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Pullman economic development manager outlines 2024 work, child care and downtown priorities for 2025
Summary
Sean Miller, Pullman's economic development manager, told the city council the department worked with dozens of startups in 2024, plans to prioritize business retention and expansion in 2025, and highlighted child care, vacant downtown space and a WSU entrepreneurship collaboration as key priorities.
Sean Miller, Pullman’s economic development manager, presented the department’s 2024 achievements and a work plan for 2025 at the April 22 council meeting, emphasizing support for startups, business retention and child care solutions.
Miller said economic development work in 2024 included a SCALE program that provided extended advising to 11 businesses, shorter coaching to dozens more and nearly 400 business licenses or endorsements processed citywide. “We actually worked with 11 businesses, hand in hand,” he told the council, describing multilayered coaching from business planning to marketing and lease negotiations.
Why it matters: Miller said local entrepreneurship helps keep revenue in the community and supports jobs; downtown…
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