Office of Economic Development Business Development Project Records

Office of Economic Development Business Development Project Records, 1989-2003

Overview of the Collection

Creator: Seattle (Wash.). Office of Economic Development
Title: Office of Economic Development Business Development Project Records
Dates: 1989-2003 (inclusive)
19892003

1997-2002 (bulk)
19972002
Quantity: 6 cubic feet, (6 boxes)
Collection Number: 2100-04
Summary: Records of an office that fosters business and industrial development.
Repository: Seattle Municipal Archives
Seattle Municipal Archives
Office of the City Clerk
City of Seattle
PO Box 94728
98124-4728
Seattle, WA
Telephone: 2062337807
Fax: 2063869025
archives@seattle.gov
Access Restrictions: Records are open to the public.
Languages: English
Sponsor: Funding for processing this record series was provided through a grant from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission.

Historical NoteReturn to Top

The Office of Economic Development (OED) was created in 1972 as part of the Department of Community Development to provide information to businesses expanding or relocating in Seattle. Its main efforts consisted of business development and capital investment, business assistance and advisory services, business liaison, special projects, and research.

In 1992 the City Council reorganized the functions of the Department of Community Development and established the Economic Development Transition Project. This project was assigned responsibility to contract for services to manage the City's business loan programs and to develop and recommend a strategy for the City's economic development programs.

OED was reorganized into the Executive Department in 1993. Its assigned functions included coordination of programs and policies related to the support of a diversified economy, livable wage jobs, access to education, job training and self-employment opportunities, and increased capacity for local neighborhood revitalization. OED administered the City's business loan programs, including loans funded by Urban Development Action Grants, the Neighborhood Business Development Loan Program, Washington State Development Loan Funds, the Seattle Small Business Lenders Association, and Community Development Block Grants.

The Office negotiated and administered contracts with organizations engaged in the provision of economic development services. Additional functions included the implementation of Community Development Block Grant contracts, as well as administration of federal, state, and local grants such as Central Seattle Neighborhood Special Purpose Grants, Economic Development Administration Planning Grants, the Southeast Opportunity Fund, and the Southeast Good Neighbor Fund. OED provided staff support to the City's Industrial Development Corporation, which issued industrial revenue bonds to provide low-interest financing for private business investment in Seattle. The Office also assumed responsibility for staffing the Mayor's Small Business Task Force and administering certain contracts. The director was appointed by the Mayor and confirmed by City Council.

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

Records of OED staff who facilitated industrial and high-tech business development. Projects include the Ballard Interbay Northend Manufacturing Industrial Center; Ballard Rail Spur and Burke Gilman trail; brownfield cleanup and redevelopment projects; Duwamish Manufacturing Industrial Center; Seattle Enterprise Community Program; biotechnology and telecommunications projects; Sound Transit-oriented development and Light Rail construction mitigation; and a grade separated access ramp over railroad tracks to terminals 88-91, connecting to Immunex Corporation’s headquarters . Also included are records of the Manufacturing Industrial Council of Seattle.

Use of the CollectionReturn to Top

Preferred Citation

[Item and date], Seattle Office of Economic Development Business Development Project Records , Record Series 2100-04. Box [number], Folder [number]. Seattle Municipal Archives.

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Arrangement

Arranged in eight subseries: Ballard projects, Brownfields projects, Duwamish projects, Seattle Enterprise Community Program, High Tech Industry, Sound Transit projects, and Miscellaneous projects.

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

The following section contains a detailed listing of the materials in the collection.

Ballard Projects, 1989-2003Return to Top

Container(s)	Description	Dates
Box/Folder
1/1	Ballard Rail Spur - Railbanking (Burke-Gilman Trail)	1989-1996
1/2	Ballard Rail Spur - Burke-Gilman Trail	1995-1996
1/3	Ballard Rail Spur - Ballard Rail Line Purchase Agreement	1997
1/4	Ballard Rail Spur - Ballard Terminal Railroad Company, Background (Includes Photographs)	1996-1998
1/5	Ballard Rail Spur - Ballard Terminal Railroad Company, Operating Agreement	1997
1/6	Ballard Rail Spur - Ballard Terminal Railroad Company, Shortline Information	1996-1998
1/7	Ballard Rail Spur - Ballard Terminal Railroad Company, Office of Financial Assistance	1998
1/8	Ballard Rail Spur - Burke Gilman Trail Extension	2003
1/9	Ballard Interbay Northend Manufacturing Industrial Center (BINMIC) - Background	1997
1/10	Ballard Interbay Northend Manufacturing Industrial Center (BINMIC)	1998-2003
1/11	Ballard Interbay Northend Manufacturing Industrial Center (BINMIC) - Stewardship Committee	2000
1/12	Ballard Interbay Northend Manufacturing Industrial Center (BINMIC) - Stewardship Committee	2000-2001
1/13	Ballard Interbay Northend Manufacturing Industrial Center (BINMIC) - BINMIC Works Video Script (See also 5757-02, fldr 11/6)	2001
1/14	South Ballard Transportation Corridor	2001-2002

Brownfields Projects, 1996-2003Return to Top

Container(s)	Description	Dates
Box/Folder
1/15	Brownfields	2000-2001
1/16	Brownfields	2001
1/17	Brownfield Assessment Reports	2002
1/18	BINMIC Brownfields Assessment Pilot Project	2001-2003
1/19	BINMIC Brownfields	2000-2001
1/20	BINMIC / Port of Seattle Brownfields Pilot Project	1999-2003
1/21	BINMIC Brownfields	2000-2002
1/22	Duwamish Brownfields Award	1996-1997
1/23	Duwamish Sediment Clean-up	1998-2000
1/24	Brownfields - Environmental Coalition of South Seattle	2002-2003
1/25	Brownfields - EPA Grant	1996-1997
1/26	Brownfields - Financing / Tax Incentives	1997-1998
1/27	Brownfields - Implementation	1998-2000
1/28	Brownfields - Insurance	1999-2001
1/29	Brownfields - Job Training	1999
2/1	Brownfields - Network	2001
2/2	Brownfield Quarterly	2001
2/3	Brownfield Quarterly Reports	2003
2/4	Brownfields Cleanup Revolving Loan Fund	2000
2/5	Brownfields Showcase Community Project - Federal Partners	1999-2000
2/6	Brownfields Showcase Community Program - Projects	2000-2001
2/7	Brownfields Showcase Community - Summaries and Descriptions	1999-2000
2/8	Brownfields - Supplemental Grant	1999-2000
2/9	Brownfields - Targeted Site Assessments	2000
2/10	Brownfields - Training	2001
2/11	Brownfields - Underground Storage Tanks Grant	2001

Duwamish Projects, 1994-2002Return to Top

Container(s)	Description	Dates
Box/Folder
2/12	Duwamish Coalition	1994-1997
2/13	Duwamish Manufacturing and Industrial Center	2000-2002
2/14	Duwamish Manufacturing and Industrial Center	2000-2001
2/15	Duwamish Manufacturing and Industrial Center Plan	1999-2000
2/16	Duwamish Plan	1999
2/17	Duwamish Tour	2000-2001
2/18	Greater Duwamish Planning Committee	2000-2002
2/19	North Duwamish Intermodal Access Project	1996

Seattle Enterprise Community Program, 1995-2003Return to Top

Container(s)	Description	Dates
Box/Folder
2/20	Enterprise Community Agreement	1996
2/21	Enterprise Community Program - Background Information	1995-1997
2/22	Enterprise Community - City Council Presentation	1999
2/23	Enterprise Community - Community Empowerment Zone Reporting	2001-2002
2/24	Enterprise Community - HUD 95-98	1996-1997
2/25	Enterprise Community - I. Appropriation	1998-1999
2/26	Enterprise Community Grant / Industrial Profile	1997
2/27	Enterprise Community - Washington Dept. of Community Trade and Economic Development Contract	1995-1996
2/28	Enterprise Community - Work Opportunity Tax Credit	1997-1999
2/29	Enterprise Community / Enterprise Zone Working File	2003
2/30	Enterprise Zone Report	2000

High Tech Industry, 1993-2003Return to Top

Container(s)	Description	Dates
Box/Folder
2/31	Biotech	1993-2003
2/32	Biotech Zoning	2003
2/33	City Light - New Large Loads	2000-2001
2/34	City Strategy - High Tech Economic Development	1999-2000
3/1	Clean Energy Market Study	2001-2003
3/2	Clean Energy Study Kick-off	2000-2001
3/3	Corbis	2001-2002
3/4	Corixa	2002
3/5	High Tech Development Sites - Pioneer Square	undated
3/6	High Tech Development Sites - South Interbay	2001
3/7	High Tech Development Sites - Stadium Rezone Area	2000
3/8	DOIT IT Foundations Workshop	2000-2001
3/9	Downtown Seattle Association	2000
3/10	High Tech Economic Trends	2000-2001
3/11	High Tech Real Estate Demand Study	2000
3/12	High Tech Real Estate Needs	1999
3/13	High Tech Skills Gap	2000-2001
3/14	Immunex / Galer Street Project - Cash Flow	1999
3/15	Immunex / Galer Street Project - Economic Development Administration	1999-2002
3/16	Immunex / Galer Street Project - Endangered Species Act	1999-2000
3/17	Immunex / Galer Street Project - Overpass	1999-2002
3/18	Immunex / Galer Street Project - Pump Station	2000-2003
3/19	Immunex / Galer Street Project - Partner Contribution	1999
3/20	Immunex / Galer Street Project - Pier 88 Access Project Financing	1998-2000
3/21	Immunex / Galer Street Project - Terminal 88 - 91 Grade Separated Access Improvement EDA Grant	1996-1997
3/22	Immunex / Galer Street Project - Traffic Coordination	2000-2001
3/23	Seattle Biomedical Research Institute	2000-2003
3/24	Seattle Technology Persons	1999-2000
3/25	Server Farms	2000-2001
3/26	Server Farms - DCLU	1999-2001
3/27	Technology Alliance	1998-2002
3/28	Telecommunications Industry - Fiber, Western Integrated Networks	2001
3/29	Telecommunications Industry - Fiber Mapping Project	2000
3/30	Telecommunications Industry - Telecom Infrastructure	2002
3/31	Telecommunications Industry - Telecom Policy	2000
3/32	Telecommunications Industry - Wireless	2000-2002
3/33	Touchstone Corp	2001
3/34	Vacancy Rate / Land Values	2001-2003
3/35	Venture Capital	2003
3/36	Washington Biotechnology and Biomedical Association	2001
3/37	Washington Bioinformation Initiative	2002-2003
3/38	Washington Software Alliance	2001
3/39	Zymogenetics	2001-2003

Manufacturing Industrial Council of Seattle, 1996-2002Return to Top

Container(s)	Description	Dates
Box/Folder
4/1	Manufacturing Industrial Council of King County	1996-1997
4/2	Manufacturing Industrial Council of Seattle	2000-2001
4/3	Manufacturing Industrial Council of Seattle	2001
4/4	Manufacturing Industrial Council of Seattle	2001
4/5	Manufacturing Industrial Council of Seattle	2002
4/6	Manufacturing Industrial Council of Seattle - Transportation	2000-2002
4/7	Manufacturing Industrial Council of Seattle - Transportation	2000-2001

Sound Transit Projects, 1999-2001Return to Top

Container(s)	Description	Dates
Box/Folder
4/8	Sound Transit	2000
4/9	Sound Transit	2000
4/10	Sound Transit	2001
4/11	Sound Transit - Community Development Cluster	1999
4/12	Sound Transit - Executive Steering Committee	1999
4/13	Sound Transit / Light Rail - Edmunds Station Info	1999
4/14	Sound Transit / Light Rail - Othello Station Info	1999
4/15	Sound Transit / Light Rail Review Panel - Urban Design	1999
4/16	Sound Transit - Maintenance Facility	1999
4/17	Sound Transit - McIver Briefing Paper	1999-2000
4/18	Sound Transit in SE	2001
4/19	Sound Transit - Transfer of Development Rights Subcommittee	1999-2000

Miscellaneous Projects, 1993-2002Return to Top

Container(s)	Description	Dates
Box/Folder
5/1	Alaskan Way Viaduct	2000-2001
5/2	Boeing Field	2000-2001
5/3	Boeing Street Vacation	2001-2002
5/4	Burke Gilman Trail	2000-2002
5/5	Bush Hotel Float Loan	1997
5/6	Community Coalition For Environmental Justice	2002
5/7	Comprehensive Plan - Comments from OED, and Meeting Notes	1993-1994
5/8	Comprehensive Plan - Meeting No. 8	1993
5/9	Comprehensive Plan - New Economic Development Element	1993
5/10	Dept. of Ecology Regulations re Boats	2001
5/11	Economic Data - Industrial Areas and Employment	1996-1998
5/12	Economic Data - Puget Sound Region	1993-2000
5/13	Economic Data - Seattle	1996-1998
5/14	Economic Development Administration	1993-2001
5/15	Economic Development Administration Grant Application	1996
5/16	Economic Development Administration Grant Application	2001-2003
5/17	Endangered Species Act Listing	1998-2000
5/18	Endangered Species Act	1998-2000
5/19	Federal Center South	2001
5/20	Fisherman's Terminal	2001
5/21	Georgetown Business Association	1997
5/22	Industrial - General	1998
5/23	Industrial Issues	2000-2002
5/24	Industrial Land Study Contract - Industrial Development Corp	1993
5/25	Industrial Revenue Bonds	1996
5/26	Industrial Zoning	2002
5/27	Interbay Triangle	2001
5/28	Intelligent Transportation System, Industrial Areas	1998-2001
5/29	Local Improvement Districts	1996-1999
6/1	Marine Fire Safety	2002
6/2	Marine Industries	2002
6/3	Metro Base, North Duwamish	2000-2002
6/4	Namibian Delegation Visit	2002
6/4	North Seattle Business Association	1999
6/5	Nordstrom Garage	2000
6/6	Norfolk Street Project	1998
6/7	North Seattle Business Association	1999
6/8	North Seattle Industrial Association	2000-2002
6/9	North Waterfront Access	2001
6/10	Office of Economic Development - General Info	1997-2001
6/11	Office of Housing, Siting Committee	1999
6/12	Offsite Parking	2002
6/13	Paving (Streets)	2000-2001
6/14	Pier 1	2000
6/15	Piers 1 and 2 Study	1995-1999
6/16	Piers and Docks	2000-2001
6/17	Port of Seattle - Background	undated
6/18	Port of Seattle Real Estate Sub-Committee	1998-2000
6/19	Post Office Site, 4th and Lander	1998-2002
6/20	Post Office Site, 4th and Lander - Seattle Public Schools	1998-2000
6/21	Public Facilities Ordinance	2000
6/22	Public Private Partnerships	2001-2002
6/23	Public Private Partnerships	2002
6/24	Rainbow Freedom Fund	1998-1999
6/25	School District Property / Ford Plant (Costco)	2002
6/26	Seattle Industrial Development Corp Financial Statements	1992-1996
6/27	Seattle Marine Business Coalition	2000-2001
6/28	Shoreline Street Ends	1995-2001
6/29	Shoreline Street Ends	2001
6/30	SODO	1997-2001
6/31	SODO Business Association	2001-2003
6/32	South Park Annexation, 14th/16th Ave S Bridge	1999
6/33	South Park Business Association	1997-2000
6/34	South Park Land Fill	2000
6/35	State Route 519	1998
6/36	Tax Credit, City R and D	2001
6/37	Tax Deferral / Exemptions, Distressed Area Sales	1998-2002
6/38	Tax Deferral, High Tech Sales	1995-1998
6/39	Tax Exemption, Manufacturing Sales and Use	1994-1995
6/40	Terminal 5 Mitigation	1997
6/41	Washington Economic Development Finance Authority	1998

Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

Subject Terms

Ballard (Seattle, Wash.)
Brownfields--Washington (State)--Seattle
Burke Gilman Trail (Wash.)
Duwamish River (Wash.)
Duwamish River Valley (Wash.)
Economic development--Washington (State)--Seattle
Interbay (Seattle, Wash.)
Manufacturing industries--Washington (State)--Seattle
Pharmaceutical biotechnology industry--Washington (State)--Seattle
Street-railroads--Washington (State)--Seattle

Corporate Names

Seattle (Wash.). Office of Economic Development
Central Puget Sound Regional Transit Authority (Wash.)
Immunex (Firm)
Manufacturing Industrial Council of Seattle

Geographical Names

Seattle

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