yakima economy

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Attention Yakima entrepreneurs, today is the last day to sign up for the third annual enterprise challenge. It's a business plan contest sponsored by New Vision. Yakima Counties Development Association. The competition is a three month interactive contest with workshops and mentoring designed to help new business owners...

The Yakima Economy is about to get a huge boost with the opening of the Central Washington State Fair. General Manager Greg Stewart says the overall impact of the 10 day event is a whopping 29 million dollars. Stewart says the impact of the fair is far and wide from non profits in the community making hundreds of thousands of dollars to community members who get jobs during the event...

John Cooper, President and CEO of the Yakima Valley Visitors and Convention Bureau, says the Washington wine industry is a big contributor to the Yakima Valley economy. A recent study by the Washington Wine Commission shows wineries are responsible for $526 million in income each year, employing more than 3,000 people in Yakima and generating some $44 million in state and local taxes... Read

New home construction continues to lag behind in Yakima county. Rain isn't the only thing that halts construction. Our news partner KIMA Action News reports the economy plays a big role. In fact, building permits are down about 23 percent in the last year...