Message from the CEO – October, 2022
“It’s an honor just to be nominated.” We’ve all heard that statement and in today’s hustle and bustle world it couldn’t be more true. When fellow community members and [...]
Message from the CEO – August, 2022
Last month we hosted a “Meet the Leaders” Business Forum Luncheon. We spotlighted just a handful of individuals that have taken on leadership roles in our community since mid-2020. [...]
Message from the CEO – June 2022
Data. I love data. I love reviewing the trends, identifying the story behind the data, and wondering what might not be told in the charts and the numbers. When I [...]
May 2022 – Message from the CEO
I know it doesn’t seem like it, but summer is just around the corner. With higher temps and school vacations comes the increase in visitors to our region. Depending who [...]
Message from the CEO – March 2022
After two years of virtual events, GGHI is thrilled to be returning to in-person events this March. We had hoped to gather in person in January and February, but the [...]
Message from the CEO – February 2022
Late last month I had the opportunity to attend the International Economic Development Council (IEDC) Leadership Summit. It was wonderful to be in a room with my counterparts from around [...]
Message from the CEO – January 2022
Welcome to 2022! There’s been some social media humor around the fact that 2022 sounds an awful lot like “2020 too” and surely no one wants to revisit that year, [...]
December 2021 Message from the CEO – GGHI Top 10 of 2021
GGHI Top 10 of 2021 Looking in the rear-view of 2021 we are proud to say that Greater Grays Harbor, Inc. stayed as active as ever. We loved promoting local [...]
November 2021 Message from the CEO
In my June 2021 CEO Report I addressed our county’s unemployment rate, employer demand for a workforce and the nuanced reasons behind it all. I am revisiting that topic again [...]
October 2021 Message from the CEO
Business Training Eco-System Where do I go and how will it help me? Navigating all the resources designed to support small business is hard. Even those of us “experts” get [...]