“Thriving Not Just Surviving” was the theme for the ABC of Western Washington annual Leadership Planning Conference held in June. Incoming Chair Erin VerHoeven (Corstone Contractors LLC) chose her theme from the popular TV reality series, Survivor: Outwit, Outplay, Outlast.
Since it is likely the economy is going to continue to be a challenge longer than originally thought, ABC and its members are facing the prospect of not seeing an improvement until sometime in 2012, then recovery lag time on top of that. Chapter leaders and staff gathered for two days of planning taking into account the long recovery period ahead of us. Time was spent reviewing what had and had not been accomplished in the last year, taking stock of the current situation for members and the chapter, and identifying our strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and challenges. Click here for the full story.
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It is that time of year again, the 2010-2011 ABC Membership Directory has arrived! Every spring ABC starts to collect data to produce the annual directory to be used by members as a handy reference guide to the Western Washington membership. Directories were handed out at the June dinner meeting and will continue to be distributed to all current members via mail and through member visits. We will look forward to visiting you soon. Click here for the full story.
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The ABC Government and Labor Affairs Council has endorsed Reps. Jamie Herrera and John Koster for their bids to join Congress.
Herrera, currently a State Representative in the 18th Legislative District in Southwest Washington, is vying for the open seat in the Third Congressional District, vacated by former Congressman Brian Baird. Hererra has a flawless 100% ABC voting record from the 2009 and 2010 Washington State Legislature. Before joining the Washington State Legislature, she worked as a Senior Legislative Aide for Congresswoman Cathy McMorris Rodgers of Spokane. Click here for full story.
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Nancy Burress with S.D. Deacon Corp. of Washington is ABC’s July Volunteer of the Month. Nancy has been very active in ABC for many years and we want to take this opportunity to thank her for her time, energy, expertise and commitment to the industry.
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The construction sector continues to be a drag on the recovery. Excluding the boom years, construction activity in the state is approximately 4.5% of the economy, but 8% of revenue. This is the main reason the economic recovery appears stronger than the revenue recovery. Residential construction is coming off a boost from the homebuyer tax credits, but now that those credits have expired, we expect the nascent recovery in the state to taper off, just as it has nationally. Growth in residential construction will be anemic until the middle of 2011. Non-residential construction, on the other hand is unlikely to improve by much until 2012, although contract data for the state indicate that the decline in square footage is stabilizing.
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