An established manufacturing base with appropriate support services. The ability to offer incentives to promote job creation. Kitsap will be attractive to small owner-operated companies for which labor is the key factor. These firms will serve regional markets or will make goods for which transportation is not a barrier. We would also be a good location for support functions for Seattle companies.
Telecommunications makes our remote location irrelevant.
Custom Camera, Westech, 21st Century, Dimension 4 and General Construction all fit this template. Matching what we have to the needs of firms like these will continue to be our best hope for balanced economic growth. Continuing to support the expansion of local primary job employers also will be important. But, as these firms grow, they will encounter the same issues companies new to the area face. It took Watson Furniture two years to find a suitable site for a larger plant.