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Pasco staff seeks targeted economic development goals and infrastructure planning in comp-plan update

City of Pasco City Council Workshop · March 10, 2026
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Summary

Planning staff presented a high-level update to Pasco's comprehensive plan economic development element, emphasizing diversification toward higher-wage industries, the need for power and infrastructure to attract employers, downtown revitalization and measurable workforce development goals.

Matson, planning staff leading the comprehensive-plan update, told the council that the city will modernize the economic development element to include clearer implementation measures and budgets and to make the plan 'more useful to Pasco's growth strategy.

"We want to make each element very unique to Pasco and not necessarily just meeting the state mandates," Matson said, describing themes such as economic diversification…

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