Laserfiche WebLink
Posture Recommendation <br />rise in undergraduate students <br />selecting CWU as their learninq place. <br />ELLENSBURG'S ECONOMIC WEAKNESSES <br />There is a lack of recent experience with strategic economic development. As <br />opportunities present themselves, the community attempts to respond. Ellensburg lacks <br />a mature strategic economic development infrastructure - the people, funding, and <br />policies that shape long-term growth and development. The recovery of Ellensburg's <br />downtown core since the Great Recession demonstrates the will of the city officials and <br />local business leaders to set the priorities and do the work associated with strategic <br />economic development. <br />r Comprehensive transpoftation network. Ellensburg's strength is its position at the <br />crossroads of two major interstate roads, I-90 and I-82. However, Ellensburg is <br />described as a 'sleeper'town in terms of rail traffic (291 railcars between <br />December 2015 and December 20L7) with limited rail sidings and few, poorly <br />maintained shared rail spurs. The Kittitas County Airpoft lacks regular <br />maintenance, resulting in the closure of a runway. <br />Posture Recommendation <br />The Kittitas County Airport, formerly a <br />military installation, has been <br />neglected for decades. <br />Find ways to redevelop the Ellensburg <br />Airport, making it an economic asset <br />for our community and our region. <br />Attract a master plan developer for <br />aerospace and aviation. Support <br />ongoing legislative efforts aimed at <br />maintaining Ure region's existing <br />airpoft infrastructure. Identiff land <br />and land use adiacent to rail seruice. <br />Broadband/wifi. The City of Ellensburg operates a Telecommunicatlons Utility <br />which provides low cost, reliable long haul fiber opfic and lntemet service to <br />businesses in Ellensburg. Business can subscribe to a 300 mps shared service, a <br />1,000 mps shared seruice, or a custom dedicated flber optic seMce for fast, <br />secure data transfer, <br />a <br />Posture RecommendaUon <br />14 miles flber lnftastructure; dark . <br />fiber available. Fiber may be used b <br />Sansmit big data, and the city has <br />Establish an EBDA sub-committee <br />comprised of EBDA board members <br />and area experts to explore a self- <br />sustalnlng model to provlde fiber optic