Connect to Recovery
Regional Partnerships and Port Investments Rebuild Economy

                    Agenda
1.  Introductory Remarks
•     Port Recovery Initiatives
2.  Greater Seattle Partners Regional Recovery Plan
3.  Seattle King County Regional Workforce Development Plan
4.  Washington Tourism Alliance Tourism Recovery Initiatives
5.  Port Recovery Initiatives and Planning for 2022
Time planned for Q&A after each presentation

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             Capital Projects Port of Seattle Facilities
$3.7 Billion Capital Plan
2021-2025           Maritime Int’l Trade:           SEA Airport:
$16.3 Billion      $22.5 Billion
in total economic activity*               in total economic activity


All Port Activities
121,200
Area Jobs
* In partnership with the Northwest Seaport Alliance
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         COVID-19 Impacted All Lines of Business
SEA Airport            NW Seaport Alliance              Cruise



61 percent decline*       12 percent decline*      100 percent decline*

*2020 vs 2019                                                                                            4

   Port Provides Connections to Equitable Economic Recovery
1. Operate Trade/Travel Gateways (SEA, Maritime, Cruise)
2. Capital program investments
3. Economic Development Partnerships
– Tourism
– Workforce Development
– Small Business Development
– Sustainability and Environment
– Arts
– Regional Alliances

Anchor = Op erator + Builder + Investor + Convener + Employer + Partner      5

             Equity Framework for Recovery
Core principles for economic recovery
actions complement the Commission’s
directives on COVID-19 response:
• Integrate Values of Equity and Inclusion
• Prioritize the Most Vulnerable
• Mitigate Economic Loss
• Ensure Language and Cultural Competence
• Support Community-based Organizations

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Thank You for Joining Us
•  Brian McGowan, President/CEO, Greater Seattle Partners
•  Ryan Donahue, Nonresident Fellow – Brookings Institute
Greater Seattle Partners is a public-private economic development corporation working to ensure that
every person in the region has an opportunity to prosper.
•  Marie Kurose, President/CEO, Workforce Development Council of Seattle King County
The Workforce Development Council is a nonprofit, grant-making organization dedicated to creating
career pathways for adults and youth through demand-driven workforce and training programs.
•  David Blandford, Executive Director, Washington Tourism Alliance
The sole purpose of the Washington Tourism Alliance is marketing Washington to tourists. In order to
accomplish this, the activities of the Corporation will include, but not be limited to advocating,
promoting, developing and sustaining destination tourism marketing for Washington State.
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              Port Recovery Initiatives and
Planning for 2022


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   Port Provides Connections to Equitable Economic Recovery
1.  Operate Trade/Travel Gateways
(SEA, Maritime, Cruise)
2.  Capital program investments             EQUITY PRINCIPLES FOR RECOVERY
3.  Economic Development Partnerships     • Centering anti-racist practices and policies
•  Centering the needs of those who are most
– Tourism                                      impacted
– Workforce Development                        • Ensuring language and cultural competence
•  Supporting Community-based Organizations
– Small Business Development                       based in communities most impacted
– Sustainability and Environment                   • Direct resources to support the most
impacted
– Arts
– Regional Alliances

Anchor = Op erator + Builder + Investor + Convener + Employer + Partner      9

     Recovery Initiatives/Plan: Proposed Timelines
February                 March                          April
•   Finalize Recovery              •   Socialize/finalize recovery plan        •   Community engagement Roll out
Initiatives/Plan                   with Commission including               of recovery communication
•   Finalize Comms Plan              proposed Comms and                      Finalize Recovery Initiatives/Plan
February 2021•  Finalize Engagement        Community engagement plansJuly 2020          •  Listening tours start (amplified
Plan                       •  Advance equitable economic           by engagement and Comms plan
•   Finalize                                               •   Plan
initiatives/recovery                  recovery theme in Comms                implementation)
Implementation
plan                                       •  Issue RFPs for key
•   Commission                                              recovery services
MayCommittees              June                         Summer/Fall
• • Engagement planning
•   Communications
Listening tours cont.         •  Commission retreat: summary ofand Engagement        •  Recovery Comms and
•   Highlight equitable               community input                           engagement continue
recovery news/themes     •  Commission 2022 Budget          •  2022 Recovery initiatives
•   Engagement plan                 priorities                                     developed (based on Commission
amplifies recovery and      •  Budget dynamics and process           input)
listening tour                    ahead                                 •  Review of current/past recovery
•   Recovery Comms and engagement       initiative results
continue
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          Discussion

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          Connect to Recovery
SA F E LY OPERATE TRADE/TRAVEL             ADVANCE CAPITAL PROJECTS              SUPPORT EQUITABLE RECOVERY IN
GATEWAYS                                          SOUTH KING COUNTY

RESTORE TOURISM AND                                      SUPPORT IMPACTED WMBE AND
HOSPITALITY INDUSTRIES            WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT               SMALL BUSINESSES

SUPPORT SUSTAINABILITY, ECOLOGY         LEVERAGE FEDERAL STATE AND          SUPPORT REGIONAL PLANS AND
AND ART INITIATIVES                         LOCAL RESOURCES                             PRIORITIES

Anchor = Op erator + Builder + Investor + Convener + Employer + Partner      12

      Capital Projects Drive Economic Recovery
Over a $ half billion in planned spend for 2020 = Jobs and Economic Impacts
Aviation                            Maritime
•   2021 Summer Airfield construction                           •   Terminal 5 modernization
•   Fire Pump replacement                                             –  Receive cranes
•   Checkpoints -Automated Screening Lane                         –  Net tie off piles
–  Contamination site cap re-seal
•   Tenant Network demarkation upgrade
•   Terminal 30 Bulkhead repair
•   Westside Fire Station
•   T91 NW Fender System
•   NSAT & IAF
•   Terminal 117 Duwamish Park Access
•   Safedock -Aircraft gating system                                  and Fishing Pier
•   RCF security improvements                                    •   Maritime Innovation Center Design
•   RFC & Air Cargo Road pavement remediation                   completion
•   Flight Corridor Safety Program, Ph.1
•   SSAT Infrastructure upgrade
•   C1 Building: Design & Contract procurement continue
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           Tourism Recovery Investments
•  In late July Port Commission
authorized $1.5 million tourism
recovery initiative in partnership with
WA Tourism Alliance
– Contract executed this month
– Initiative includes:
•  Paid Destination Advertising Campaign to
Regenerate North American Air Markets
•  Travel Publicity Campaign
•  Industry Recovery and Destination
Development Plan.
•  Travel Trade Sales and Promotions
– WTA making additional $830,000
investments to leverage recovery
initiative
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           Tourism Recovery Investments
2021 Planned Investments
•  Airport Spotlight Advertising (104 slots)
– 15 spots/quarter based on lottery
– Six/quarter to SEA Airport neighbor
communities
– Five/quarter to WTA to assist in Tourism
Recovery statewide
•  WTA committed 1/5 of locations toward
indigenous and ethnic diversity
•  Tourism Marketing Grant Program
– $200,000 (approx. 20 $10k grants)
– Environmental & Equity Lens Focus
– Awards made Q1 so staff can drive coordination
with larger WTA Recovery initiative

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    Workforce Development Recovery Investments
2021
•  HS/College internship program
•  Aviation Career Pathways Program
– Aircraft Maintenance Technician (AMT) introductory class (20 women/minority
students ideally from entry level positions)
•  Duwamish Valley Community Equity Program
– Skilled trades outreach and recruitment
– Strategic planning to support green jobs in 2022
•  Promote worker retention in construction trades training contracts
with Urban League and ANEW
– Allow for wraparound services of first year apprentices

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   South King County Fund Recovery Investments
Economic Recovery Program
• Ten non-profit and community groups received $981,881 in grants to
support projects in four focus areas:
⁻ Small Business Assistance
⁻ Workforce Development
⁻ Job Creation
⁻ Development of New, Innovative Economic Recovery Strategies
2021
•  Adding $500k to program based on additional budget resources
•  Present program refinements to Commission in April 2021
•  Initiate second funding round in July
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   South King County Fund Recovery Investments
2021 Environmental Grants Program
• Rebranded and expanded Airport Community Ecology (ACE) program
to include Federal Way, Normandy Park and Tukwila and increased
per grant cap from $10k to $20k
• Invested in liaisons from Latinx, African American, Korean American,
Bhutanese, and Congolese communities to conduct outreach to drive
applications and provide guidance on program implementation
• Currently reviewing first round of applications for Commission
approval on Feb 9, 2021

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                   South King County Fund
Small Business Relief and Assistance
•  Executed contract in September with Highline College’s Small Business
Development Center/Start Zone to provide technical and resiliency training for
impacted small businesses
•  Delivered nine training events, six workshops and stand-alone training classes.
•  117 businesses have received support (so far) on how to address COVID issues and business
resiliency training.
•   SBDC/Startzone has also provided webinars to Port tenants and small business partners
•   SBDC statewide weekly PPP and Loan Forgiveness webinars – between 200-400 participants –
approximately 7% from South King County
2021
Highline SBDC/Start Zone services outlined above will continue (3-year contact)

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                   South King County Fund
Small Business Relief and Assistance
•  Contracted with US DOT Small Business
Transportation Resource Center to offer classes and          “The workshops were really
good! It had very useful
technical assistance for WMBE, DBE and small              information that will help our
business                                                  business grow and to better
•  Seven-week virtual classes on topics like estimating,                           compete for future
marketing, project management, financing, etc.                         government and Port
•  95 participants within either the A&E and/or                                              contracts”
Construction tracks.
Cynthia Yiu
– Two WMBE businesses received higher bonding levels
First Metal & Supply
– Class helped WMBE Businesses build long term
relationships with Primes
2021
•   Will offer US DOT seminar series again to compliment the Port’s
ongoing Portgen training sessions
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                  South King County Fund
Small Business Relief and Assistance
•  Developing Woman/Minority Business
Accelerator to support 8-12 established
WMBE firms interested in scaling
businesses and taking on significant
procurement opportunities:
•  Construction
•  Consulting (A&E)
•  Goods & Services
•  Airport Innovations                                            Cincinnati has a model Minority Business Accelerator
• Modeled on maritime accelerator
(classes, mentors, etc.
• Launch Date: April 2021
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         Leveraging Grants and Partnerships
•   Worked with King County Cities to pivot
CITY EFFORTS
partnership grant program towards economic                    TO DISTRIBUTE CARES FUNDING
relief/recovery                                                TO IMPACTED SMALL BUSINESSES
– Drive small business relief                         •  30 city grant partners provided us details
on efforts to provide grants/resources to
– Support “local tourism” and “buy local”
initiatives                                                              local small biz:
•   Responded to 4,755 grant requests
– Provide some flexibility to address other local              •  Provided 3,418 grants to impacted
issues/opportunities
small businesses (and some
•   Cities provided approximately $682,000 in                       nonprofits)
match funding to support these initiatives                      •  1,224 women owned firms
across King County                                           •  993 minority owned firms
•   32 veteran owned firms
2021                                              • Provided $16,426,480 in funding to
•   Continue grant program for narrower range of                   small businesses across King County
activities that provide economic                        A number of city grant partners used Port
relief/recovery                                          funding to help support these relief efforts

Lev eraging federal, state and loc al recovery resources               22

         Regional Economic Recovery Plan
•  Greater Seattle Partners (GSP) started in June to develop an economic
recovery plan for the region (King, Pierce & Snohomish Counties)
•  Governor Locke, Mayor Woodard (Tacoma) and Betsy Cadwallader (US
Bank) are cochairs of the Oversight Work Group
•  Five topical work groups have developed plan strategies and initiatives
– Trade, External Investment, and Growth Sectors
– Policy and Advocacy Strategies
– Small Business
– Workforce and Talent
– Tourism and Marketing
•  The plan is taking shape... but it is still a framework at this point.

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   Regional Economic Recovery Framework – Five Major Goals
1.  Promote the region’s economic competitiveness
2.  Realign economic and workforce development programs equitably to
create a broadly inclusive economy
3.  Ensure regionwide participation in investments and prosperity
4.  Support traditional and emerging industries with post-pandemic
opportunities
5.  Promote sustainable economic growth to address resiliency needs
 30 Strategies
 150 Opportunities for Action
Goals and Strategies will be implemented by many organizations across the region – GSP will
implement a few key strategies that align with its mission to promote trade/attract new business

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      From Regional Framework to Action Plan
GSP is now working to turn the framework
into a plan to drive equitable economic
development
•  Premise: Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
drives stronger economic performance
•  Focus: Eliminate race, gender and
geographic disparities within the region
•  Strategy: Implement high impact
“signature projects”


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        THE PATH FORWARD


January: shared definition of the equitable
economic development problems, theory of
the causes, and “business case” for action

February: specific gaps that Greater Seattle
can close in a specific time period

March: a few initiatives led by regional
Signature Projects               coalitions — scaled and sustained to close gaps

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