The winners of the 2017 NAHB Association Excellence Awards were recently unveiled and the Master Builders Association of King and Snohomish Counties is proud to announce we have been honored with two awards.

Youthworks is a collaboration between Workforce Snohomish, Snohomish STEM, Economic Alliance Snohomish County, Everett Community College, Cocoon House, and WorkSource. Businesses can post job openings immediately.

After months of engaging with King County staff and elected officials on the problematic C&D waste diversion ordinance, the county has put it on hold.

Despite more political uncertainty than usual emanating from Washington, the next 12 months are shaping up well. The odds of a recession remain very low—about 10 percent—despite now being in the middle of the second longest economic recovery in US history. Regrettably, the worker shortage will worsen. With unemployment below 4 percent—and with labor force growth weak—the struggle to find workers will get worse before it gets better.

The North Bend City Council has adopted an increase in “Capital Facilities Charges” (CFC) stormwater fees, from $870 to $2,526 per “Equivalent Service Unit” (ESU) with an annual increase or decrease on January 1 of each year.