About NWEC

What Do We Do??

The Northwest Economic Council will be focusing on three main initiatives during 2010.  The central focus of our work during the year will be JOBS, JOBS, JOBS!  Our key initiatives are described below.

Key Initiatives for 2010:

ADO Duties & Responsibilities
As the Associate Development Organization (ADO) for Whatcom County, there are several core activities that the NWEC is responsible for in this Region.  Our five core responsibilities include: Business Retention & Expansion, Business Startup Assistance, Support for Regional Research & Planning, Readiness & Capacity/Asset Building, and Recruitment/ Attraction of Businesses.  For additional detail, review our NWEC as the ADO webpage.

Innovation Resource Center
The Northwest Economic Council is currently working with several regional partners to create the Innovation Resource Center (IRC). The IRC is a business support process that speeds up the successful development of start-up and fledgling companies by providing entrepreneurs with an array of targeted resources and services such as business mentoring and coaching. The IRC is being developed to provide comprehensive entrepreneurial training and mentoring for early stage innovative business entrepreneurs including those focusing on engineering and manufacturing, technology and software, and green and sustainability.  For more detail, please review our IRC webpage.

Regional Economic Strategy
NWEC is currently working to develop a Regional Economic Strategy for Whatcom County.  This strategy document will set forth key goals and objectives intended to solve the economic problems, and capitalize on the resources and comparative advantages of the Region.  When completed, the Strategy document will help to create jobs and foster a more stable, diverse local economy.  For more detail, please refer to our Economic Strategy webpage.