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Unemployment/Lost Wages Assistance
Federal Emergency Management Agency announced that Washington has been approved for a grant under a lost wages assistance program. For a quick summary, read the details below. For greater details on the LWA, visit FEMA’s lost wages supplemental payment assistance page. Update 8/24 Published 8/21: Unemployment continues to be a concern for Washingtonians. That’s no…
Read MoreChildcare Panel – Virtual
After our Zoom call with Kevin Alfano, Superintendent with Fife Schools, we decided on our next topic. Since the decision to operate schools remotely affects the whole community, our next focus is childcare. What are parents to do while working if their children are too young to be left alone? Childcare has always been a concern…
Read MoreCommunity Resource Guide & Directory
The 2020 Directory and Community Resource Guide is finally here. Best of all, it’s available, whether you want it digitally and/or in print! Of course, you’ll find some quick facts about our 3 communities and see information at a glance. Then you’ll find information on employment, education and housing. And even more important, you’ll have…
Read MoreZoom Call with Superintendent of Fife Public Schools
Who could have predicted that a global pandemic would mean a complete overhaul of how students are educated in our schools? To this end, who thought twice about the massive implications of what this new “home schooling” would bring? The Fife superintendent, Kevin Alfano, spent an hour with the Fife Milton Edgewood Chamber to answer…
Read MorePort of Tacoma Strategic Plan
Published Aug 4. Updated Aug 12 When you think of the Port of Tacoma, do you just think of the cargo that moves in and out of Tacoma, gigantic cranes, and the large shipping containers that you see on the back of trucks on I-5? The Port is so much more than that. They invest…
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