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Region’s population and job forecasts will look to 2050

What will the region be like in 2050 when today’s kindergartners are 30 something? To help with long-range planning, PSRC is getting started on extending a key population and employment forecast ...

Growth board highlights role of military installations in regional planning

The Growth Management Policy Board discussed options for recognizing the important role of military installations in the region and how they related to regional growth centers, as part of an extended...

Manufacturing/industrial centers to be focus of next growth board meeting

On June 1, the Growth Management Policy Board will continue digging into the Centers Framework with a special focus on manufacturing industrial centers. The Centers Framework project is taking a look...

Building Transit, Building Opportunity

On October 11, 2017, the event Building Transit, Building Opportunity brought together a broad range of stakeholders for a regional conversation about transit-oriented development and promotion of...

State awards $100,000 to study Arlington Marysville Manufacturing Center

The state’s Community Economic Revitalization Board has announced grants to help promote new business growth and manufacturing jobs in the Arlington Marysville Manufacturing Industrial Center. The...

Growth board continuing work on Centers Framework

The Growth Management Policy Board will discuss a draft Centers Framework proposal this week and may release a draft for public comment.  In September, the growth board directed PSRC staff to prepare...

PSRC seeking public comment on draft centers proposal

The Growth Management Policy Board is seeking public input on a draft centers framework proposal. The public comment period will run from Tuesday, October 10, 2017 through Wednesday, November 8, 2017...

Potential action on centers framework proposal

Work on a refreshed centers framework is in the final stretch. On Thursday the Growth Management Policy Board will review comments on the draft centers proposal that was released for public comment...

Region planning for 1.8 million more people by 2050

A new forecast shows the central Puget sound region will grow to nearly 6 million people by 2050.  That’s an average of about 55,000 more people per year. For comparison, over the last two years, the...

How accurate are population and job forecasts?

A regional macroeconomic forecast released last month anticipates the region will add about 1.8 million more people and 1.2 million jobs between now and 2050. People want to know:  How accurate is...

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