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Snohomish County Esterline Project

• Esterline looked at eight new sites in Washington over an 18 month period– Preferred site five miles from existing location

became untenable early 2008

• Esterline contacts EDC February 2008

• Esterline opens new facility September 2009

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Power of Partnership

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Esterline Project• 2/2008 -Esterline contacts EDC Snohomish

County to identify sites as close to Seattle as possible.

• EDC, Snohomish County (Paine Field Airport) and the City of Everett collaborated to create short list.

• Esterline selected Paine Field location as best technical match and site to meet aggressive project schedule.

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• A public/private partnership began with Paine Field setting the stage making all decision makers available to negotiate and execute company and project’s needs.

• Negotiations with Capstone Partners and Snohomish County went smoothly and the ground lease was executed in seven days.

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• Broke ground 7/2008

• Construction start would not have happened without close collaboration with Paine Field and County Planning and Development Services.

• Permit processes streamlined

• Korry Resource Fair for Workforce

• Project 14 months start to finish

• Ribbon Cutting 9/28/2009

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Metrics and Evaluation

• Esterline Project retained employees in Washington State– 600 full-time

• Created new jobs– 35 full-time

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Lessons LearnedDan McFeeley, President

Esterline Korry

“Esterline is pleased to be located in Snohomish County. Each individual and organization we worked with during the relocation process was helpful and professional. Snohomish County certainly lives up to its business-friendly reputation and we look forward to being part of the community”

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Unique and ReplicableWDC Snohomish County

and WorkSource• Korry Resource Fair to familiarize the

workforce with their new neighborhood– Community Organizations, Local Businesses

• Health Clubs, banks, realtors, apartments, transit, medical clinics, school districts, restaurants, etc.

• WorkSource provides continuous support– Providing information on the skills sets of

candidates in WorkSource system• Employer fairs for selected candidates

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Ideas for Follow-onBritt Slone, Principal

of Foushee.“Paine Field and Snohomish County were

extremely helpful to our team on this fast track scheduled project. Other municipalities can benchmark this project as an example of how to help the development team accelerate project is a tremendous benefit to our business climate and in keeping Washington as an attractive place to do business”

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Troy McClellandCEOEconomic Alliance Snohomish Countytmcclelland@snoedc.org425-248-4211

Sue Ambler, M.Ed.CEOWorkforce Development CouncilSnohomish Countysue.ambler@wdcsc.org425-921-3477