Association of Washington Business President and CEO Kristofer Johnson speaking to a gathering organized by the Moses Lake Chamber of Commerce in the Big Bend Community College ATEC Building on Wednesday. Johnson was in Moses Lake to solicit input on the Washington in the Making 2040 plan.
June 7, 2023
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Addressing the Basin's water future
Local business leaders discuss water and other challenges in economic development.
MOSES LAKE — Kristofer Johnson noticed something a little different about the concerns of the Moses Lake business people who gathered to hear him speak on Wednesday. “Water. Water percolated here, which hasn’t in a lot of communities, I would say,” said Johnson, president and CEO of the Association of Washington Business, the state’s chamber of commerce. “I think that’s the next big challenge we have as a state, for communities, for industrial land development, for residential land development, it’s about water.” ...