Other Bonneville offices are located throughout the Pacific Northwest. The Walla Walla Valley is home to 10 financial institutions, including Washington State's first commercial bank and its oldest savings and loan association. Walla Walla County offers superior business opportunities at minimal costs. Utility rates are among the lowest in the nation, with adequate capacities to meet all present and future needs. Labor rates are competitive, and the work force is qualified and ample to meet business and industry needs.
Industrial sites are plentiful and inexpensive.
Prison industries produce auto, truck, and trailer licenses for state motorists and highway signs for city and state use. Prison industries also include clothing, mattress, and furniture manufacturing, and farming. In 1967, classes from Walla Walla Community College were added at the prison so inmates could earn high school equivalency diplomas or associate's degrees. Whitman College is an independent, non-sectarian liberal arts and sciences undergraduate college. Whitman has been cited as one of the nation's top liberal arts and sciences colleges by numerous national publications.