This EDA investment supports the port of skagit county with making utility infrastructure and site improvements to prep the area for a new manufacturing facility in the southern influence area (SIA)…

This $2.7 million Project Grant from the Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration's Economic Adjustment Assistance program supports utility infrastructure and site improvements by the Port of Skagit County. The funding will prepare portions of the Port-owned Swift Center property in Sedro-Woolley, Washington for future manufacturing businesses and an incubator. Specifically, the Port will install water and sewer infrastructure, conduct landscaping and roadway improvements, and demolish existing buildings. These site development activities aim to bolster job creation and economic resiliency in an area heavily impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. With a completion date of May 2027, the grant aims to ready the Swift Center property for occupancy by manufacturing enterprises through necessary utility and site work funded under this award provided September 2022.

This EDA investment supports the port of skagit county with making utility infrastructure and site improvements to prep the area for a new manufacturing facility in the southern influence area (SIA) portion of the swift center, in sedro-woolley, washington. The project will prepare a portion of the port-owned swift center for future occupancy of manufacturing businesses and a manufacturing incubator through installation of water and sewer infrastructure, landscaping, roadway improvements, and demolition of existing buildings. Once completed, the project will help bolster job creation and advance economic resiliency within an area that has been heavily impacted by the coronavirus pandemic.