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Tumwater reports sharp employment gains, 77 new childcare slots and planned‑action EIS for brewery site
Summary
Economic development manager Jean Angel told the council Tumwater saw a 23% increase in total employment from 2020–2025, highlighted 77 new childcare slots funded with city grants, and described a planned‑action environmental impact statement to clear the brewery brownfield for redevelopment.
Tumwater’s economic development office presented data the council described as a ‘‘dramatic graph’’ showing fast growth over the last five years.
Jean Angel, the city’s economic development manager, said total employment in Tumwater increased 23% between 2020 and 2025, and she pointed to the Thurston Economic Development Council’s work supporting 37 local businesses and a city grant program that helped create 77 new childcare…
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