Economic Development Services
The Economic Development Services Division is involved in creating community vitality and generating revenue for the City enterprise to provide high-quality services to our community members and businesses. Specifically, we enable the private sector to invest, create jobs, and develop successfully in Tacoma.
We Specialize In:
- Business retention, expansion, and attraction.
- Fostering entrepreneurship and small business development through the Make It Tacoma website.
- Coordinating major development projects.
- Finding business financing.
- Identifying taxes and other incentives.
- Business advocacy and serving as your ombudsman within and external to the City organization.