Chris Endresen is a Kitsap County commissioner. New cooperation needed Job creation is neither a result of nor dependent upon recruitment and relocation of new employers to Kitsap or, for that matter, to Mason County. Successful job creation is most commonly achieved by expansion of existing businesses. This is a proven fact. While recruitment battles, incentive packages and the shuttling of local officials and corporate CEOs between competing sites is often the subject of news stories, it is mostly media hype.
New jobs are homegrown.
A community can enhance job creation by becoming cognizant of economic factors that encourage or discourage jobs and investment. This means a community where local governments, no matter what level, coordinate their actions so that business development issues are considered before those actions are taken. For example, telecommunications issues are vital today. Solutions to these infrastructure deficiencies are always very expensive and often not very visible. An effective EDC works as a regional infrastructure planning group.