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Governor’s Prosperity Roadmap focuses on fast-track permitting, $40M for site readiness and Enterprise Zone changes
Summary
Governor Kotek’s Prosperity Roadmap, presented to the House interim committee Jan. 13, proposes a fast-track permitting program (initially framed around a $150 million threshold with a tiered approach), permit audits with a 120‑day review deadline after passage, $40 million added to the industrial site loan fund, and Enterprise Zone modernization to broaden eligibility and extend exemption timelines.
State officials and local leaders outlined the governor’s Prosperity Roadmap and related 2026 legislative concepts at the House Interim Committee on Economic Development on Jan. 13.
Sarah Means, the governor’s workforce, higher education and economic development advisor, told the committee the roadmap responds to “slowing population growth, elevated unemployment and business out migration” and is organized around three core goals: retain and grow businesses, catalyze job creation through targeted industry strategies, and modernize economic development systems.
Key proposals described include: - Fast Track Permitting: A program modeled on…
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