Working Washington Grants by County

After receiving more than 26,000 applications from small businesses across the state, county and state economic development teams have completed the review process for the Working Washington Small Business Grants. As grants are announced by county, they will appear below. We will continue to add to this list as the Governor reviews and approves the grants to more than 1,000 successful applicants.

Applicants in each county will be notified by their local economic development organization (ADO). If your business has been awarded, the ADO will work with you on the disbursement.  

Adams County

Total Grants: $154,548
Total Businesses: 27

Grantees included:

  • 8 salons
  • 7 retail establishments
  • 5 restaurants
  • 3 healthcare businesses
  • 1 construction company
  • 1 transportation business
  • 1 theater
  • 1 video production agency

Jobs Retained: 59

Asotin County

Total Grants: $190,000
Total Businesses: 19

Grantees Included:

  • 5 restaurants/hospitality establishments
  • 2 manufacturing establishments
  • 2 healthcare businesses
  • 2 outdoor recreation
  • 1 retail establishment
  • 1 construction company
  • 1 salon
  • 1 fitness facility
  • 1 tech company
  • 1 distribution center
  • 1 massage therapy
  • 1 entertainment facility

Jobs Retained: 78

Benton County

Total Grants: $293,741
Total Businesses: 31

Grantees Included:

  • 11 healthcare businesses
  • 7 construction companies
  • 4 retail establishments
  • 5 restaurants
  • 1 janitorial business
  • 1 entertainment business
  • 1 auto shop
  • 1 newspaper

Jobs Retained: 193

Chelan County

Total Grants: $178,500
Total Businesses: 37

Grantees Included:

  • 11 restaurants
  • 9 retail establishments
  • 5 salons
  • 3 fitness facilities
  • 3 beauty/ personal services
  • 1 art studios
  • 1 transportation company
  • 1 agricultural business
  • 1 graphics design firm
  • 1 manufacturing facility
  • 1 childcare business

Jobs Retained: 160

Clallam County

Total Grants: $177,193
Total Businesses: 48

Grantees Included:

  • 13 retail establishments
  • 10 restaurants
  • 10 construction-related companies
  • 6 hospitality establishments
  • 3 healthcare businesses
  • 2 educational companies
  • 1 manufacturing company
  • 1 bowling alley
  • 1 landscaping company
  • 1 agriculture business

Jobs Retained: 205

Clark County

Total Grants: $486,340
Total Businesses: 49

Grantees Included:

  • 14 healthcare businesses
  • 8 restaurants
  • 6 retail establishments
  • 4 construction companies
  • 3 auto repair businesses
  • 3 salons
  • 2 recreational companies
  • 2 manufacturing companies
  • 1 fitness facility
  • 1 hospitality establishment
  • 1 pet grooming company
  • 1 cruise agency
  • 1 shared office space
  • 1 legal business
  • 1 consulting company

Jobs Retained: 226

Columbia County

Total Grants: $154,538
Total Businesses 25

Grantees Included:

  • 6 restaurants
  • 3 retail establishments
  • 3 childcare centers
  • 2 wholesale companies
  • 1 healthcare business
  • 1 manufacturing company
  • 1 hospitality establishment
  • 1 salon
  • 1 campground
  • 1 fitness center
  • 1 massage therapist
  • 1 auto repair center
  • 1 trucking/logistics company
  • 1 ski hill
  • 1 professional services

Jobs Retained: 73

Cowlitz County

Total Grants: $223,668
Total Businesses: 26

Grantees Included:

  • 9 retail establishments
  • 6 restaurants
  • 4 construction companies
  • 2 manufacturing companies
  • 1 healthcare businesses
  • 1 service establishment
  • 1 instructional business
  • 1 fitness center
  • 1 auto repair company

Jobs Retained: 77

Douglas County

Total Grants: $154,552
Total Businesses: 34

Grantees Included:

  • 7 construction-related businesses
  • 6 restaurants
  • 5 retail businesses
  • 5 salons
  • 2 manufacturing companies
  • 2 childcare businesses
  • 1 tourism business
  • 1 pet services business
  • 1 housekeeping business
  • 1 agricultural business
  • 1 moving company
  • 1 photography business
  • 1 landscaping business

Total Jobs Retained: 87

Ferry County

Total Grants: $83,900
Total Businesses: 9

Grantees Included:

  • 4 retail establishments
  • 2 restaurants
  • 1 hospitality establishment
  • 1 construction company
  • 1 community center

Jobs Retained: 20

Franklin County

Total Grants: $165,954
Total Businesses 20

Grantees Included:

  • 5 construction companies
  • 5 healthcare businesses
  • 4 restaurants
  • 3 manufacturing businesses
  • 1 tanning salon
  • 1 plumbing company
  • 1 financial service

Jobs Retained: 99

Garfield County

Total Grants: $51,500
Total Businesses: 5

Grantees Included:

  • 2 retail establishments
  • 1 restaurant
  • 1 insurance agency
  • 1 electrical service

Total Jobs Retained: 13

Grant County

Total Grants: $201,130
Total Businesses: 21

Grantees Included:

  • 6 retail establishments
  • 4 restaurants
  • 3 healthcare businesses
  • 2 construction companies
  • 2 salons
  • 1 fitness facility
  • 1 collection agency
  • 1 law firm
  • 1 hospitality establishment

Total Jobs Retained: 64

Grays Harbor County

Total Grants: $184,299
Total Businesses: 30

Grantees Included:

  • 8 retail establishments
  • 7 restaurants
  • 3 healthcare businesses
  • 3 salons
  • 2 auto repair businesses
  • 1 construction company
  • 1 fitness facility
  • 1 trucking company
  • 1 social service
  • 1 insurance business
  • 1 tree service
  • 1 manufacturing company

Jobs Retained: 90

Island County

Total Grants: $190,968
Total Businesses: 23

Grantees Included:

  • 8 restaurants
  • 6 healthcare businesses
  • 2 construction companies
  • 2 cleaning services
  • 2 hospitality establishments
  • 2 tourism firms
  • 1 automotive firm

Jobs Retained: 122

Jefferson County

Total Grants: $154,550
Total Businesses: 85

Grantees Included:

  • 16 retail establishments
  • 14 restaurants
  • 11 healthcare businesses
  • 9 construction-related companies
  • 6 hospitality establishments
  • 4 manufacturing companies
  • 4 fitness-related businesses
  • 3 salons
  • 3 educational businesses
  • 3 agricultural companies
  • 2 pet care businesses
  • 2 wholesale companies
  • 1 daycare
  • 1 artist
  • 1 publishing company
  • 1 landscaping business
  • 1 real estate company
  • 1 environmental service
  • 1 diving contractor
  • 1 sailboat rigging business

Jobs Retained: 282

King County

Total Grants: $672,160
Total Businesses: 168

Grantees Included:

  • 30 retail establishments
  • 25 restaurants
  • 25 healthcare businesses
  • 17 salons
  • 13 construction companies
  • 11 education/child care establishments
  • 8 manufacturing firms
  • 7 fitness facilities
  • 3 wholesalers
  • 29 other businesses

Jobs Retained: 536

Kitsap County

Total Grants: $317,415
Total Businesses: 36

Grantees Included:

  • 12 retail establishments
  • 9 restaurants
  • 8 healthcare businesses
  • 2 education businesses
  • 2 salons
  • 1 dance studio
  • 1 telecommunications company
  • 1 pet care business

Jobs Retained: 138

Kittitas County

Total Grants: $149,554
Total Businesses: 31

Grantees Included:

  • 7 construction/ contractor companies
  • 5 retail establishments
  • 4 restaurants
  • 2 hospitality establishments
  • 2 healthcare businesses
  • 2 manufacturing businesses
  • 1 fitness facility
  • 1 surveying agency
  • 1 auto repair business
  • 1 law agency
  • 1 salon
  • 1 janitorial business
  • 1 forestry service
  • 1 electrical company
  • 1 HVACR business

Jobs Retained: 96

Klickitat County

Total Grants: $154,553
Total Businesses: 36

Grantees Included:

  • 13 restaurants
  • 5 healthcare businesses
  • 3 construction related companies
  • 2 retail establishments
  • 2 education businesses
  • 4 salons
  • 1 hospitality business
  • 1 brewery
  • 1 veterinarian business
  • 1 newspaper
  • 1 business services firm
  • 1 tourism business
  • 1 fitness facility

Jobs Retained: 94

Lewis County

Total Grants: $188,300
Total Businesses: 19

Grantees Included:

  • 9 healthcare businesses
  • 4 construction-related companies
  • 2 restaurants
  • 1 retail establishment
  • 1 hospitality establishment
  • 1 manufacturing business
  • 1 auto repair business

Jobs Retained: 68

 

Lincoln County

Total Grants: $142,598
Total Businesses: 22

Grantees Included:

  • 6 restaurants
  • 3 retail establishments
  • 3 healthcare businesses
  • 2 construction companies
  • 3 hospitality establishments
  • 1 salons
  • 1 golf course
  • 1 sanitation business
  • 1 advertising agency
  • 1 child care service

Jobs Retained: 65

 

Mason County

Total Grants: $159,500
Total Businesses: 16

Grantees Included:

  • 4 retail establishments
  • 3 restaurants
  • 2 manufacturing businesses
  • 3 auto repair shops
  • 1 construction company
  • 1 spa maintenance
  • 1 veterinary clinic
  • 1 childcare business

Jobs Retained: 60

Okanogan County

Total Grants: $149,615
Total Businesses: 18

Grantees Included:

  • 5 retail establishments
  • 3 restaurants
  • 3 healthcare businesses
  • 2 construction/contractor companies
  • 2 home repair companies
  • 1 recycling/ manufacturing business
  • 1 hospitality business
  • 1 dance studio

Jobs Retained: 79

Pacific County

Total Grants: $144,555
Total Businesses: 45

Grantees Included:

  • 11 retail establishments
  • 10 restaurants
  • 7 construction companies
  • 5 hospitality establishments
  • 3 farms
  • 2 healthcare businesses
  • 2 manufacturing companies
  • 1 fitness facility
  • 1 campground
  • 1 landscaping business
  • 1 auto repair business
  • 1 fishing company

Jobs Retained: 132

Pend Oreille County

Total Grants: $154,555
Total Businesses: 19

Grantees Included:

  • 7 construction/contractor companies
  • 5 retail establishments
  • 3 manufacturing companies
  • 1 restaurant
  • 1 healthcare business
  • 1 real estate firm
  • 1 pet care facility

Jobs Retained: 48

Pierce County

Total Grants: $687,172
Total Businesses: 77

Grantees Included:

  • 22 healthcare businesses
  • 21 retail establishments
  • 16 restaurants
  • 5 construction companies
  • 2 salons
  • 2 childcare businesses
  • 2 manufacturing companies
  • 2 repair/service shops
  • 1 education establishment
  • 1 bowling alley
  • 1 farm
  • 1 traffic control business
  • 1 business IT support service

Jobs Retained: 368

San Juan County

Total Grants: $154,549
Total Businesses: 21

Grantees Included:

  • 8 retail establishments
  • 5 restaurants
  • 2 healthcare businesses
  • 2 construction companies
  • 1 fitness facility
  • 1 clean energy company
  • 1 tourism business
  • 1 dance studio

Jobs Retained: 70

Skagit County

Total Grants: $243,116
Total Businesses: 29

Grantees Included:

  • 10 retail establishments
  • 6 manufacturing companies
  • 2 healthcare businesses
  • 2 professional service companies
  • 1 restaurant
  • 1 hospitality establishment
  • 1 salon
  • 1 gym, 1 marketing business
  • 1 driving school
  • 1 preschool
  • 1 marine repair company
  • 1 health treatment facility

Jobs Retained: 149

Skamania County

Total Grants: $154,555
Total Businesses: 19

Grantees Included:

  • 5 restaurants
  • 3 construction/contractor companies
  • 2 retail establishments
  • 2 campgrounds
  • 3 hospitality establishments
  • 1 salon
  • 1 manufacturing company
  • 1 forestry service
  • 1 recreational tour guide business

Jobs Retained: 65

Snohomish County

Total Grants: $707,156
Total Businesses 130

Grantees Included:

  • 27 healthcare businesses
  • 25 construction companies
  • 19 retail establishments
  • 17 restaurants
  • 11 salons/spa businesses
  • 7 fitness/martial arts establishments
  • 5 childcare/early education companies
  • 4 manufacturing companies
  • 2 cleaning services
  • 2 agriculture companies
  • 2 entertainment companies
  • 2 IT companies
  • 1 education service company
  • 1 printing broker
  • 1 tattoo company
  • 1 electric sign company
  • 1 doggy daycare
  • 1 office supply company
  • 1 hospitality establishment

Jobs Retained: 484

Spokane County

Total Grants: $583,133
Total Businesses: 61

Grantees Included:

  • 24 restaurants
  • 12 retail establishments
  • 7 construction companies
  • 7 healthcare businesses
  • 3 manufacturing companies
  • 3 hospitality establishments
  • 1 salon
  • 1 graphic design business
  • 1 preschool
  • 1 trade show service
  • 1 management company

Jobs Retained: 246

Stevens County

Total Grants: $226,110
Total Businesses: 25

Grantees Included:

  • 6 retail establishments
  • 5 restaurants
  • 4 construction-related companies
  • 3 healthcare businesses
  • 1 fitness facility
  • 1 salon
  • 1 driving school
  • 1 movie theater
  • 1 newspaper
  • 1 auto repair shop
  • 1 timber transportation company

Jobs Retained: 90

Thurston County

Total Grants: $311,553
Total Businesses: 35

Grantees Included:

  • 11 retail establishments
  • 10 construction/contractor companies
  • 6 healthcare businesses
  • 3 salons
  • 1 restaurant
  • 1 fitness facility
  • 1 bowling alley
  • 1 martial arts facility
  • 1 landscaping business

Jobs Retained: 129

Wahkiakum County

Total Grants: $149,165
Total Businesses 17

Grantees Included:

  • 3 restaurants
  • 3 retail establishments
  • 3 tourism businesses
  • 2 healthcare businesses
  • 1 food products business
  • 1 landscaping business
  • 1 construction-related company
  • 1 recycling company
  • 1 barbershop
  • 1 manufacturing company

Jobs Retained: 35

Walla Walla County

Total Grants: $167,200
Total Businesses: 18

Grantees Included:

  • 5 healthcare facilities
  • 4 restaurants
  • 4 wineries
  • 2 construction/contractor companies
  • 2 retail establishments
  • 1 manufacturing business

Jobs Retained: 112

Whatcom County

Total Grants: $333,499
Total Businesses: 37

Grantees Included:

  • 8 retail establishments
  • 7 restaurants
  • 3 manufacturing businesses
  • 4 healthcare businesses
  • 3 construction-related businesses
  • 2 salons
  • 2 tourism companies
  • 1 agricultural business
  • 1 business services firm
  • 1 landscaping company
  • 1 auto repair shop
  • 1 security business
  • 1 art studio
  • 1 fishing business
  • 1newspaper
  • 1 landscaping business

Total Jobs Retained: 141

Whitman County

Total Grants: $222,165
Total Businesses: 33

Grantees Included:

  • 10 retail establishments
  • 6 healthcare establishments
  • 5 construction-related businesses
  • 2 fitness facilities
  • 3 salons
  • 2 restaurants
  • 2 manufacturing businesses
  • 1 janitorial business
  • 1 golf course
  • 1 veterinarian business

Jobs Retained: 100

Yakima County

Total Grants: $380,495
Total Businesses: 43

Grantees Included:

  • 12 restaurants
  • 7 retail establishments
  • 5 salons
  • 4 healthcare businesses
  • 4 construction-related businesses
  • 3 business services firms
  • 2 entertainment/recreation businesses
  • 1 auto shop
  • 1 education business
  • 1 childcare business
  • 1 family services business
  • 1 fitness facility
  • 1 legal services firm

Total Jobs Retained: 189

Additional Resources

Washington Business Preparedness Survey

A survey to assess the readiness of state businesses to help local emergency preparedness planners understand local business needs and abilities to prepare for and recover from natural and man-made disasters.

RestoreYourEconomy.org

Provides resources and best practice information for public and private stakeholders who are seeking to rebuild their local economies after a disaster as well as assisting the business community in preparing for a disaster. It is a one-stop shop for disaster preparedness, post-disaster economic recovery, and disaster resiliency resources, tools, event announcements as well as opportunities to connect with peers through social media groups. The following is a list of reports and guides that will assist you in your search.

International Sustainable Resilience Center

Works to bring global expertise in disaster resilience, sustainability, and public-private partnerships together to help offset the growing threat of disasters around the world.

Disaster Assistance Improvement Program

DAIP's mission is to provide disaster survivors with information, support, services, and a means to access and apply for disaster assistance through joint data-sharing efforts between federal, tribal, state, local, and private sector partners.

Deadly extreme weather is the new normal - The Hill

How to help small business after a flood - Route 50

A Message to FEMA: Respond to Disasters Differently - Route 50

A new report from International City/County Management Association (ICMA) documents leadership challenges and lessons learned after natural disasters and crises such as mass shootings and police shootings. “Before, After, and During a Crisis” stresses the importance of community engagement in building resilience. Drawing from numerous case studies of city managers’ responses to crisis events, the report identifies best practices and key takeaways

Moving Forward After a Disaster, prepared by the Red Cross provides information for critical resources, helpful checklists, and phone numbers that may assist you in your recovery.

Direct Relief’s approach to disasters is to support the immediate needs of victims by working with local partners best situated to assess, respond, and prepare for the long-term recovery.

After the Camp Fire: How does a mayor rebuild Paradise when all seems lost?  Mercury News

A New Dividing Line: The Storm Before and After, Weekly Yonder

Lessons from Harvey: Crisis Informatics for Urban Resilience, Institute for Urban Research

Making Rescue Volunteers Part of the Official Response, Route Fifty

Beware of Scams: Protecting Yourself After the Storm The Hartford: Extra Mile

North Carolina Readies for Florence, NC Department of Public Safety

A Go Bag Can Make all the Difference in an Emergency, AARP

How To Build An Ultimate Go Bag For Any Emergency, Skilled Survival

How To Prepare For a Hurricane, AARP

Humanity's greatest existential crisis

Lending a hand to a rural natural disaster

Mobilize your crisis plan for improved emergency response

A toolkit for economic preparedness: Economic Disaster Recovery Project

 

Americans at Risk: Why We Are Not Prepared for Megadisasters and What We Can Do by Irwin Redlener, was written  by one of the  leading experts on disaster preparedness and offers a compelling narrative about our nation’s inability to properly plan for large-scale disasters and proposes changes that can still be made to assure the safety of its citizens. 

Master Your Disaster: Your Readiness, Response and Recovery Guide by recovery expert Leann Hackman-Carty shows you how to prepare your family, business, and community for a number of devastating scenarios. Gleaned from years of experience with disaster recovery organizations, her specialized insight will help you understand the different levels of disaster preparation and recovery. Master Your Disaster gives you the confidence to act calmly and efficiently when the time comes. Your new foundation in emergency preparedness, response, and recovery will make the chaos more controllable—and survivable.

Noah's Town: Where Animals Reign by Maury Forman, a 28-year veteran in economic development, tells the story of how the descendants of Noah's Ark have integrated themselves in society and have formed a sustainable and growing community. That is until the never expected, once-in-a-lifetime storm causes havoc among residents and tourists. It is up to Maya Morton, a proud and stubborn donkey and the newly appointed economic developer, to rescue her community and guide them to recovery. This fable illustrates that there is nothing more powerful than a community working together to prepare for a disaster before it happens.

Quakeland: On the Road to America's Next Devastating Earthquake, by Kathryn Miles, is a journey around the United States in search of the truth about the threat of earthquakes. This book leads to spine-tingling discoveries, unnerving experts, and ultimately the kind of preparations that will actually help guide us through disasters.

Federal Disaster Funding

Short descriptions of funding programs from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), EPA, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA).

 

The Resilient Children/ Resilient Communities Toolbox is a dynamic collection of resources developed and curated throughout this initiative for the benefit of those working to make our communities and our children more resilient to disasters. This collection of tools and resources should be shared widely with communities nationwide. The toolbox is organized by different kinds of people or organizations that are looking for tools to assist in their preparedness and planning efforts

Planning for Business Operations After Earthquakes prepared by the Los Angeles Economic Development Corporation provides suggested steps to take to help protect your people and keep your business systems running in that scenario. This will improve your chances of maintaining revenue as well as operations during the recovery.

Ready is a national public service campaign designed to educate and empower the American people to prepare for, respond to and mitigate emergencies, including natural and man-made disasters. The goal of the campaign is to promote preparedness through public involvement. Ready ask individuals to do four key things: (1) stay informed about the different types of emergencies that could occur and their appropriate responses (2) make a family emergency plan and (3) build an emergency supply kit, and (4) get involved in your community by taking action to prepare for emergencies.

Engineers Without Borders USA builds a better world through engineering projects that empower communities to meet their basic human needs. Their highly skilled volunteers work with communities to find appropriate solutions for their infrastructure needs.

Summary of Disaster Programs for Farmers, Prepared for Farm Aid by the Farmers’ Legal Action Group.

Disaster Unemployment Assistance is available for individuals, including farmers, who are prevented from working because of a disaster, and is available through your state Employment Security Commission.

Rural Advancement Foundation International  (RAFI) developed a series of videos about how to prepare for, deal with, and recover from a disaster. They are most relevant to farmers, but lessons can be applied to others as well. Watch all four videos (including an introduction to the series, “Documenting Disasters,” “Distribution of Labor during a Disaster,” and “Working with Farmers in Disaster Recovery”) here.  Rafi Also provides information on Documenting Disaster Losses.

Crowd Source Rescue is a public-safety grade platform that uses next-generation technology to quickly connect both professional first-responders and vetted volunteers with response, relief, and recovery cases before, during, and immediately after a disaster.

Leadership in Times of Crisis: A Toolkit for Economic Recovery and Resiliency: provides strategies and tactics for community leaders to focus on for economic recovery and preserving jobs, incorporating useful information for convening private and public stakeholders to identify key economic recovery strategies, tips on how to navigate federal resources for response and recovery, and implementation of recovery initiatives.  The toolkit was developed by IEDC with nationwide input and funded in part by grants from the U.S. Commerce Department’s Economic Development Administration.

The National Disaster Recovery Framework is a guide that enables effective recovery support to disaster-impacted States, Tribes, Territorial and local jurisdictions. It provides a flexible structure that enables disaster recovery managers to operate in a unified and collaborative manner. It also focuses on how best to restore, redevelop and revitalize the health, social, economic, natural and environmental fabric of the community and build a more resilient Nation.

The Pre-Disaster Recovery Planning Guide for Local Governments provides tools for public engagement, whole-community recovery, identification of existing recovery resources, and identifying outside partnerships that can help local governments build resilience both pre- and post-disaster.