Creating growth: Grant EDC celebrates 30 years of promoting the county

Brant Mayo, executive director of the Grant County Economic Development Council. The organization, which promotes Grant County to businesses looking for places to build new facilities or expand, was founded in April 1991, and turned 30 this year.
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Juliann Dodds, senior Vice President and commercial banking manager for Banner Bank in Moses Lake, with some of the many awards and community recognition certificates she has received over the years. Dodds is a current board member and former president of the Grant County Economic Development Council.

Moses Lake real estate developer and property manager for Windermere Jeff Foster outside the building he owns in downtown Moses Lake. Foster was the first treasurer of the Grant County Economic Development Council when it was formed in 1991.

Bob Fancher, original board member and former president of the Grant County Economic Development Council, at his desk at Maiers Enterprises out on Wheeler Road in Moses Lake.