annex at Pybus – about 2,000 square feet – starts July 1 and expires at the end of 2019. Port Commission President…
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